topic Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings in Selling

My Over-dependency on Free Listings

sydney-diecast-kingdom — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 01:33:23 GMT

I'm not a "store owner" but thanks to regular "free listings" and the ability to "re-list up to 3 times" by the end of August my "items for sale" were in access of 250 listings and sales were better than ever.

At the beginning of September I had an issue with PayPal which left me with no choice but to "end" all my listings. Naturally of course the PayPal issue was fixed the very next day. 😞

I had to start again from scratch with my September allotment of 40 free listings. Now I find myself checking the boards on a daily basis chasing those FREE LISTINGS just to get things back to my new normal.

Unfortunately I've become a "free listing junkie" waiting for the next hit. 😄

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

collect247 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 02:19:43 GMT

Everyone is in it for the freebies

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

airshark3d — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 02:32:35 GMT

Good Day,

New here in the boards as well.

I too am still feeding off the free listings as a new seller.

Being a new seller, most of my sale comes from auctions. If only they allowed free Auction listing on the Basic store Package, I would've went for it straight away.

If you make more than $1000 a month on BIN/Fixed Fee listing though, a store would be more suited.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

heihachi_73 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:02:09 GMT

This has been the new fashion for eBay. Instead of giving people tons of free listing promos every month, they gave non-stores 30 day BIN and Good 'Til Cancelled listings.

Of course, if most of your items sell within a week or two, there goes the 40 and you'll have to sit out for a month or cough up $1.50 every time, and the "monthly" 100 freebies have been a thing of the past ever since the 30-day/GTC options came in. The last free-for-all listing bonus was for 1000 items a couple of months ago.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

phorum_junkie* — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:25:36 GMT

No way would I have ended the listings, I would have used bulk edit to extend the handling time to 7 days which I would prersume would give time for most Paypal problems to be resolved,

Until there are more free listings available why not open another id and get another 40 to be going on with.

While I use the free listings I do not rely on them for my auction listings, I have 3 different non store selling ids so always have the option to list 120 each month.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

davewil1964 — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:34:24 GMT

$20 a month for a store. Gives you 400 included listings and extras for media are 5c. You can end the store subscription at any time, so it could be feasible to only buy the store for a month until you get your listings back up.

I have 1500 listings and I still get the 3 free relists, so that shouldn't be an issue. And I save all those 5cs at the moment with the 400.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

dazzlingrosettes — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:29:20 GMT

You did the right thing, I would have done the same, as sounds like a customer would not have been able to pay.
I am also waiting on the freebies to relist over 500 items on 2 IDs, as I took them all off while on holiday, home tomorrow.
I haven't had any freebies this month, so hoping they will be this week or next week,as I seem to get them every month. Touch wood. I also use the 30 day 3 free relists. Tried the store, didn't sell enough.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

sydney-diecast-kingdom — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:50:34 GMT

No way would I have ended the listings

Unfortunately PJ I had no idea how long it was going to take Paypal to sort things out and I was unable to do refunds as there was a stop on outgoing PayPal payments. 😞

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

sydney-diecast-kingdom — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:54:00 GMT

I have 1500 listings and I still get the 3 free relists, so that shouldn't be an issue. And I save all those 5cs at the moment with the 400.

Hmmm. I might have to look into that. Cheers for the info.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

phorum_junkie* — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:36:34 GMT

Stores also get free auction listings in the collectables category which covers a lot of goods.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

englishrosegardens — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 02:10:04 GMT

Be aware that the 5c is only for 'media' categories. Most other categories are $1.50 if you go over the 400.

You do know that the moment you open a store we'll get another 500 freebies?

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

airshark3d — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:10:48 GMT

@englishrosegardens wrote:
Be aware that the 5c is only for 'media' categories. Most other categories are $1.50 if you go over the 400.

You do know that the moment you open a store we'll get another 500 freebies?

I thought the Fixed Price insertion fee for a Basic Store is $0.50? Or am I wrong?

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

sydney-diecast-kingdom — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:24:21 GMT

Seems my prayers have been answered with no less than 3 new threads on it. 😄

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

dazzlingrosettes — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:47:25 GMT

Me too, just found them down the bottom. Who needs a store, good for holiday mode or categories, but I will stick to the non store method.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

dotm2004 — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 01:48:50 GMT

We better get busy

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

englishrosegardens — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 02:01:51 GMT

@tomtek_outdoors wrote:
@englishrosegardens wrote:
Be aware that the 5c is only for 'media' categories. Most other categories are $1.50 if you go over the 400.

You do know that the moment you open a store we'll get another 500 freebies?
I thought the Fixed Price insertion fee for a Basic Store is $0.50? Or am I wrong?

Yes, you're wrong. You need to look up the fees to see what they are in your categories.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

thecatspjs — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 02:34:30 GMT

Fixed price listings in basic store are 50c (unless media which is 5c)

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

*tippy*toes* — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:39:20 GMT

I thought auction listings with a store in the collectable category was free, or is that costing for when you run out of free listings?

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

davewil1964 — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:07:26 GMT

From sj's postings here they are a bookseller, which is why I noted the 5c for over free listings with a store. I could be wrong, as I have not actually looked at sj's listings, but it is a reasonable assumption.

And the rest, if I am correct, is just fluff.

Re: My Over-dependency on Free Listings

englishrosegardens — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:45:07 GMT

tippy, auction listings for collectables are free if they're part of your normal freebies, but if they're extra to your allowance you pay $1.50. That's what I was thinking of when I said what I did earlier. Just as well cats was on the ball. It's a long time since I've gone over my store allowance, and it's a long time since I've done any store auctions, even though I could do them for free if I wanted to.

dave, I think I looked at sj's listings and saw they weren't books, which is why I said what I did (in error, as it turns out).