Edit a group of drafts
This page describes how to edit a draft with variants (sizes, colours) that will become a single listing on eBay.
Group and variants
- The group holds the shared listing data: title, description, category, brand, template, item specifics and schedule.
- Each variant has its own values (for example Color: Red), price, quantity, availability, monitoring and images.
- The group is published all together with the green Publish button on its row (Publish Draft).
Variants are grouped only if View Variants as Groups is on in Preferences & Tools. If it is off, each variant is a row of its own, is edited like a single draft (Edit a draft) and is published as a separate listing.
Group popup
In the Drafts page click the group row or its yellow Edit button. The popup has the Details, Variants, Template, Item Specifics and Other sections; it has no Price and Images, which are in the variants.
- Details: Title, eBay Store, Description, Category, Brand and Custom tag, as in a single draft. Changing eBay Store moves the whole group. The tag chosen here shows on the group row.
- Template and Item Specifics: as in a single draft, they apply to the whole listing.
- Other: Scheduled publication date and Ignore all warnings and publish the draft on the scheduled date., for the whole group.
Variants
The Group variants section defines the options the customer chooses from on eBay.
- With Add variant you create a new option and type its name (for example Color). If you rename an option, the new name applies to all products.
- Under each option there is a card for every product of the group, with image and supplier link. Pick the value from the menu, or type a new one to add it.
- The red button next to the name deletes the option; at least one must remain.
Products without a value show Unassigned. Saving is blocked, with a message, if an option is missing, a name is empty or repeated, or a product has no value. Two products can't have the same combination of values: "A variant with this combination of values already exists." appears. If deleting an option makes two products identical, they go back to Unassigned.
Improve with AI in the group
In the group popup Improve with AI can also rewrite the variant values (the Variants option): in that case the changes are saved right away. Fields, cost and differences are in Improve with AI.
Variant popup
Expand the group with the arrow and click the variant row or its Edit. The popup is titled with the variant name:
| Section | Content |
|---|---|
| Details | Variant: option names are fixed, you can change the values. Then Product Code (SKU), Selling Region, Ship from and Shipping Time, read only |
| Price | The same fields as a single draft: monitoring, quantity, availability, price, markup, cents, VAT and fees (Draft price) |
| Images | The variant images |
| Other | Shipping, payment and return policies, set by Droopify |
The variant popup has no Improve with AI.
Save Changes and Reset Changes
In the group popup, Save Changes saves the variants first and then the other data: if saving the variants fails, nothing is saved, the popup stays open and the reason appears (for example "A variant with this combination of values already exists."). Reset Changes only resets the shared group data; each variant is reset from its own popup.
If "The draft or listing was not found. It may have been deleted: refresh the page and try again." appears, the group or one of its variants no longer exists: close the popup and refresh the page.