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What each Condition value sends to your channels

A translation table showing what each of Zentail's 20 Condition values publishes as on eBay, Amazon, Walmart and Target Plus.

Written by Matthew Thomas

Zentail's Condition field has 20 values. Every channel keeps its own list of conditions, so Zentail translates your value before it publishes. This article shows what each one becomes on eBay, Amazon, Walmart and Target Plus.

Use it when you are deciding which value to pick, or when a listing published with a condition you did not expect.

The translation table

Zentail Condition

eBay

Amazon

Walmart

Target Plus

New

NEW

new_new

New

no fixed translation

UsedLikeNew

LIKE_NEW

used_like_new

Pre-Owned: Like New

no fixed translation

UsedVeryGood

USED_VERY_GOOD

used_very_good

Pre-Owned: Good

no fixed translation

UsedGood

USED_GOOD

used_good

Pre-Owned: Good

no fixed translation

UsedAcceptable

USED_ACCEPTABLE

used_acceptable

no fixed translation

no fixed translation

CollectibleLikeNew

LIKE_NEW

collectible_like_new

no fixed translation

no fixed translation

CollectibleVeryGood

USED_VERY_GOOD

collectible_very_good

no fixed translation

no fixed translation

CollectibleGood

USED_GOOD

collectible_good

no fixed translation

no fixed translation

CollectibleAcceptable

USED_ACCEPTABLE

collectible_acceptable

no fixed translation

no fixed translation

Refurbished

SELLER_REFURBISHED

refurbished_refurbished

no fixed translation

Refurbished

Club

USED_GOOD

club_club

no fixed translation

no fixed translation

Pre-Owned: Good

USED_GOOD

used_good

no fixed translation

no fixed translation

Excellent - Refurbished

SELLER_REFURBISHED

refurbished_refurbished

Restored: Like New

Excellent - Refurbished

Good - Refurbished

SELLER_REFURBISHED

refurbished_refurbished

Restored: Good

Good - Refurbished

Fair - Refurbished

SELLER_REFURBISHED

refurbished_refurbished

Restored: Fair

Fair - Refurbished

Open Box

NEW_OTHER

new_open_box

Open Box

Open Box

New with defects

NEW_WITH_DEFECTS

not sent

New with defects

not sent

Manufacturer Refurbished

CERTIFIED_REFURBISHED

refurbished_refurbished

Restored: Premium

Manufacturer Refurbished

Used - Excellent

USED_EXCELLENT

used_very_good

Pre-Owned: Good

Used

For parts or not working

FOR_PARTS_OR_NOT_WORKING

not sent

not sent

not sent

The eBay column shows eBay's API value rather than the words a buyer sees. eBay labels the same condition differently in different categories — USED_EXCELLENT shows as "Used" in one category and "Pre-owned" in another — so there is no single label to print here.

What the two special entries mean

"not sent" means Zentail deliberately leaves the condition off that listing. The channel has no equivalent, and sending the nearest one would describe your item wrongly. The listing still publishes; it just carries no condition, and the channel applies its own default.

"no fixed translation" means Zentail has no set answer for that pair, so it works it out per category:

  • On Walmart, Zentail matches your value against Walmart's own condition list for that category. If nothing matches, the condition is left off the listing.

  • On Target Plus, Zentail sends your value exactly as written. Target accepts values outside its published list and will add one if you ask after a rejection.

Values that look alike

Four groups of values in the list are easy to mix up. Here is what separates them.

Refurbished and Manufacturer Refurbished are not the same seller. Refurbished means you refurbished it, and publishes as SELLER_REFURBISHED. Manufacturer Refurbished means the brand or an authorized partner did, and publishes as CERTIFIED_REFURBISHED. eBay treats these as different programs with different approval requirements, so picking the wrong one is the most common cause of a rejected refurbished listing.

Excellent - Refurbished, Good - Refurbished and Fair - Refurbished all publish as SELLER_REFURBISHED on eBay — the grade is not carried through. The grade is carried through on Walmart, where the three become Restored: Like New, Restored: Good and Restored: Fair. Pick by what Walmart should show; eBay will read all three the same way.

Used - Excellent sits above UsedVeryGood, not below it. On eBay's used scale USED_EXCELLENT is the highest standard used grade, one step under LIKE_NEW. If you mean "used, condition unremarkable", UsedGood is the value you want.

UsedGood, Pre-Owned: Good and Club all publish as USED_GOOD on eBay and used_good on Amazon, except that Club publishes as club_club on Amazon. Use Club only for warehouse-club stock.

Why a condition still gets rejected

Zentail translating your value correctly does not guarantee the channel accepts it.

Every channel narrows its condition list per category. A value that publishes fine in one category can be rejected in the next, because that category does not offer it. When eBay's category does not accept the condition Zentail resolved, Zentail sends the closest accepted grade in the same family rather than failing the listing.

Some conditions need approval before you can use them. eBay gates its refurbished conditions behind seller programs you have to apply for. If you are not approved, a listing using SELLER_REFURBISHED or CERTIFIED_REFURBISHED is rejected with an error even though the value itself is valid for the category. Check your eBay seller account for which refurbished programs you are enrolled in before using those values.

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