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Customizing Your eBay Store

Sections

Custom eBay Store Header
Custom eBay Store Colors
Listing Header
Custom Store Pages
Custom Store Front
Custom Store Navigation
Custom "me" Page
Using Your Auction Template

Before You Begin

1) Activated your eBay Store Subscription;
2) Received/created your HTML files and your graphics;
3) All your graphics are uploaded to your image host and linked using absolute URLs;
4) Sign into eBay using the user name associated with the store;
5) Click on "My eBay" on the top menu bar.

Begin Tutorials

Begin by logging into My eBay, and clicking on Manage My Store.

CUSTOM EBAY STORE HEADER

Select Display Settings.

Scroll down the page until you see the Heading Theme and Display and select Change to another theme.

Select Easily customizable.

Scroll to bottom of the page and select Custom Header Only, then click Save Settings.

Back to Display Settings, Theme and Display, find Store header display and select Change.

Select Yes and paste your HTML in the box.

Select the eBay Header Header Style allowed for your level of store subscription, then click Save Settings. If you have the option to choose Minimal Store Header, be sure to select that option.

CUSTOM EBAY STORE COLORS

Back to Display Settings, Theme and Display, find Store theme and select Edit current theme.

Enter the hex colors to match your store. These should be given to you by your designer. If you use Firefox, you can install an Add-on Extension called ColorZilla which allows you to find any color on a page.

You will also set your font style, size and color, then click Save Settings.

LISTING HEADER

Depending on your custom template design, it is usually best to turn off the Custom Listing Header and Listing Frame. Note that turning on the Listing Frame could cause horizontal scrolling for viewers with smaller screen resolutions. Go back to Manage My Store and scroll down to Listing Frame under Marketing Tools.

Select Don't show my Store listing header and left-navigation bar in my listings.. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select Apply.

CUSTOM STORE PAGES

Back to Manage My Store, then Custom Pages.

Select Create new page.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and select 1 Text Section/HTML and click Continue.

Enter the pages title, and paste your HTML into the provided area.

Make sure you click Show left navigation bar. If your custom page has the navigation built in to it, you will want to select Hide left navigation bar. This is usually only done for a custom store front page. Select Continue.

Preview the page and either go back and make changes, or scroll to the bottom of the page and select Save and Publish.

CUSTOM STORE FRONT

Once back to Custom Pages, scroll to the bottom of the page, select which custom page you want your buyers to see when they enter your store and select Apply.

CUSTOM NAVIGATION

Go back to Manage Your Store and select Promotion Boxes. Select Create New Promotion Box.

You will want to select Left navigation - upper for Location, Custom Text/HTML for Promotion box type and enter the name of the promotion box ie: My Navigation. Then paste your HTML into the provided area.

Back under Display Settings scroll down to Left navigation bar settings.

For your custom navigation to show, you must have one of the boxes checked. Depending on what elements where built in to your custom navigation, leave search, stores pages or if both of those were built in, select Buyer display options. Click on Save Settings.

ME PAGE

If you currently have a me page, go to your me page and scroll to the bottom of the page and select Create or edit my About Me page. If you do not have a me page, you will need to go to someone elses me page and scroll to the bottom, and continue with the next steps.

Click on Edit Your Page or Create Your Page if you did not previously have a me page.

Select Enter your own HTML code and click on Continue.

Paste your HTML into the provider area and click on Continue.

Preview your me page and either select back to make changes or Submit if everything is fine.

USING YOUR CUSTOM TEMPLATE

Pasting your code into eBays description area: Make sure you have clicked on CUSTOMIZE YOUR LISTING when selling a new item. And once you get to ENTER YOUR DESCRIPTION area, make sure you are clicked on the HTML tab.

Pasting your code into Turbo Listers description area: You do NOT have to click on "Description Builder" Click inside the box and just paste your HTML.

NEVER preview your code in eBay, Turbo Lister or any other listing venue. The preview editors these venues use will strip your files of styles, JavaScripts and other code and your template will NOT render properly once listed. If you have previewed your listing in your browser, and it looks correct, it will be correct once you list.

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