Create and manage listing templates

Before you start: product content and layout#

A template organises a listing description: it can show the title, images, description and other product data in a reusable layout. It does not replace checking the draft content or create missing information on its own.

Before working on a template, open a representative product and check its title, images, description and item specifics. An incomplete preview can be caused by these data even when the template is correct. If you need to complete the product, start with Checking and editing a draft.

If you manage several stores, check the draft destination and the library loaded in the editor. Give templates recognisable names: distinguishing an experimental copy from a template already in use helps you avoid changing the wrong content.

Open the product’s Template tab#

1. Go to Drafts, find the product and press Edit in its row.
2. Open the Template tab.
3. Check the selected template name and the summary of the saved selection.
4. Read the Listing preview to see the result with the open product’s data.

The tab is also available in the editor for published products, opened from Products. In that case, applying the template changes an eBay listing and requires checking a different outcome from simply saving a draft.

The Full screen control, when visible in the Template editor header, expands the workspace. It helps you read and edit the content; it does not apply the template or publish the product.

Start with a Qublo template or a simple description#

To begin without building a template from scratch, use Start from a Qublo preset:

1. In Starting preset, choose the template and language you want. Among the Italian templates, for example, you will find Base pulito.
2. Press Copy to my library.
3. Check the new entry in My library and select it to read its preview.

You can edit the copy in your library. Creating or selecting it does not mean it has already been applied to the product: check the summary and the button at the bottom of the tab.

To use the product content without an HTML template, select Simple description. This selection also needs to be applied; clicking the entry alone does not make the change final.

Customise the layout and keep the required macros#

1. Select a template and press Edit, or choose Create a custom template.
2. Fill in Template name.
3. Work in the Template HTML field. You can switch between HTML, Preview and Side by side.
4. Use the formatting controls and macro buttons to insert variable product data.

The three required macros are Title, Images and Description. Their buttons insert the corresponding placeholders into the template content.

Macros that generate blocks, such as Images and Description, belong in the body of the content. Placing them inside an HTML attribute, for example an image address, produces a validation error. Using the macro buttons helps preserve the correct double-brace syntax.

Save to the library, then apply to the product#

1. Press Save template and wait for the save result.
2. Return to template selection and check the name and preview.
3. If the selection has changed, press Apply to draft.
4. Wait for confirmation, then reopen the tab to check the saved template.

Save template updates the library. Apply to draft records which template that draft should use. Pending application indicates a selection that still needs confirmation; changing the selection alone does not complete the work.

Reset selection, when available, restores the previously saved choice. Close closes the editor: before using it, check whether any changes still need to be applied. The draft will still require a separate publication on eBay.

Demonstration: a simple reusable template#

Imagine preparing a draft for a desk organiser. This is a working example, not a real product or account.

1. Copy the Italian Base pulito template into your library.
2. Rename your copy Example – simple product page.
3. Keep the Title, Images and Description blocks. Add the item specifics macro beneath a clear section heading.
4. Check that the preview shows the organiser’s data, without fixed content referring to another item.
5. Save the template and apply it to the draft.

To check reuse, open a second draft and select the same template in its preview. The title and description should come from the second product. If you wrote a name or price as fixed text in the template, that text stays fixed: use a macro when the value needs to change from product to product.

Change a template used by a published listing#

When you work on a product already online, the editor protects the currently applied template: it may ask you to create a copy before editing it.

1. Select the template and press Create a copy.
2. Edit the copy and save it to your library.
3. Check the preview on the published product.
4. Press Apply to eBay listing and follow the update result.

The selection is saved only after eBay confirms the listing update. If Qublo says the operation has started, wait for the outcome before considering the online description updated. If an error occurs, reopen the listing and check which content was actually saved.

Duplicate, set the default or delete a template#

Actions appear for the selected template. Create a copy prepares a variant while keeping the starting template recognisable. Set as account default marks the library’s default template; still check the choice on the open draft and apply it when required.

To remove an entry, select it and press Delete, then check the library and the remaining selection. If it is the template applied to the published product you are editing, the editor first asks you to select Simple description and apply that to eBay. Complete and verify that update before deleting the template.

To prepare a new version without confusing those already in use, choose different names and try the copy on a draft. The library name, open preview and template saved on the product are three things to compare before confirming.

If the template will not save or looks wrong#

• Save template is disabled: check that the name and HTML are not empty and that another save is not already running.
• Required macros are missing: reinsert Title, Images and Description in the content, then try saving again.
• A macro in an attribute causes an error: move the block into the template body using its button.
• Template saved, draft unchanged: select it in the library and complete Apply to draft.
• Images or item specifics are missing: check the product data first. A template cannot add information the draft does not contain.
• Editing or deletion is blocked on an online product: follow the copying or detaching procedure described above.

If the problem continues, open a ticket with the store, product, template name, control used and full message. After checking the template, continue with publishing drafts or checking the updated listing.