Methods and systems for improving the categorization of items for which item listings are made by a user of an ecommerce system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program, when executed, instructs one or more computer processors to generate an item listing by performing the following method:

• receiving from a seller information delineating the category of the item;
• in response to the information, presenting the seller with a plurality of possible images that illustrate the type of the item in the delineated category;
• receiving from the seller a selection of one of the plurality of possible images;
• and
• responsive to receiving the selection, populating the listing with an image of an item of the type offered for sale by the seller.

A system for improving the categorization of an item in a listing of the item for sale on an ecommerce system, the system comprising:

• a listing server for receiving from a seller information delineating the category of the item;
• an item listing presentation management module coupled to the listing server to present to the seller, in response to the information, a plurality of possible images that illustrate the type of the item of the delineated category;
• and
• a listing management module for receiving from the seller a selection of one of the plurality of possible images and, in response to the selection, populating the listing with an image of an item of the type offered for sale by the seller.

A computer implemented method for improving the categorizing of an item in a listing of the item for sale on an ecommerce system, the method comprising:

• receiving from a seller information delineating the category of the item, the item including an image of the item;
• making an image comparison of the image of the item against an image of an item known to be of the delineated category;
• detecting whether there is a mismatch between the image of the listed item and the image of the item known to be of the delineated category;
• and
• responsive to the detection of a mismatch, providing feedback to the seller indicating a possible error in categorizing the listed item.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program, when executed, instructs one or more computer processors to list an item for sale on an ecommerce system, by performing the following method:

• receiving from a seller information delineating the category of the item, the information including an image of the item;
• making an image comparison of the image of the item against an image of an item known to be of the delineated category;
• detecting whether there is a mismatch between the image of the listed item and the image of the item known to be of the delineated category;
• and
• responsive to the detection of a mismatch, providing feedback to the seller indicating a possible error in categorizing the listed item.

A system for improving the categorizing of an item in a listing of the item for sale on an ecommerce system comprising:

• a listing server for receiving from a seller information delineating the category of the item, the item including an image of the item;
• an accessing circuit coupled to the listing server for making an image comparison of the image of the item against an image of an item known to be of the delineated category, and detecting whether there is a mismatch between the image of the listed item and the image of the item known to be of the delineated category;
• and
• an item listing presentation management module responsive to the detection of a mismatch, for providing feedback to the seller indicating a possible error in categorizing the listed item.

A computer implemented method for improving the categorizing of an item in a listing of the item for sale on an ecommerce system, the method comprising:

• receiving from a seller information delineating the category of the item;
• responsive to the information, presenting to the seller a plurality of images of types of items of the delineated category;
• receiving from the seller a selected one of the plurality of images;
• detecting whether the information received from the seller matches the selected one of the plurality of images;
• and
• responsive to detecting that there is a mismatch between the information and the selected one of the plurality of images, providing feedback to the seller indicating a possible error in categorizing the listed item.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program, when executed, instructs one or more computer processors to list an item for sale on an ecommerce system, by performing the following method:

• receiving from a seller information delineating the category of the item;
• responsive to the information, presenting to the seller a plurality of images of types of items of the delineated category;
• receiving from the seller a selected one of the plurality of images;
• detecting whether the information received from the seller matches the selected one of the plurality of images;
• and
• responsive to detecting that there is a mismatch between the information and the selected one of the plurality of images, providing feedback to the seller indicating a possible error in categorizing the listed item.