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eBay Error 353: Your listing cannot contain javascript (".cookie", "cookie(", "replace(", IFRAME, META, or includes), cookies or base href.

Buyer Protection, Blocked Content, Account Restrictions
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The description or listing template contains JavaScript, an iframe, a meta tag or cookie code, which eBay does not allow. Remove it and republish.

Why this happens

Your item description contains HTML <script> code, or the HTML elements include JavaScript code. Why eBay enforces this: eBay blocks active content in listings, including JavaScript, iframes, meta tags and cookies, to stop malware, tracking and redirects to other sites. Any of these in the description or template makes eBay refuse the listing. When it usually happens: It usually appears with old HTML templates, embedded video players, visitor counters, or code copied from a web store's product page.

Example Wrong Settings

Description template contains an iframe with a YouTube video and a script tag for a visitor counter.

Example Correct Settings

Description uses plain HTML and CSS; the video is added through eBay's own video upload.

How to fix it

  1. In 3Dsellers, open the listing and switch the description editor to HTML view.
  2. Search for script tags, iframe, meta, base href, ".cookie", "cookie(" and "replace(" and delete those blocks.
  3. If the listing uses a Listing Designer template, open the template and check its HTML the same way.
  4. Save and publish again.

How to prevent it

Build descriptions with the 3Dsellers Listing Designer, which produces eBay-safe HTML, and never paste code from a web store theme into a listing.

Read the help article

This error in other languages

German: Ihr Angebot darf kein JavaScript („.cookie“, „cookie(“, „replace(“, IFRAME, META oder Includes), keine Cookies und kein base href enthalten. French: Votre annonce ne peut pas contenir de JavaScript (« .cookie », « cookie( », « replace( », IFRAME, META ou includes), de cookies ni de base href. Italian: L'inserzione non puĂČ contenere JavaScript (".cookie", "cookie(", "replace(", IFRAME, META o include), cookie o base href. Spanish: Tu anuncio no puede contener JavaScript (".cookie", "cookie(", "replace(", IFRAME, META o includes), cookies ni base href.

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