Edit several drafts together

Select the group to edit#

1. Open Drafts and narrow the list using store, search and filters.
2. Tick the rows you want to edit and check the count in the action bar.
3. To include all filtered results, use Select All: this includes the list's other pages too.
4. Click Edit Drafts.

A submission can include up to 30,000 drafts. Narrow the group if you exceed the limit. Drafts added after the operation starts do not join the already accepted operation.

Select the page, exclude rows or start again#

To include only the products displayed, use Select this page when available below the table. It differs from Select All in the action bar, which concerns the filtered results.

After Select All, you can untick individual rows to exclude them. Check the updated count before editing, deleting or publishing. The operational selection includes active drafts, not already published listings displayed in a mixed view.

The cross in the bar performs Clear selection. The Collapse bar (Riduci barra) button instead hides actions without losing the selection: reopen them with Show actions (Mostra azioni). A collapsed bar alone does not prove that no products are selected.

Changing the search or draft view clears the selection; check rows and count again afterwards. For profit bands, return to explicit selection: excluding a few rows from Select All does not turn the group into a manual selection.

Check the scope before adding operations#

Manual selection and Select All have different scopes. The former includes the rows you ticked; the latter includes search and filter results beyond the visible page. Before confirming, check both the number and the contents of the group.

If you want to work on only one store, narrow the view to that store first. This is particularly important for policies, which must belong to the same eBay account, and for profit bands, which require explicitly selected rows.

Accepted changes use the group fixed at the start. New drafts arriving later are not added automatically. The results of a search performed after submission may therefore no longer match the original selection.

Add the operations#

1. In the Operation field, choose an item from Add an operation.
2. Complete the required values.
3. Add any other operations you want to apply to the same group, up to 20 operations per submission.
4. Remove operations added by mistake and review the final list.

• Profit: distinguish setting a value from increasing the existing value.
• Title: choose whether to replace, add or remove text.
• Policies: select drafts from the same eBay account to use that store's options.
• Profit bands: select rows explicitly; this operation is unavailable with Select All.

The apply command stays disabled until the operations contain valid values.

Distinguish replacements, increases and rules#

The window applies operations in the order shown. Read them as a sequence: adding text to a title and then replacing the entire title does not produce the same result as adding text alone.

• Quantity: sets the requested number for the selected products.
• Profit: choose whether to set or increase the percentage component, fixed component or both, completing the required values.
• Price cents: concerns the decimal portion of the price, not a profit amount.
• Description: replaces the text of the selected drafts; check that it suits every product in the group.

Remove any operation added by mistake before clicking Apply. Do not rely on a later save to automatically undo an increase or replacement already performed.

Example: quantity and titles for a small group#

You want to set the same quantity on five drafts from the same store and add shared wording to their titles. Filter by the store and tick the five rows, then open Edit Drafts.

1. Add the Quantity operation and enter your chosen value.
2. Add the title operation and choose whether to prepend or append the text.
3. Reread the text and check that it is correct for each of the five products.
4. Check the count and both operations, then apply them.

Open some drafts after the update and check both changes. For products that differ, edit their titles individually rather than applying wording that could describe them inaccurately.

Apply and check the result#

1. Review the number of drafts and all configured operations.
2. Click Apply, followed by the number of operations.
3. After the list updates, check the rows and any alerts.
4. Open some products to check the saved prices and content.

Changes continue in the background. Start confirmation does not guarantee that every draft was updated: resolve errors indicated on the affected rows.

If some changes fail#

Start confirmation concerns acceptance of the request. Editing continues in the background and must not be interpreted as success for every product. Check errors and warnings on the rows, opening their indicator where present.

Before repeating a profit increase or title addition, check which drafts already received the change. Submitting the same group again as a separate job can apply the same intended change a second time.

If a draft is involved in another operation or the page is not showing current data, resolve that point first. For a persistent error, keep the store, draft, requested operations and full message. Do not delete a draft simply to hide why an edit failed.