Hello Tony and Rebecca,
I just wanted to revisit these requested features. You asked why we feel a "bulk" capability is needed to edit SAVED listing item descriptions. Here is my situation which, I believe, many Ebay users have a similar situation (which they seem to be trying to remedy with the new listing variations for certain categories:
My Ebay store has about 2000 items listed. They are vehicle accessories like floor mats, sunshades, covers, etc. These items have the same item description for each category but different titles (for each vehicle model, etc they are available on). For example, I have a profile for "Sunshades" on Auctiva. I would like to make a change to the item description to make it clearer, delete irrelevant information, etc. I can change it in my profile. But then I have to go to EACH SAVED LISTING one by one (about 300 of them) to load this new Item Details profile into it. This, then removes the listing title of the saved item and I then have to write it in again (or paste it back in if I had copied it beforehand). This is VERY time consuming.
I would imagine it would not be a very difficult fix. Having an option in find/replace that will allow you to replace ONLY THE ITEM DESCRIPTION from an existing ITEM DETAILS profile. Does that make sense? Not replacing the entire item details profile (ie. title, listing info, price, etc). JUST the item description.
The "Bulk Revise" option for live listings has something KIND OF useful. Allowing you to revise/change certain words of the description only is nice. But, if for example, I would like to change the formatting, color, etc of text I cannot do that. Or, if I would like to change the design of the entire item description. Also, why would this not be available for saved listings as well?
It may be useful for you to look at my saved listings to understand this better. Also, you can look at my Ebay store to see what I mean about same descriptions but almost 2 thousand different variations. Automotive Style
Let me know if this all makes sense. Any questions?
Thank you for your time and attention to this.