# Another ebay question, saving listings for later **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 4, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645 "2008-12-04T07:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/1 "2008-12-04T07:21:18Z")
I would like to build up a batch of listings to go on ebay at a particular time. Is there any way of setting the date and time the listing will go active? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/2 "2008-12-04T07:40:31Z")
Maybe [scheduled start](http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/schedule.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/3 "2008-12-04T07:43:32Z")
Once again, you save me! Thanks for that and the advice in the other thread. Fist listing: [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=170284621749](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=170284621749) Let me know what you think. I am trying to get rid of a bunch of stuff, and if nobody wants it, into the trash it goes. I just hate to throw things away if someone can get a good benefit. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/4 "2008-12-04T07:44:54Z")
You can use the Turbolister tool to create listings and post them all as a batch. [http://pages.ebay.co.uk/turbo\_lister/](http://pages.ebay.co.uk/turbo_lister/) It’s free to use Turbolister to post a number of items all at once. You have to pay to use scheduled start. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/5 "2008-12-04T07:53:33Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > You can use the Turbolister tool to create listings and post them all as a batch. > > [http://pages.ebay.co.uk/turbo\_lister/](http://pages.ebay.co.uk/turbo_lister/) > It’s free to use Turbolister to post a number of items all at once. You have to pay to use scheduled start. I am in the States, it says UK version. Will it work here? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/6 "2008-12-04T07:54:22Z")
Hey, glad to do what I can. If you’re selling books, CDs, DVDs, or video games, you might also consider [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com)’s [EasySell](http://www.amazon.com/gp/seller/fba/fba_easysell.html) program. You can ship all your junk to them in one big box and they’ll take care of delivery and customer service to individual customers for you. It’s so much easier than separately sending out a bunch of low-value items yourself, and your buyers enjoy free shipping for orders over $25 (making your items more competitive than the other listings, though whether you’ll make more money in the end is uncertain to me). ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/7 "2008-12-04T07:55:22Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > I am in the States, it says UK version. Will it work here? Yeah, just use the US version: [Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles & More | eBay](http://pages.ebay.com/turbo_lister/) ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/8 "2008-12-04T08:06:51Z")
> [@404 Clue Not Found](#): > > Hey, glad to do what I can. > > If you’re selling books, CDs, DVDs, or video games, you might also consider [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com)’s [EasySell](http://www.amazon.com/gp/seller/fba/fba_easysell.html) program. You can ship all your junk to them in one big box and they’ll take care of delivery and customer service to individual customers for you. > > It’s so much easier than separately sending out a bunch of low-value items yourself, and your buyers enjoy free shipping for orders over $25 (making your items more competitive than the other listings, though whether you’ll make more money in the end is uncertain to me). Basically, it is either this or in the trash it goes. This is old computer manuals and stuff. I doubt if much of it will even go, so I don’t think the added complexity of dealing with Amazon is worth it at this stage. I am doing this as much as a hate to see things go to waste as anything else. The Post Office is just around the corner, so it is no biggie to ship stuff out. I figure if I schedule all my auctions to end on Sunday, I can make one trip a week for all the junk. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/9 "2008-12-04T08:08:49Z")
> [@404 Clue Not Found](#): > > Yeah, just use the US version: [Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles & More | eBay](http://pages.ebay.com/turbo_lister/) Awesome. Why is it free? What’s the catch? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/10 "2008-12-04T08:14:10Z")
No catch, it just makes it easier to put listings on eBay. It’s in their own interest to make things as easy for their users as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ebay-question-saving-listings-for-later/475645/11 "2008-12-04T08:29:02Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > No catch, it just makes it easier to put listings on eBay. It’s in their own interest to make things as easy for their users as possible. Yeah, and it appears to be a bandwidth saver for them. Instead of serving out a page every time someone doesn’t like how the listing looks, they can fart around with it on their local machine and only upload finished product. Anyway, it looks like the ticket. Installing now. Thanks!