I guess that combination of words sounds like I'm critisicing the community response. I am, to an extent.
If you don’t see the variation button, this is normally because of two reasons:
- Listing with variations is not available in this particular category.
- Variations only work with fixed-price listings. They do not work with auction-style listings.
6. So, scroll down the page and select Fixed price for the Format in the Selling details section.
7. After clicking the Create variation button you see the variation page.By simply quoting bad information from the support page the information is "nonsense" because it does not lead to a solution.
Almost all categories DO allow variations, so the suggestion that "most likely it's not supported" is bollucks. It will lead many people to give up, make multiple listings, or otherwise just have a worse experience.
My question is to why variations is hidden by default?
Many many sellers use variations and have for many many years. This is not a new feature. Hiding it in extra settings and failing to update the support pages may be new. But that's not the question.
The question is why is it not visible by default?
I also "asked" why it's not in the support pages. But that was meant to be a rhetorical suggestion to eBay to update the support pages.
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