Ebay's new policy: Don't add item's color in title?

[DannyD]

Strange thing happened today, ebay took off one of my listings. Why? Because I put the color of the item in the title. Does ebay’s new policy restrict you from adding the color of your item in your title now? Well, here’s the details:

I was advertising a Fender Vintage Modified Jaguar HH, Fiesta Red. They sent an email saying they took it down because of “Search and Browse Manipulation”. This is a quote from their email: “Please be advised that by placing the brand name Fiesta Red, buyers who are looking for this item are also drawn to you listing.”…

I spent 1 hour on the phone talking with 3 different people (from India), and they still said that their listing department said that “Fiesta Red” is a brand name and not only a color. Even after I explained that Fender has been using that official color since the 50’s. (color code #40)

So, this begs the question, if I create a brand name “Blue”, and register it with ebay, then will I have a search monopoly on all the searches for “blue” on ebay? Sounds kind of silly, but putting the color of an electric guitar in the title is very important, so, I ended the call by asking if they could at least investigate the company who claims to have made a brand name “Fiesta Red”, because maybe they are trying to manipulate the searches. Well, Leo on the phone didn’t really want to pursue it, so that’s that.

So is this going to be the next policy that we see? “Ebay’s new policy is that you can’t add certain colors to your item listing’s title.”

Let me know what you think.

-- Dan

More ebay idiocracy!

[BigCJ]

A forum member just had this issue earlier this month.
Mentioned red in his listing and they limited the amount of the items that they could list on the account.

looking for the link now.

[TGMT²]

Originally Posted by DannyD

So is this going to be the next policy that we see? “Ebay’s new policy is that you can’t add certain colors to your item listing’s title.

Originally Posted by cjmixers

A forum member just had this issue earlier this month.
Mentioned red in his listing and they limited the amount of the items that they could list on the account.

looking for the link now.

Similar issue discussed about a month ago....


http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...seriously.html

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[BiN4RY]

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[MM78]

What about in the Subtitle?

[AmazonStealth]

Are you sure color would cause this? Almost every product using color in their listing. That like saying you cant use a clothings size in your listing.

[rsot]

quote : I spent 1 hour on the phone talking with 3 different people (from India), and they still said that their listing department said that “Fiesta Red” is a brand name and not only a color. Even after I explained that Fender has been using that official color since the 50’s. (color code #40)

Originally Posted by rsot

quote : I spent 1 hour on the phone talking with 3 different people (from India), and they still said that their listing department said that “Fiesta Red” is a brand name and not only a color. Even after I explained that Fender has been using that official color since the 50’s. (color code #40)

Ugh - thats sad to hear - many folx wont understand that. I would not have wasted 1 hour with that - speak to supervisor or would have ended my call.