"Leaf" Categories

theherbalspotMember

I am having a problem with my new use of Auctiva, when I am listing and posting some items, they are being put into my "other" category with ebay. When I wrote auctiva support they wrote the following back to me, but have not responded to what a "leaf category" is, does anyone know? Thanks Lisa

Below is the answer they gave me but this is still foreign language to me, thanks

I apologize for the inconvenience. This API warning indicates that although you have chosen a valid eBay store category for your item, an error was generated because that category is not a leaf category. Regarding this issue, the following information is available on eBay store FAQ:

"Just like when choosing a category on eBay, you may only list an item in a category at the bottom of your category structure. For example, if you had a category structure of Mens-> Pants, you could list an item in the "Pants" category but not in the "Mens" category."

1/13/081:54 PM

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ninthwaveMember

Hi - Weird term, huh? Refers to the category structure which keeps branching (like a tree) until you finally get to the last sub-category, or 'leaf'. As the last paragraph of your post explains, you can only list your item in the FINAL sub-category, which has been narrowed down as far as you can go.

1/13/086:14 PM

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shadeauxMember

Hi Lisa.
I don't know what a leaf category is either. It sounds like sub-categories is what's meant. ??

When selecting your category, are you choosing the one that goes furthest down the list in your sub-categories?

If so, hopefully someone else will be along that knows just what it is they're talking about.

GMTA

1/13/086:14 PM

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ninthwaveMember

Indeed.

1/13/086:15 PM

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auctivajeffAuctiva CEO

A leaf is a programming term referring to a data structure, computer programming talk. Think of it like a tree. Leafs are at the end. Since programmers write the majority of eBay's error messages that sorta talk gets in there a lot.

In terms of what that means on eBay it means you must pick an end level category. For example you can't just choose "Antiques" for your category. That is not a "leaf."

Antiques->Ethonogrpaphic->African->Masks is an example of a leaf category. eBay does not let you choose either Antiques->Ethnographic or even Antiques->Ethonographic->African as a category.

1/13/086:30 PM

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theherbalspotMember

I thought I had the "leaf category" as when I list to something else such as Herb A to K sub basil it works, but in the event I did not I added a sub of Herb A to K so I will let you all know how it works, thanks so much for your help and easily understandable language! Spice Lady

1/13/087:04 PM

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