topic Re: Free listing in Selling

Free listing

antgirls121 — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:20:39 GMT

Dear ebay

how do I get free listing?

antgirls121

Re: Free listing

*crikey*mate* — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:23:34 GMT

move all of the heavy stuff to one side of the boat.

Re: Free listing

putney32 — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:58:40 GMT

this is not eBay here, but other buyers and sellers like yourself,

you should be aware that with a standard ebay account you get 40 free listings every calendar month,

scroll to the bottom of your my eBay, > All Selling page and you can see how many you have used this month

from tomorrow (Feb 1st), you'll have a new 40 free to use.

(unused free listings do not carry across the calendar so make sure you use them all up before midnight tonight!)

Re: Free listing

frankiepaddo — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:42:46 GMT

No No, I'm with Antgirls.

With feedback of 2000+ I assume she knows what she is talking about and is talking about something other than the 40 free listings a month. I have had an ebay seller from Australia update me on his 100+ free lisitngs (today) and say ebay is reunning a free listing prommotion as they do from time to time.

I have checked their "Messages" and "Annnouncements" but can find no reference to a "free lisitng promotion" ( the 40 free lsitings is not a promotion but standard ebay practice).

Re: Free listing

*crikey*mate* — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:26:52 GMT

it's a topic that has been thrashed about and discussed on these boards ever since the promotions started. There appears to be no detectable rhyme or reason as to who gets 'em or why, it's just an indiscriminate random distribution. Undoubtedly eBay have some kind of criteria themselves, cooked up by their marketing team, but I'd bet all the money in my pocket that they'll never share their marketing strategies.

So for we mere mortals, it's all just assunmption and guesswork and a case of cross ya fingers and hope some come your way eventually.

Re: Free listing

frankiepaddo — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 04:38:58 GMT

What a pity.

Years ago when we were in eBay (USA) cause the australian variation didn't exist they would have promotional free lisitng days for everyone. They were great....you could list eveything your Turbolister (or Mr Lister in those days) had in it's memory.

Now days I'm not inclined to list more than the 40 free. Sure I make less $ but so does eBay.

I'm sure they know what they are doing.