If you sell the vehicle details on eBay, you have a great opportunity to increase an Item search relevance by using can take advantage of the eBay Parts Compatibilityfeature. This feature It allows easily listing specific items (e.g. parts/accessories) in association with parts and accessories in relation to the compatible vehicles. As a result, it provides your Buyers with additional parameters (e.g. specific car make, model etc.) for more accurate and effective Product search.M2E Pro supports the eBay Parts Compatibility feature for US and European eBay sites. You can add compatible vehicles of two types to Both buyers and sellers benefit from this feature – it helps achieve a boost in sales and makes it easier for buyers to find the required parts.
The Parts Compatibility feature is available for eBay Motors, eBay Australia, and some European eBay sites. There are two types of vehicle numbers that you can use to specify parts compatibility information for your M2E Pro Listings:
- eBay Product IDs (ePIDs)
- kTypes
Here is a brief overview of ePIDs and kTypes of compatible vehiclesthese two types of vehicle numbers:
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| Description | Based on the Product Reference IDs of compatible vehicles for the eBay Site | Based on the common general kType data provided by eBay |
| Vehicle Model Year | Fixed (for example, 2019) | Range that indicates production period (for example, from 2019 to -2021) |
| Marketplaces Supported | eBay Motors, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia | eBay United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Australia |
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The k-Type kType database is the same for all related eBay Sites. |
To add ePIDs/kTypes of compatible vehicles to your Products in M2E Pro, follow these instructions:
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Get the most up-to-date Parts Compatibility list
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by updating eBay Marketplaces. To do it, go to eBay Integration > Configuration
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> Marketplaces and click Update Now or Update All Now:
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Go to eBay Integration > Configuration > Settings and set up Compatibility Attribute
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there. It will be used for saving ePIDs/
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kTypes of compatible vehicles
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Step 3. Navigate to M2E Pro Listings grid and set the required Parts Compatibility Mode for your Listing (for UK and DE marketplaces only).
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You can select only up to 3000 Compatible Vehicles at once due to technical reasons. If you need to add more than 3000 Compatible Vehicles at once, use the following methods:
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You will see the prepared data in Selected Items line. Press Add / Override button to save selected compatible vehicles into Parts Compatibility Magento Attribute:
- Add -the prepared ePID/kType values will be Added to the items already existed in the Attribute;
- Override - the prepared ePID/kType values will Override the already existed ones.
Parts Compatibility information will appear in the Listing grid. Click 'Show' in the Compatibility column to review it.
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