Add HTML to your eBay description using Advanced Listing Templates

Learn how to use Listing Templates to add HTML descriptions to your listings in Listing Mirror

Listing Templates offer a way to enhance your descriptions. We use Jinja2 for our listing templates. All syntax is allowed in Jinja2, such as loops or filters.

Create an Advanced Listing Template for your descriptions

1. Go to Listings > select eBay from the menu 
2. From the Actions dropdown, select Edit Listing Template.
3. Click Create New Template.
4. Click the Advanced tab and input your code.

Use your own Advanced Listing Template

The following variables are allowed when creating your own template:

• description: A string representing the text on the product.
• title: A string representing the text on the product.
• bullets: An array of strings representing 0 to 7 bullet points found on the product.
• images: An array of dicts representing the url to the images for the parent listing.
  1. full: URL to the full size image in jpg format. This may be up to 10 MB in size, so it should not be directly used in a template, but could be linked in a zoom view.
  2. big_thumb: URL to a 350x350 pixel image in jpg format.
  3. little_thumb - URL to a 150x150 pixel image in jpg format.
• parent_listing: A dict of fields representing the parent listing.
  • title
  • condition
  • condition_note
  • variation_name_1
  • variation_name_2
  • variation_name_3
  • variation_name_4
  • variation_name_5
  • template_data_1
  • template_data_2
• child_listings: An array of dict of fields representing the variations. If the listing has no variations, this is still seen as an array of length 1.
  • sku
  • price
  • compare_at_price
  • variation_value_1
  • variation_value_2
  • variation_value_3
  • variation_value_4
  • variation_value_5
  • upc
  • mpn
  • shipping_weight
  • shipping_weight_unit_of_measure
  • item_shipping_height
  • item_shipping_length
  • item_shipping_width
  • item_shipping_unit_of_measure

• category_specific: A dict of category-specific fields. You can either look up individual items or use them all.
• template: A dict of fields representing the template fields.
  • about
  • ebay_store_link
  • ebay_contact_link
  • shipping_policy
  • payment_policy
  • return_policy
  • business_name

Basic Example - View code

Add your template to your listings

Individual Listings

1. Go to Listings > Manage Listings 
2. Search for the listings and click the edit icon in the eBay column  
3. In the eBay Listing Template box, select a template from the dropdown menu. 
4. Click Save and Apply Changes

Multiple Listings

1. Go to Listings > select eBay from the menu
2. Using the Actions dropdown, and click Profile IDs.
3. Make a note of the desired ID.
4. Go to Reports > Import / Export
5. Using the dropdown, select Market Listing Core Edit, followed by the supported marketplace.
6. In the sheet, locate the Listing Template column, and input the noted ID.
7. Save changes, and upload the sheet.

Removing a template from your listings

1. From the Manage Listings page, search for a product.
2. Click Edit on the Market Listing.
3. Using the Listing Template dropdown, remove the template.
4. Edit the description field.
5. Save changes.

Want to use one of our premade Listing Templates? Learn more