If you're already an eBay seller, you can import your listings from eBay into ProStores.You can utilize the approach that best meets your needs based upon on the number of listings, the content included in the listings, your comfort level with eBay tools, and your comfort level with spreadsheet applications.

Import options include:

- “Build Catalog Using eBay Listings” option available in the “eBay Tools” area of store administration (go to Store Administration>>Product>>Market Demand>>eBay>>Tools, click on Active Listings and/or Ended Listings.

- “Import Store Data” option available in the Support manager of store administration and import either an eBay Turbo Lister File, an eBay File Exchange file, or a ProStores formatted product file (.csv or .txt tab delimited format). Go to Store Administration>>Support>>Import Data.

Which approach is best for me?

If you do not have the ability or tools to create an eBay File Exchange or Turbo Lister file with your listings, you will probably want to use “Build Catalog Using eBay Listings” option. It provides the easiest and quickest approach to moving a limited number of listings from eBay to ProStores.

If you have the tools and experience to create Turbo Lister and/or File Exchange product files, and you plan to import more than 100 listings at a time, you should consider the Store Data Import option and import your eBay Turbo Lister or File Exchange file.

If you have a large number of listings and don’t have the tools to create a Turbo Lister or File Exchange product files and you are comfortable working with data in spreadsheets or tab delimited files, you may want to create and import a ProStores formatted file with your listing data. Review the Importing Tables section in Chapter 10 of the ProStores Store Administration Complete Reference user guide for details on this option.


Build Catalog from eBay Listings

The Build Catalog from eBay Listings feature on the eBay Tools page allows you to create products from your eBay listings, and then select the products you would like to copy into your ProStores catalog. eBay listings include eBay Store, and individual listings based on your eBay seller account.

Watch a video tutorial demonstration of using the Retrieve eBay Listings tool.

To build your catalog from eBay listings, perform the following steps:
- Browse to Product | Market Demand | eBay | Tools. The eBay Tools page appears.
- Select the eBay site that has the listings you want to copy to ProStores.
- eBay retrieves listings from eBay.com.
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- eBay Motors retrieves vehicle listings from U.S. eBay Motors.
- Select the listings (Active and/or Ended) you would like to copy to ProStores.
- Active Listings selects all active listings from the selected eBay site.
- Ended Listings selects all listings from the selected eBay site that have ended within the specified time period.
- Click the Retrieve button. ProStores displays a list of items that meet your criteria.
- In the Listings Retrieved From eBay page created in the steps above, select the check box for each listing you want to copy to your catalog.
- Make any necessary Listing Title or SKU changes to the selected items.
- Click the Assign Categories button and specify which of the defined ProStores categories you want the selected products assigned.
- Click the Return button after category assignments have been specified
- Click the Copy to Catalog button to copy the products into your store.
- Repeat steps 6 and 9 for each page of listings returned during the retrieval process.
- Browse to Product | List to display the list of products in your catalog.
- Verify product description, quantity, and price before offering the product on your storefront.
- In order for your new products to show up on your storefront, be sure to assign a category and enable Show in catalog for each product.

Some items you may want to address after importing listings with this process.
- Assign product weights and dimensions to the products if you use plan to use USPS or other weight based shipping calculators.
- Consider adding a Brief Description to each product. This is used on the search results page.
- Consider converting the Photo image imported into a Thumbnail image for use on the search results page. There is an option to do this on the Product Information page in store administration.




Import Catalog from eBay Listings File

ProStores also supports adding products to your store by importing eBay Turbo Lister or File Exchange files, generated by eBay. To import from a file, perform the following steps:
- Browse to Support | Import. The Import page appears.
- Select the eBay file type to which you wish to import the file from the list.
- Browse to the file you wish to import.
- Click Import. If you have a large file, this process may take a while.
Note: The categories in these files will be imported as eBay category numbers. To change them, you can either modify the CSV file before importing it, or modify each product's category assignments after importing the file. You may also want to add

Some items you may want to address after importing listings with this process.
- Assign product weights and dimensions to the products if you use plan to use USPS or other weight based shipping calculators.
- Consider adding a Brief Description to each product. This is used on the search results page.
- Consider converting the Photo image imported into a Thumbnail image for use on the search results page. There is an option to do this on the Product Information page in store administration.