How to Link Your eBay Auctions to Other Auctions
Auction listings on eBay can include links to your other auctions. You can also include up to 10 links to other users' listings in your own auction. There are two methods available to link to other auctions. The first uses eBay's own markup language to automatically generate a link to another eBay auction. The second uses HTML (hypertext markup language) code--the same code used to write most websites--to manually insert a link. Either method works the same, and your choice is based solely on personal preference.
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Instructions
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Markup
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Insert the text "{eBayStoresItem" (without the quotation marks) into the listing box of your auction. The location of the text will determine the location of the link.
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Add this text:
ITEM="x"
Replace the "x" with the item number of the auction you want to link to.
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Add this text:
BORDER="x"
Replace the "x" with the size in pixels of the border you want to add around the link, if any. For example, BORDER="1" will produce a border of one-pixel thickness around the link box.
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Close the tag with the "}" character. Your markup text will now appear like this:
{eBayStoresItem ITEM="40" BORDER="0"}
That text would produce a link to eBay auction item number 40 with no border around the link box.
HTML
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In the area you want the link to appear, type:
<a href="
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Enter the URL of the auction you want to link to. The URL is the text you enter into your browser to arrive at the auction's page. Enter a closing quotation mark at the end of the URL along with a closing bracket (">").
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Enter the text you want to appear as the link. This is the text that will be blue and underlined, and that readers will click on to get to your other auction page.
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Enter the "</a>" tag to close the link. Your HTML code will now appear like this:
<a href="http://www.ebay.com">Click here to go to my other eBay auction</a>
That text would produce a link to the eBay main page with the text, "Click here to go to my other eBay auction."
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Tips & Warnings
Consult the eBay links policy (see link in Resources) to verify that the links you are attempting to include follow the rules. Listings that do not follow the guidelines are subject to removal.
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