Listing Duration Attribute

Objective

  • Listing Duration allows users to select a duration in days; before, users could only insert listing start date and listing end date.
  • Make the selection of Listing Duration is easier and more convenient.
    Critical Knowledge

    Precondition on Shop-side:

    • Two attributes are available in the Shop backend system. There are of the type “datetime”

    Information:

    • Listing Duration is only available after configuration by admin user. If the “Listing Duration Options” setting is empty, then the “Listing Duration” dropdown is not displayed.
    • To turn off the Listing Duration feature, admin can leave the “Listing Duration Options” empty.

    Feature Activation:

    If you want to use the feature to set the listing duration of a product, please raise a TMSLD ticket and provide the attribute IDs (from Seller Center) of the attributes that are used for listing duration. The config parameter that needs to be set is record_validators/listing_dates, where both attribute IDs are added.

    Listing Duration Configuration

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    • Go to Administration > Settings
    2 In the group for “Product Management,” the setting “Listing Duration Options” is available.

    • Fill the content of the “Listing Duration Options” setting.
    • These values are the valid values that users can select in manual creation/update and CSV/XLSX.
    • Values have to be numbers and comma-separated.
    • “Inserted values” refers to days.
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    • After submitting, the “Listing Duration Options” appears in the manual creation/update and CSV/XLSX.

    Seller_Center

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    CSV/XLSX Import

     

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    • Go to Manage Product > Download Template for creation or update.
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    • In the file, user can insert the following:
      • “ListingDuration”
        • Check the “Valid Values” sheet to see the available values.
      • “ListingStart” and “ListingEnd” dates
        • These should be in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
    Critical Knowledge
    • “ListingStart” and “ListingEnd” are not mandatory if “ListingDuration” is inserted.

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    • The illustration opposite shows the possible use cases with the CSV/XLSX import.

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