Ebay’s shop display has been updated. From the old 2 item gallery display:

Now you can change to a new 3 item grid layout, shown below. I rather like it. It is cleaner and clearer but there is a problem…

It no longer works with Google Base Store Connector. For sellers who rely upon sales from Google searches this could be a major problem.

But there is a way around it! Instead of using the Google base connector not only can you make use of ebay’s XML feed (included with every shop) you can also schedule it to update automatically.

1. Register a google-base data-feed-file with the name: yourstorename.xml
2. Click on the “Settings” tab in your google-base account;
3. Under “Website URL (Optional)”, replace the existing URL with your store’s XML link generated by eBay. The link should look like this:

http://esssl.ebay.co.uk/GetListings/YOURSTORENAME?fmt=g

4. Click “Save Changes” to confirm your changes;
5. Click the “Data feeds” link on the “My Items” tab;

NB:if you do not have a data feed already set up, which is likely if you have been using google store connector, then you will need to supply a file name. Use yourstorename.xml

6. Click “edit” next to “schedule” beside your “data feed”;
7. Under “URL of file,” replace the existing URL with the ebay generated link as mentioned in step (2) above;
8. Click “Update Schedule” to confirm your changes;
9. Your data feed will be automatically submitted in the correct format, next time and onwards, per your schedule.

Opt in to your new shop display via my ebay, manage my shop, preview new experience. Your listing feed can be found on the manage shop page under marketing tools, listing feeds.

This is not a new feature but using it will really help your store since these changes. Instructions modified to ebay UK from those originally posted at http://celebird.blogspot.com/2008/09/ebay-google-base-feeds.html