What Occurs During a Reallocation
This topic may be a little involved for the average user, however, do not be intimidated by it. It is being provided solely for those users who want a greater understanding of what happens during a reallocation.
When an automatic reallocation occurs, there are two sources that we could pull data from to make the new listing. Fields from the original listing record can be used or the fields from the original item can be used. If the information from the last listing record are used, this will ensure that the listing is exactly the same as the previous listing, however any important change that may have made to the item would not have been included (i.e. fixed price or description). If all information from the original item record is used, some information like duration and listing type would be missing.
In the end, a combination of information from both the listing record and its original item record is used. We begin by duplicating the listing record to get all of the listing specific fields like duration, who submitted the listing, and listing type and then we update the remaining fields with the latest values from the item record. Below is a table describing from where the information is obtained.
| Fields Retrieved from the Item | Fields Retrieved from the Listing |
| Description | Duration |
| Description Wrapper | Business Profile |
| All presets | Listing Type |
| BIN Price | Submitted by |
| Fixed Price (when no declining price allocation plan in use) | Fixed Price (if a declining price allocation plan is in use) |
| Reserve Price | Site |
| Starting Price | |
| Catalog Info | |
| Category Info | |
| Item Specifics | |
| Picture Pack | |
| Lot size | |
| Private | |
| VAT Percent | |
| Weights/Dimensions | |
| Best Offer | |
| Self Host Pictures | |
| Subtitle | |
| Condition Description | |
| Theme |