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Understanding Listing Status & Listing Errors in the Product Catalog

Learn what each listing status indicator means, how to identify issues, and how to use the Listing Errors tab to fix problems quickly.

Written by Karolina Santiago
Updated this week

Overview

Each product in your catalog can be connected to one or more sales channels (e.g. eBay, WooCommerce).

Next to each channel, you’ll see a status indicator (colored dot) that shows the current state of the listing.

These indicators help you quickly understand:

  • Whether a listing is live

  • If it requires action

  • If there are errors preventing it from being published


🟡 Yellow Dot — Pending / Not Yet Listed

A yellow dot means:

  • The product is not fully listed yet, or

  • It is in progress / pending publication

Common reasons:

  • Listing is still being prepared

  • Required fields are missing

  • Product was not published yet

What to do:

  • Open the listing

  • Complete required fields

  • Click Publish to Channel


🔴 Red Dot — Listing Error

A red dot means:

  • The listing has errors that prevent it from being published or updated

These errors usually come from the sales channel (e.g. eBay requirements).


Examples:

  • Missing required item specifics

  • Invalid category

  • Policy or field errors

You can click the listing to see:

  • Error message

  • Timestamp

  • “How to fix?” suggestion

  • Options to Dismiss Error or Republish


🟢 Green Dot — Active / Live Listing

A green dot means:

  • The product is successfully listed and live on the sales channel

What it indicates:

  • Listing is active

  • No blocking errors

  • Inventory and updates can sync normally


🟢🔴 Green + Red Dot — Live but Has Errors

In some cases, you may see both a green and a red dot for the same listing.

This means:

  • The listing is currently live on the channel (green)

  • But an error occurred during an update attempt (red)

What this usually means:

  • The listing was already published successfully

  • A recent change (price, inventory, item specifics, etc.) failed to update

  • The live listing may now be out of sync with your catalog

Example:

  • Missing required field during update

  • Invalid value sent to the channel

  • Category or policy mismatch

What to do:

  • Click the listing to view the error details

  • Fix the issue (e.g. add missing item specifics)

  • Click Revise to sync the update


🔗 Linked vs Unlinked Listings

Listings with green or red dots can also be:

🔗 Linked

  • Changes made in the Product Catalog will update the listing automatically

  • Recommended for centralized inventory and content management

🔓 Unlinked

  • The listing is not synced with the catalog

  • Changes in the catalog will not affect the listing


🔍 Filtering by Listing Status

You can quickly find listings based on their status using filters.

To filter by listing status:

  1. Click + Add Filter

  2. Select Listing Status

  3. Choose a condition:

    • is

    • one of

    • not one of

  4. Select the status:

    • Live (green)

    • Pending (yellow)

    • Error (red)

  5. Click Add


🚨 Listing Errors Tab

The Listing Errors tab helps you quickly find and fix problematic listings.

What you’ll see:

  • All products with listing errors (red status)

  • Total number of errors

  • A centralized view of issues across channels


How to Use It

  1. Click Listing Errors in the left sidebar

  2. Review the list of affected products

For each product:

  • Hover over the channel icon to view the error

  • Click Edit Listing to fix the issue

  • Use:

    • Republish → try again after fixing

    • Dismiss Error → remove notification


Best Practices

  • Check Listing Errors regularly
    Fix issues before they affect sales

  • Use Linked listings when possible
    Keeps everything synced automatically

  • Complete required fields before publishing
    Prevents common errors

  • Monitor status dots
    Quickly identify which listings need attention


Summary

  • 🟢 Green = Live and working

  • 🟡 Yellow = Not listed / pending

  • 🔴 Red = Error that needs fixing

The Listing Errors tab gives you a centralized way to manage and resolve issues so your products stay active and selling.

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