Our Template Designer is currently optimized for the Mozilla Firefox browser. This is very widespread browser and can be downloaded for free from mozilla.org. Please use this browser to customize your template until we can fully ensure compatibility with other browsers. Although customization is possible with other browsers, additional steps may be needed to achieve the same result as in Mozilla Firefox.
UNDOING CHANGES: If you want to undo a change, you can use the shortcut “Ctrl + Z” (PC) or “Cmd + Z” (Mac). In addition, there are two buttons the toolbar next to the formatting tool, that you can use for undoing and redoing changes as well.
After your purchase, you have downloaded a .zip file. Please unpack this .zip archive onto your computer. Then go to our Template Designer and click on the button “Import your template into the Template Designer”.
In the dialog box that appears, select the downloaded .html or .txt version of the template and click on “Open”.
If you want to edit one of your existing eBay listings, or need a template for a new product, then it may be useful to download the template directly from one of your existing eBay listings. Click on the “Import your template from eBay” button and enter the corresponding eBay listing number in the menu.
To save the template, please use the button “Save your template on your computer”.
You then have the option to “copy & paste html code” or save it via “download .txt-file”. We recommend saving the template regularly as a file to have a backup.
You can choose the color of your template via the color picker tool. This is located leftmost in the toolbar. It supports both a point-and-click selection with stepless color navigation as well as the input of a hex color code.
Note: If you do not need some image placeholders, just leave them at first. The template recognizes, whether you have put in images or left the placeholders and will hide the remaining placeholders when you upload the template on eBay.
You can insert your logo by clicking on the corresponding placeholders in the template. Then click on “Insert or change image” in the toolbar above the design window and enter the URL (the link) to your logo.
Note: The Template Designer is optimized for the Mozilla Firefox browser, which we strongly recommend using. If you do not use the Mozilla Firefox you have to move the mouse while holding down the mouse button and clicking on the pictures, so that the picture is marked. The image is correctly selected as soon as it turns blue.
Linking of the navigation elements (ratings, profile, newsletter, etc.) and buttons is automated. All you need to do is insert your account name and the link to your eBay Store in the “Account Settings” tab in the “Template Configuration” menu (gear icon in the toolbar).
Note: If you do not need some image placeholders, just leave them at first. The template recognizes, whether you have put in images or left the placeholders and will hide the remaining placeholders when you upload the template on eBay.
You can automatically import the gallery images from existing eBay listings into the template. To do this, click on the double-arrow symbol and enter the corresponding eBay offer number in the menu.
If you would like to manually select the gallery images, then use the “Template Configuration” menu with the gear icon in the toolbar. In the menu that opens, you can set up the gallery in the “Gallery” tab.
You can change how the template looks on mobile devices via the tab “Mobile Settings” in the “Template Configuration” menu. In addition, you can set up the mobile short description under the tab “mobile settings”, which boosts your ebay search ranking.
To change the texts in your auction template, simply mark in the corresponding text (by pressing & holding the mouse button or by double-clicking) and start writing. The toolbar above the design view window gives you access to the most common text editing tools.
To link texts and pictures with a link, proceed as follows:
You can insert pictures into the text elements by clicking on the corresponding placeholder or the respective position in the text. Then click on “Insert or change image” in the toolbar above the design window and enter the URL (the link) to your image.
Note: The Template Designer is optimized for the Mozilla Firefox browser, which we strongly recommend using. If you do not use the Mozilla Firefox you have to move the mouse while holding down the mouse button and clicking on the pictures, so that the picture is marked. The image is correctly selected as soon as it turns blue.
Youtube videos can be inserted by clicking on the desired position in the text, then clicking on “Insert Youtube Video” in the toolbar above the design window and enter the URL (the link) to your image. Inserting a Youtube video this way is in compliance with the current ebay rules.
All our auction templates support the icon library “Font Awesome”, which gives you access to over 600 different icons.
Just click on one of the icons in the description to open the corresponding dialog box and change the icon. Here you must enter the name of the desired icon. You can see all icons and their names here: https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons
Note: If you do not want to use the cross-selling elements, please leave everything as it is and do not delete anything.The template recognizes, whether you have put in images or left the placeholders and will hide the remaining placeholders when you upload the template on eBay.
You can import existing eBay listings into the cross-selling area with just a few clicks. To do this, click on the trophy symbol and enter the corresponding eBay listing numbers in the menu that opens.
Once you have inserted all the listing numbers, click on “Import Items As Cross Sellers” and the cross selling items will be inserted automatically.
Of course, you can also manually insert the cross-selling items. The price of the articles can also be entered in this scenario.
Please insert your pictures first (how to do that you can read in the section “Inserting pictures & videos”). After inserting your pictures, you can now link to the items shown in your “Bestsellers” and “Matching” section.
Now you can mark the article picture and click on “Insert link” in the toolbar above the design editor to enter the URL (link) to the desired product.
Then please mark the article name and also link it via the function “Insert link” in the toolbar.
If you want to specify a price, please mark and link it individually as well.
When you are finished editing the auction template, please save the template using the button “Save your template on your computer”.
You then have the option to “copy & paste html code” or save it via “download .txt-file”. We recommend saving the template regularly as a file to have a backup.
You now need the source code. Depending on the save type you chose, you will receive it as follows:
Then go to your eBay listing and scroll to the area where you usually enter the item description. You will notice that there is a tab labeled “HTML” at the top of the editor window. Please click on it and copy the text content / source code into the ebay editorby using copy & paste (the key combination Ctrl + V (for Windows PC) or CMD + V (for Mac)), then save the listing.
Congratulations, you are done! Your auction template has now been transferred to eBay and you can proceed as usual with the setup of the item.