Four clean, mobile-friendly HTML templates that pass eBay's active-content rules. Fill in your product below, watch the live preview, copy the code straight into your listing.
Last updated: July 2026
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<h1 style="font-size:24px;line-height:1.3;color:#222222;margin:0 0 4px 0;">Bosch GSR 12V-15 Cordless Drill Driver</h1>
<p style="font-size:16px;color:#1e4b8f;margin:0 0 16px 0;">Compact 12V drill with 2 batteries, charger and case</p>
<p style="margin:0 0 16px 0;">Lightweight and powerful 12V drill driver, ideal for furniture assembly, repairs and general DIY. The brushless motor delivers 30 Nm of torque while keeping the tool under 1 kg — comfortable for overhead work and tight corners.</p>
<h2 style="font-size:17px;color:#222222;border-bottom:2px solid #1e4b8f;padding-bottom:6px;margin:24px 0 12px 0;">Key Features</h2>
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<li style="margin:0 0 8px 0;">30 Nm max torque, 20+1 clutch settings</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 8px 0;">2× 2.0Ah batteries and 40-min charger included</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 8px 0;">10mm keyless chuck, integrated LED light</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 8px 0;">Weighs only 950g with battery</li>
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<h2 style="font-size:17px;color:#222222;border-bottom:2px solid #1e4b8f;padding-bottom:6px;margin:24px 0 12px 0;">Condition</h2>
<p style="margin:0 0 16px 0;">New — original sealed retail packaging. Ships from a smoke-free commercial warehouse.</p>
<h2 style="font-size:17px;color:#222222;border-bottom:2px solid #1e4b8f;padding-bottom:6px;margin:24px 0 12px 0;">Shipping</h2>
<p style="margin:0 0 16px 0;">Dispatched within 1 business day via tracked courier. Free shipping on this item.</p>
<h2 style="font-size:17px;color:#222222;border-bottom:2px solid #1e4b8f;padding-bottom:6px;margin:24px 0 12px 0;">Returns</h2>
<p style="margin:0;">30-day returns accepted. Item must be unused and in original packaging. Return shipping paid by buyer unless the item arrives damaged.</p>
</div>Writing descriptions one listing at a time? Marqetir generates optimized, formatted descriptions for every product in your store — for eBay and 12+ European marketplaces at once. Try the eBay description generator for AI-written copy to drop into these layouts.
eBay descriptions have quietly become simpler — and stricter. Since eBay banned active content in 2017, the elaborate JavaScript galleries and animated banners of old templates stopped rendering, and the marketplace has been nudging sellers toward clean, fast, mobile-readable descriptions ever since. A modern eBay template is therefore not a design showpiece: it is structured HTML with inline CSS that loads instantly, answers the buyer's questions in order, and renders identically in a desktop browser and the eBay app's narrow webview. That is exactly what the four layouts above produce.
Three hard constraints define what is allowed. No active content: JavaScript, forms, Flash, and plugins are blocked outright — a template containing them renders broken or gets flagged. HTTPS only: any image or resource loaded over plain HTTP triggers a "not secure" experience and may be stripped; host images on HTTPS or, better, rely on eBay's native photo gallery and keep the description text-focused. No external links: eBay's links policy allows almost nothing beyond product videos and legally required information — links to your shop or socials get listings removed. All four templates here are compliant by construction: no scripts, no external resources, no links.
Buyers scan descriptions for four things, in roughly this order: what exactly the item is, what condition it is in, what it costs to ship and how fast, and what happens if it is not right. The templates put those answers in that order — a headline restating the product, a short paragraph of context, scannable feature bullets, then clearly labeled condition, shipping, and returns blocks. Resist the temptation to pad: eBay's own guidance favors concise descriptions, and long boilerplate about your company pushes the returns policy (a purchase-decision factor) below the fold on mobile, where the app additionally truncates the description behind a "see full description" tap.
Mostly indirectly. eBay's Best Match algorithm ranks primarily on title keywords, item specifics, price plus shipping, and seller performance — the description body is not a major keyword field the way an Amazon listing's bullets are. But the description carries weight in two other ways: Google indexes eBay listing pages (a coherent, keyword-bearing first paragraph helps your listing surface in external search), and conversion rate feeds back into Best Match — a description that converts lookers into buyers earns better placement over time. Write the first sentence as if it were the meta description of a web page, because functionally it is.
Templates solve formatting; they do not solve volume. If you list dozens or hundreds of products, pair a layout with generated copy: the free eBay description generator drafts the text blocks, the title generator handles the 80-character headline, and the fee calculator checks your margin before you commit to a price. And if eBay is one of several channels you sell on, Marqetir publishes formatted, localized listings to eBay and 12+ European marketplaces from a single product catalog — templates, translations, and inventory sync included.
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