uploading bulk items by email

[antosch]

I've send an excel sheets to spreads@ebid.net but it takes endless hours to update, even if its just one item, which is a bit frustrating. Is this manually updated or automated?

[buttons-and-bows]

Hi sorry, no-one has replied to you as yet but someone will soon, I can't help you on this as i dont use the spread sheets at all. just didn't want you to think you were getting ignored.

[thisnthatz]

Hi antosch. Two comments really.

First, why send an e-mail to bulk upload 1 item. Really the bulk upload is for just that, bulk uploading. IMHO that is 10 or more uploads.

The second comment is; it depends I have had a bulk upload completed in 20 minutes, but it has also taken a few hours. I suspect it is initially manual to open the file and then run it into the system.

But if you think about it. If everyone sends a bulk e-mail with only 1-9 items this will slow it down for others who do have a 'bulk' upload as I suspect the queue has to be joined for posting.

[antosch]

We've only uploaded one item to see if it looks all right before the real bulk upload. This way, if there is a problem in the listing, we only need to revise one instead of many.