What are the changes?
From mid July, regardless of what subcategory your CD belongs to, all CDs listed on eBay.com.au will be classified under the following category:

Music > CDs with the category number 307.

How will this impact sellers?

Recurring listings
Any seller who automatically relists CDs using a third party or eBay tool (such as Turbo Lister or Selling Manager Pro) will need to make a bulk edit of CD listings in mid July to ensure all CDs are listed within the one category number – 307.

New CD listings from mid July
The Sell Your Item form will give you one category option only for classifying your CDs; category number 307. For Turbo Lister and third party listing tools you will need to download updates after mid July to ensure the category structure reflects this change.

Important note for all sellers
Ensure you use Item Specifics and include appropriate keywords in your titles to help facilitate the relevancy of searches for buyers. Any existing listing will automatically be migrated to the new category number – 307. Item Specifics will remain a part of the listing process.

How will this impact buyers?
Buyers will be presented with one simple option to help narrow their search: the CDs product finder. This decreases duplication of search options and makes it easier for buyers to search using other item details such as CD type, genre, condition etc.

Why are these changes being made?
These changes will assist buyers and sellers by simplifying the processes to list and buy a CD. Additionally, for those wishing to purchase and/or sell internationally, the new Australian CDs category is linked to every CD listed on the US site and is linked to the ‘Other CDs’ category on the UK site. This increases the relevance of product searches internationally.