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eBay Good Til Cancelled / Allow out-of-stock options

The quantity must be a valid number greater than 0

Not using the "out-of-stock" listing feature on your Good Til Cancelled listings will cause overselling on eBay no matter what inventory management platform you use.
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Any good-til-cancelled listing will stay active until explicitly cancelled and without the ability to mark it out-of-stock, we can never set it to 0 inventory. Instead, you will see errors like:


"The quantity must be a valid number greater than 0" or "Try enabling out of stock / good til cancelled listings"
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To avoid this problem, ensure all of your Good Til Cancelled listings use the "out-of-stock" feature. This option is labeled "Listings stay active when you're out of stock" and the option should be enabled if you want to avoid overselling.


​"Using the out-of-stock option on your Good ’Til Canceled listings may help protect you from receiving a transaction defect for running out of stock. [...] When the quantity of the listing becomes 0 (either because all the items were sold, or you adjusted the quantity), your listing stays active but hidden from search results." - eBay
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If you are unable to use this option, it is not recommended but you may configure SKULabs to automatically close your listings when they are out of stock requiring you re-list them when the time comes. This can only be enabled across the board under credential settings. This alternative is not recommended and is only useful for a very small number of eBay sellers who are not yet using the highly recommended Good Til Cancelled / Allow out of stock configuration.

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