AI listing titles that eBay search actually rewards

A good eBay title does one job: it matches the words a buyer types. AI is brilliant at this if you give it the right raw material, and quietly harmful if you don't.

You have 80 characters. Spend them on what buyers search for, roughly in this order:

• Brand and model — "Canon AE-1 Program", not "Vintage Camera"
• The key spec or variant — lens, size, colour, capacity, edition
• What's included, if it matters — "with 50mm f1.8", "boxed", "with charger"
• Condition words buyers actually use — "tested", "working", "spares or repairs"

Words like L@@K, WOW, RARE and stacks of synonyms don't help anyone find you. Best Match looks at relevance, and buyers skim past shouting.

Give the AI facts, not vibes. Paste your notes — make, model, anything printed on the item, what you've tested, what's missing — and ask for three titles under 80 characters that lead with brand and model. Then ask it to list any word it used that isn't in your notes. That second question catches most invented details.

Read the title out loud and ask: could I prove every word from the item in front of me? If yes, list it. If not, take the word out.

Try it here: paste your notes into Ask FRANK → Draft a listing, and share the before-and-after in the Listing clinic. #titles #listing