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Schedule Publication

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The Schedule Publication popup chooses the date and time when the drafts selected in the Drafts page are published on eBay automatically.

To schedule a single draft use the Other section of its popup (Edit a draft, Edit a group of drafts).

Scheduling several drafts

  1. Select the drafts, or use Select All (Select several drafts).
  2. Click Schedule Publication in the bar at the bottom.
  3. In Mode pick Same date or Incremental and fill in the fields.
  4. If you want, tick Ignore all warnings and publish the drafts on the scheduled date.
  5. Click Schedule.
ModeFieldsHow it works
Same datePublication dateAll drafts are published at that date and time
IncrementalDrafts per interval, Unit (Minutes, Hours, Days), IntervalDrafts are published in batches, oldest first: the first batch one interval from now, the next ones at every interval. Example: 10 drafts every 1 day

"The scheduling has been submitted: it may take a few minutes depending on the number of drafts being scheduled." appears. Follow the progress in the Operations History, Operations section.

Delete Schedule

In the Schedule Publication popup, Delete Schedule removes the schedule from the selected drafts, with no further confirmation. It also works with a single selected draft; alternatively, in the draft popup, Reset Changes removes the schedule together with the other edits.

What happens on the scheduled date

Scheduled drafts show under the row "The draft publication has been scheduled for … at …". Publication starts shortly after the set time, like a normal publication (Publish Drafts). If at that moment View Variants as Groups is on, the variants of a group are published together; otherwise each one on its own. Without the warnings tick, a restricted, out of stock draft or one with a blocked word is not published and shows the reason under the row.

Possible errors

MessageWhat to do
Select a date and time before proceeding.In Same date pick the Publication date
Enter a valid number of drafts to publish.In Incremental enter a number greater than 0 in Drafts per interval
Enter a valid interval.In Incremental enter a number greater than 0 in Interval
Another messageThe scheduling didn't start and the popup stays open: try again; if it happens again, contact support