• 1. Open the Variations screen in LinnLive.
• 2. Select the Variation Group to list.
• 3. Select configurator.
• 4. Review Listings.
• 5. Confirm additional images.
• 6. Confirm creation of listings.

• a) Open LinnLive;
•     i) In Linnworks, click on the Inventory Control tab. Select Product Listing.
•     ii) In your web browser, open the page http://eu.linnlive.com/.
• b) In the LinnLive main menu, click on the Variations button.

• a) Where you have few Variation Groups in your Linnworks inventory, you can just click on the Search button.
•     i) You can enter part of the name of the group before clicking on Search to narrow down the list, or use the enhanced search options.
•     ii) You can use the Category drop down to display all Variation Groups containing items from that category.
•     iii) You can use the Mode drop down box to display items listed, not listed or with errors on a given integrated Linnworks channel.
• b) Click on the Variation Group you wish to list. You can hold down Ctrl to select multiple groups simultaneously by left clicking each in turn.

• a) With the Variation Groups selected, right click on the appropriate Channel Name column.
• b) Select the Create Listings option.
• c) Click on the Configurator you wish to use.
• d) If you cannot see the Configurator, you may need to check and revise it.

• a) The Listings screen will now display information on the Variation groups selected in Step 3, via the selected configurator. Check that the details are correct before sending the listings to the Channel
• b) Check the Title is correct. This is taken either from the Title of the Variation Parent, or from a Title in the Listing Descriptions tab of the Variation Parent for default or the channel in use.
• c) Ensure the Description is ok. If the Description field is green, click on the button to check it. If the field is red, and the button is titled Empty, you can enter a Description manually. Alternatively, go back to the Inventory and update the Description, then return to this guide.
• d) The Specifics column has a button in it with the number of mapped Attributes for that listing. Click the button and ensure they are correct. If not, revise in the inventory, and return to the start of this guide to resubmit.

• e) Under the Variations column, click on the button to ensure that all are mapped correctly. If the background to the button is red, this indicates a value is missing. The missing values will be highlighted in red. You CAN make changes to missing or erroneous Variations in this screen, but those changes will not affect the Inventory items.

• f) Check the Browse Nodes are correct by clicking on the button. The default Browse Node should be checked as Selected.
• g) In the Images column, click the button to check that the images you have added to the Inventory items have been submitted correctly. The list shows all Variation Children and the Variation Parent, with the images available next to them.
•     i.    The Download Images from Linnworks button can be used to ensure the latest images are being used.
•     ii.   If you tick the option Allow multiple images, then each variation item can have more than one image uploaded when the listing is created.
•     iii.  The option Don’t use variation pictures can be enabled if you only want to list with pictures from the variation parent. An example would be where size is the only variation, and the difference does not            show significantly in pictures.
•     iv.  Select all images can be enabled to quickly select all images for all items to be uploaded when listing.
•     v.  Disable images for non-Main Products will only submit images from the Variation Child item marked as the main item when listing.

Remember to click Save if you make any changes.

• a) When you click the button for Images, under each item entry there is an option to Upload Image. This allows you to add images for this specific listing item(s) in addition to those saved in the Inventory.
• b) When clicking on the Upload Image option, you can select either From Computer or From Other site.                                                              
•     i. From Computer allows you to locate the image file on your PC and open it to upload it into LinnLive.
•     ii. From Other Site will request you Copy and Paste or type in the location of the image on a web server.
• c) You will be prompted to select the correct image type:                                                              
•     i. None – The image will be disabled, and not shown on the listing.
•     ii. Main Image – The image will be selected as Main Image for that SKU/item.
•     iii. Other Image – The image will be uploaded as an additional image for that SKU/item.
•     iv. Swatch Image – For Variation items only, one swatch image can be uploaded. It will be shown below the main image as a thumbnail. Eg. Close up of colour/fabric/detail.
•     Where a Variation Child item has no images uploaded, it will use the main image from the Variation Parent instead.
• d) After the upload is complete, the image will be shown against the SKU, assuming you selected the correct option.
• e) Click Save to apply any changes made.

6. Confirm creation of listings.

These batches are submitted every 5 minutes, and where there are more than 50 items to submit, batches will roll over to subsequent 5 minute periods. You must leave LinnLive open until all the items in the current batch(es) have been submitted. This is signified by the Status field.

• a) Click Create to submit listings for creation one at a time.
• b) Click Ctrl and left click listings to select multiple listings, or Ctrl + A to select all current listings. Then click on Process Selected to submit all those selected to eBay.