Remove HTML tags from your listings
To help provide better security for our customers, as well as provide versatility in listing products on non-HTML devices, after July 30, 2021, we’ll stop supporting the use of HTML tags in the product description on product detail pages. Refrain from using HTML content on detail pages, as outlined on our product detail page rules.
For your listings that have HTML tags, we encourage you to update the product detail page before July 30, 2021. You can use Seller Central or your usual channel to complete the updates.
What happens if I don’t update my listings ahead of this change?
After July 30, 2021, any product description that contains unsupported HTML tags on the product detail page will stop showing the HTML formatting. For example, if you use HTML tags in one line of a product description, that line might be removed or shown without HTML formatting depending on the usage of the tag.
For more information, go to our product detail page rules.
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Seller_pI6xzqdBWWvRE
I cannot even figure out the new backend to edit my variations. I wish developers would stop making these horrific changes. If it is not broke dont try and make it worse. lol. ANd now as a customer the check out experience is horrible. Lots of white space in my cart and it looks awful. Just my two cents as a shopper as well as a seller.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
Please name me a non-HTML-compliant device that you can do something as complex as e-shop on, or that can load a web page but doesn’t already know how to ignore tags? If you can striptags() to display on Amazon, you can do that anywhere, via the API or web server. If the same company powering AWS (which runs mission critical, government, large business, etc. sites) can’t handle HTML, then this country is well and truly screwed.
That’s ignoring the attitude “something must be done, this is something, therefore it must be done”. I’m guessing a very few bad actors were using HTML to do something that negatively affected buyers (a guess: hiding content in white-on-white or 1-pt text that affected search engines, or that made Amazon 'bots happy while misleading customers), and rather than stop onboarding bad actors at a mind-bending rate, Amazon decides to remove formatting from the internet, which I’m sure will make buyers happy (not). If HTML is bad, why does Amazon look different in Lynx than Chrome? How will removing HTML from one small piece of the page enable non-HTML devices to render the absurdly complex page that Amazon wraps that content in? (view-source on a product listing some day, if you want to see what passing the CPU burden from server to browser looks like)
This is a solution in search of a problem. FUJB.
Seller_tfeuabuyLJJxX
can other “simple” html be used?
I looked at the amazon requirements and it says you can use BR’s but can you still use others like:
P /P = Paragraph
B /B = (bold)
LI /LI = (lists)
Seller_y6L9eKSHRItQw
I have listings where I have submitted product descriptions without HTML or ALL CAPS over a month ago. I’m the manufacturer and only seller. However, Amazon still has not approved the edits.
I’ve done my part!
Seller_dRLEbDM9VsWAw
Will Amazon even update the new product pages after we have submitted the new one? So far, no product edits we have ever done have gone live. Is there a specific department to notify??
Seller_UyeAf30VfsdsE
As a special case, you can use line breaks in the description
So it’s not a full wall of text, but still not great.
Seller_OKMJwcjleGkt0
I’m still on the old platform and had been thinking eventually I’d be able to make paragraphs and format my listings. Is there anything in the works to help with this? Even if I had html tags in my listings now, they don’t work. .Thank you!
Seller_HSql8FX63J20h
Wonderful…all the listings we can not edit detail, as we are not the original author.
Remove HTML tags from your listings
To help provide better security for our customers, as well as provide versatility in listing products on non-HTML devices, after July 30, 2021, we’ll stop supporting the use of HTML tags in the product description on product detail pages. Refrain from using HTML content on detail pages, as outlined on our product detail page rules.
For your listings that have HTML tags, we encourage you to update the product detail page before July 30, 2021. You can use Seller Central or your usual channel to complete the updates.
What happens if I don’t update my listings ahead of this change?
After July 30, 2021, any product description that contains unsupported HTML tags on the product detail page will stop showing the HTML formatting. For example, if you use HTML tags in one line of a product description, that line might be removed or shown without HTML formatting depending on the usage of the tag.
For more information, go to our product detail page rules.
Remove HTML tags from your listings
To help provide better security for our customers, as well as provide versatility in listing products on non-HTML devices, after July 30, 2021, we’ll stop supporting the use of HTML tags in the product description on product detail pages. Refrain from using HTML content on detail pages, as outlined on our product detail page rules.
For your listings that have HTML tags, we encourage you to update the product detail page before July 30, 2021. You can use Seller Central or your usual channel to complete the updates.
What happens if I don’t update my listings ahead of this change?
After July 30, 2021, any product description that contains unsupported HTML tags on the product detail page will stop showing the HTML formatting. For example, if you use HTML tags in one line of a product description, that line might be removed or shown without HTML formatting depending on the usage of the tag.
For more information, go to our product detail page rules.
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Seller_pI6xzqdBWWvRE
I cannot even figure out the new backend to edit my variations. I wish developers would stop making these horrific changes. If it is not broke dont try and make it worse. lol. ANd now as a customer the check out experience is horrible. Lots of white space in my cart and it looks awful. Just my two cents as a shopper as well as a seller.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
Please name me a non-HTML-compliant device that you can do something as complex as e-shop on, or that can load a web page but doesn’t already know how to ignore tags? If you can striptags() to display on Amazon, you can do that anywhere, via the API or web server. If the same company powering AWS (which runs mission critical, government, large business, etc. sites) can’t handle HTML, then this country is well and truly screwed.
That’s ignoring the attitude “something must be done, this is something, therefore it must be done”. I’m guessing a very few bad actors were using HTML to do something that negatively affected buyers (a guess: hiding content in white-on-white or 1-pt text that affected search engines, or that made Amazon 'bots happy while misleading customers), and rather than stop onboarding bad actors at a mind-bending rate, Amazon decides to remove formatting from the internet, which I’m sure will make buyers happy (not). If HTML is bad, why does Amazon look different in Lynx than Chrome? How will removing HTML from one small piece of the page enable non-HTML devices to render the absurdly complex page that Amazon wraps that content in? (view-source on a product listing some day, if you want to see what passing the CPU burden from server to browser looks like)
This is a solution in search of a problem. FUJB.
Seller_tfeuabuyLJJxX
can other “simple” html be used?
I looked at the amazon requirements and it says you can use BR’s but can you still use others like:
P /P = Paragraph
B /B = (bold)
LI /LI = (lists)
Seller_y6L9eKSHRItQw
I have listings where I have submitted product descriptions without HTML or ALL CAPS over a month ago. I’m the manufacturer and only seller. However, Amazon still has not approved the edits.
I’ve done my part!
Seller_dRLEbDM9VsWAw
Will Amazon even update the new product pages after we have submitted the new one? So far, no product edits we have ever done have gone live. Is there a specific department to notify??
Seller_UyeAf30VfsdsE
As a special case, you can use line breaks in the description
So it’s not a full wall of text, but still not great.
Seller_OKMJwcjleGkt0
I’m still on the old platform and had been thinking eventually I’d be able to make paragraphs and format my listings. Is there anything in the works to help with this? Even if I had html tags in my listings now, they don’t work. .Thank you!
Seller_HSql8FX63J20h
Wonderful…all the listings we can not edit detail, as we are not the original author.
Seller_pI6xzqdBWWvRE
I cannot even figure out the new backend to edit my variations. I wish developers would stop making these horrific changes. If it is not broke dont try and make it worse. lol. ANd now as a customer the check out experience is horrible. Lots of white space in my cart and it looks awful. Just my two cents as a shopper as well as a seller.
Seller_pI6xzqdBWWvRE
I cannot even figure out the new backend to edit my variations. I wish developers would stop making these horrific changes. If it is not broke dont try and make it worse. lol. ANd now as a customer the check out experience is horrible. Lots of white space in my cart and it looks awful. Just my two cents as a shopper as well as a seller.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
Please name me a non-HTML-compliant device that you can do something as complex as e-shop on, or that can load a web page but doesn’t already know how to ignore tags? If you can striptags() to display on Amazon, you can do that anywhere, via the API or web server. If the same company powering AWS (which runs mission critical, government, large business, etc. sites) can’t handle HTML, then this country is well and truly screwed.
That’s ignoring the attitude “something must be done, this is something, therefore it must be done”. I’m guessing a very few bad actors were using HTML to do something that negatively affected buyers (a guess: hiding content in white-on-white or 1-pt text that affected search engines, or that made Amazon 'bots happy while misleading customers), and rather than stop onboarding bad actors at a mind-bending rate, Amazon decides to remove formatting from the internet, which I’m sure will make buyers happy (not). If HTML is bad, why does Amazon look different in Lynx than Chrome? How will removing HTML from one small piece of the page enable non-HTML devices to render the absurdly complex page that Amazon wraps that content in? (view-source on a product listing some day, if you want to see what passing the CPU burden from server to browser looks like)
This is a solution in search of a problem. FUJB.
Seller_LwUhSN3kUAXlg
Please name me a non-HTML-compliant device that you can do something as complex as e-shop on, or that can load a web page but doesn’t already know how to ignore tags? If you can striptags() to display on Amazon, you can do that anywhere, via the API or web server. If the same company powering AWS (which runs mission critical, government, large business, etc. sites) can’t handle HTML, then this country is well and truly screwed.
That’s ignoring the attitude “something must be done, this is something, therefore it must be done”. I’m guessing a very few bad actors were using HTML to do something that negatively affected buyers (a guess: hiding content in white-on-white or 1-pt text that affected search engines, or that made Amazon 'bots happy while misleading customers), and rather than stop onboarding bad actors at a mind-bending rate, Amazon decides to remove formatting from the internet, which I’m sure will make buyers happy (not). If HTML is bad, why does Amazon look different in Lynx than Chrome? How will removing HTML from one small piece of the page enable non-HTML devices to render the absurdly complex page that Amazon wraps that content in? (view-source on a product listing some day, if you want to see what passing the CPU burden from server to browser looks like)
This is a solution in search of a problem. FUJB.
Seller_tfeuabuyLJJxX
can other “simple” html be used?
I looked at the amazon requirements and it says you can use BR’s but can you still use others like:
P /P = Paragraph
B /B = (bold)
LI /LI = (lists)
Seller_tfeuabuyLJJxX
can other “simple” html be used?
I looked at the amazon requirements and it says you can use BR’s but can you still use others like:
P /P = Paragraph
B /B = (bold)
LI /LI = (lists)
Seller_y6L9eKSHRItQw
I have listings where I have submitted product descriptions without HTML or ALL CAPS over a month ago. I’m the manufacturer and only seller. However, Amazon still has not approved the edits.
I’ve done my part!
Seller_y6L9eKSHRItQw
I have listings where I have submitted product descriptions without HTML or ALL CAPS over a month ago. I’m the manufacturer and only seller. However, Amazon still has not approved the edits.
I’ve done my part!
Seller_dRLEbDM9VsWAw
Will Amazon even update the new product pages after we have submitted the new one? So far, no product edits we have ever done have gone live. Is there a specific department to notify??
Seller_dRLEbDM9VsWAw
Will Amazon even update the new product pages after we have submitted the new one? So far, no product edits we have ever done have gone live. Is there a specific department to notify??
Seller_UyeAf30VfsdsE
As a special case, you can use line breaks in the description
So it’s not a full wall of text, but still not great.
Seller_UyeAf30VfsdsE
As a special case, you can use line breaks in the description
So it’s not a full wall of text, but still not great.
Seller_OKMJwcjleGkt0
I’m still on the old platform and had been thinking eventually I’d be able to make paragraphs and format my listings. Is there anything in the works to help with this? Even if I had html tags in my listings now, they don’t work. .Thank you!
Seller_OKMJwcjleGkt0
I’m still on the old platform and had been thinking eventually I’d be able to make paragraphs and format my listings. Is there anything in the works to help with this? Even if I had html tags in my listings now, they don’t work. .Thank you!
Seller_HSql8FX63J20h
Wonderful…all the listings we can not edit detail, as we are not the original author.
Seller_HSql8FX63J20h
Wonderful…all the listings we can not edit detail, as we are not the original author.
