Automatic Recreates: eBay
eBay's algorithm favors fresh listings. Nifty helps by recreating your listings — ending the old one and creating a new one with a fresh listing ID.
Where to find it
Go to Dashboard → eBay → Recreates.
How it works
Ends your existing listing.
Creates a new listing with a new ID.
Updates your Inventory Manager so the listing stays in place and Auto‑Delisting keeps working.
Logs the result in the Relist Tracker in History.
Why end before creating? eBay doesn't allow duplicate titles, so we have to end the old listing first.
What if recreating fails? We mark the item as delisted in your Inventory Manager and send you an email. You can also find it using the Partially delisted filter.
Setting up recreates
Nifty's recreate cycle is one day shorter than eBay's auto-renewal cycle. By ending and recreating the listing ahead of renewal, the new listing still counts against your monthly listing limit, but with a better outcome — a brand new listing ID that can perform better in search.
You can choose a 30, 60, 90, 120, or 180-day cycle. Example: With a 60-day cycle, we recreate on Day 59, one day before eBay would auto-renew.
Because we can't predict how many items will be up for auto-renewal day after day, we recommend a daily total of 100 (the maximum). This gives Nifty the room to tackle as many items as possible per day.
Insertion fees
eBay charges insertion fees both when an item is initially listed and when it auto-renews each month. Nifty's recreate feature ends and recreates listings one day before eBay would auto-renew them. This means:
For most of the month, you're simply paying the insertion fee one day earlier than eBay would charge it.
However, items listed on the 1st of a month will be recreated on the last day of that month, causing two insertion fees to hit in the same month (one for the recreation, one for the original listing).
Even if you turn off Nifty's recreate feature, eBay will still charge insertion fees when your listings auto-renew.
To manage your eBay insertion fees effectively:
Monitor your free monthly listing allowance in relation to your inventory size.
Evaluate whether an eBay store subscription would be cost-effective for your volume.
Contact eBay support directly if you notice any unexpected charges.
Automatic promotions
If you promote your listings individually, these cannot be carried over to recreated listings. However, if you promote your listings using rule-based campaigns, everything works.
Here's how to set up rule-based promotions:
Go to your advertising dashboard and click Create new campaign → Promote your listings.
Choose your campaign strategy — we recommend General.
Click Add listings, and at the top, select Rule-based.
Create one or more rules for your listings, specifying which ones should be included.
Choose your ad rate strategy — we recommend Fixed ad rate.
Click Launch.
Current and future listings, including recreates made by Nifty, will automatically be added or removed from this campaign according to your rules.
Limitations
Carry over individual promotions
Use rule-based campaigns instead
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