I made all my listings good till cancelled, have I made a mistake?

[plantopia*]

From what I have read, it would seem that Good till cancelled is not as simple as it seems.

I have gathered that when they roll over, they come off your allocated free listings. If this is the case, I am going to be up for a large bill when they start rolling over.

I just thought I would confirm this, if it's true, then I better cancel them all and make them 30 day listings with 3 x free relists.

I appreciate any advice.

Thanks

[twyngwyn]

Fees You may be charged an insertion fee to list your item. When applicable, insertion fees are charged every 30-day period for Good 'Til Cancelled listings.

[plantopia*]

Thanks, I will cancel them all and relist with the 30 days instead.

That could have been costly. Pays to read the fine print I guess

[clarry100]

Have you considered opening a basic store.

Cost is $20 per month but you get 200 free listings with that.

[jellybirddesigns]

Plantopia,

I have a basic store which costs $20 a month. I get 200 listings and all of mine are Good Till Cancelled. I've had this setup for the last 8 months and it works brilliantly for me. I can literally just "set and forget" my listings.

When something sells out, I just cancel the listing and put in something fresh and new.

[chameleon54 · Accepted solution]

---

@plantopia* wrote:

From what I have read, it would seem that Good till cancelled is not as simple as it seems.

I have gathered that when they roll over, they come off your allocated free listings. If this is the case, I am going to be up for a large bill when they start rolling over.

I just thought I would confirm this, if it's true, then I better cancel them all and make them 30 day listings with 3 x free relists.

I appreciate any advice.

Thanks

---

My understanding is that non store holders who list good till cancelled have the roll-overs taken from their 40 monthly free listings. Any more than 40 listings and you pay the standard listing fee on the extras at roll over time. This could be a real trap for sellers who list under the 150 freebies or unlimited free listings promotions, as the fees next month at roll over time will be very large.

On our non store account, I list "buy it nows" for 30 days. They then slip into my unsold items as I dont recieve the three free relists that some sellers get. When the next lot of freebies come around I simply relist the items for another 30 days, thus avoiding the roll overs and listing fees.

[erg-auto-electrical-wholesalers]

No.

If you list 100 Good till cancelled, and you are allowed 100 listings each month, then the 100 Good till cancelled are part of the 100 free listings each month

100 Good till cancelled

__________________

100 Free listings

=

0 cost.

[*tippy*toes* · Accepted solution]

---

@erg-auto-electrical-wholesalers wrote:

No.

If you list 100 Good till cancelled, and you are allowed 100 listings each month, then the 100 Good till cancelled are part of the 100 free listings each month

100 Good till cancelled

__________________

100 Free listings

=

0 cost.

---

No, that is completely wrong and dangerous information. The OP doesn't have a store, so regardless of how many listings they can have, they only get 40 free a month. If they take advantage of this current unlimited promotion and list 400 new listings as GTC, when they roll over in 30 days, they will be charged $1.50 for 360 of those listings.

360 Good Till Cancelled

X $1.50

= $540

I can list 510 items a month. I don't have a store, therefore I only get 40 free listings a month. If I choose to list all 510 a month, I get charged for every listing over the 40 free ones. If I list all those with the current promotion, which would be free for all of them, as good till cancelled, when they roll over next month, I'd cop a bill of $705.

Please don't give advice until you are sure of the answer. There are a LOT of differences between having a store and not having one. If the OP followed your advice, they would have ended up with a very hefty bill next month.

[saarzi]

What the......  where the heck did you get that from?  Lol

[davewil1964]

Probably his misreading of the numerous posts to him explaining the CORRECT information.