The Latest eBay Free Listings and Seller Promotions Thread.

[sydney-diecast-kingdom]

Thought it would be good just to have a single thread devoted to seller promos and free listings.

[*tippy*toes*]

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@lupercal wrote:

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@lupercal wrote:

Unlimited listings this weekend without insertions fees (but with normal fvf's)

I signed up for it, as I have about 400 combined relists and new unlisted items - but I was  2 days away from opening a store. I'm tempted to wait and see if they make this regular for a while, but compared with a store it's not as compelling as the old $1 fvf's, and with a store I can at least list any time I feel like it, so I think I'll still go ahead as planned. I'll mull it over the weekend.

Someone will probably start a whole thread for this, but anyway...

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At the moment my hunch is they might do this the last weekend of every month - but if they do it again next weekend, I might stick with it for the time being.

In the categories I list in, I'd have to gross $3,000 a month to make back the store cost with the roughly 1% reduced fvf's.. Which I have done, but rarely.

If it's not repeated next weekend, I'll go with the store.

I have little impression of how widely offered this was.

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It is highly unlikely that the promotion will be repeated next weekend. The best you could hope for would be once a month, like they used to a couple of years ago. Even then, one should never rely on promotions. 

[lupercal]

True; I'm not relying on it. Like I said, my hunch is it might be monthly, if it's regular at all. However if it does turn out to be weekly, for however long it lasts, I'll probably stick with it.

I assume ebay would realise it's a disincentive to opening a store, and therefore keep it monthly or irregular , but then they kept up the unlimited weekend fvf's for many months. It's not a huge deal; but til I see what happens next week, I've stepped back from the store.

[*tippy*toes*]

Weekly? Wishful thinking. Monthly, maybe, but don't hold your breath.

[onekiwi0]

The more I list the more I sell so even if they offer free listings with the usual fvf as opposed to the previous fvf special of $1.10 they still get value from offering the special .. win : win for both parties , fingers crossed.

[lupercal]

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

Weekly? Wishful thinking. Monthly, maybe, but don't hold your breath.

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Well, I wrote,

      "At the moment my hunch is they might do this the last weekend of every month "

and then

     "Like I said, my hunch is it might be monthly, if it's regular at all."

and

     "I assume ebay would realise it's a disincentive to opening a store, and therefore keep it monthly or irregular"

- so I'm not sure why you seem to keep implying that I'm expecting it to be weeklyy.

[*tippy*toes*]

Probably something to do with you mentioning next week, or next weekend, to see if the promo happens, to decide whether you open a store or not. Given that it's highly unlikely the free listings will happen again next weekend, you are probably best going with your decision to open a store. For the rest of us, we aren't impatient. We will wait to see if eBay offers the promo again at the end of this month. If they do, great, if they don't, well, nothing really changes.

Edit: you're wishful thinking of it being a weekly promo. "However if it does turn out to be weekly, for however long it lasts, I'll probably stick with it."

Your words, not mine.

[countessalmirena]

Outgrown it? Outloved it?

Sell it!

Only $3.30 Final Value Fees on any items you list this weekend.*

*Offer applies to Final Value Fees only. Other fees apply. Ends midnight 30/6. T&Cs apply.

The Accept Offer link is on the T&Cs page.

(The above comes from an email that I've just received.)

• The promotion runs from 00:00 (AEST) 29 June 2019 to 23.59 (AEST) 30 June 2019, for as long as the promotion is offered by eBay and advertised on www.ebay.com.au and via email (“Promotion Period”). eBay reserves the right to cancel the promotion at any time.
• Items must be listed and available for purchase by 23:59 (AEST) 30 June 2019 in order to qualify for the promotion.

To check whether you are eligible for the promotion via Option 1, please login to your account and follow the following steps:

• Sign into “My eBay”;
• Click on “All Selling” in the left hand navigation menu;
• Look for “Promotional Offers” and see whether this offer is listed as an active offer.

• This promotion only applies to single quantity listings.
• Store subscribers and business registrants are not eligible to participate in this offer.
• This promotion does not apply to “Excluded Categories” which include Businesses for Sale (11759), Aircrafts (63676), Boats (26429), Caravans/Motorhomes (32633), Cars (29690), Motorcycles (32073), Trucks/Commercial Vehicles (6049), Real Estate (10542), Services (316), Flights (3253), Tickets (1305), Travel (3252) and Vouchers/Gift Certificates (172008).

Good ‘Til Cancelled listings created during the Promotion Period will be eligible for the promotion only until the listing automatically re-lists.

[*tippy*toes*]

Dunno if that's an old promo number, but the dates are last weekend.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

Spoiler

Funny that your reply to countess is showing as being posted 12 hours before her post was posted!

[countessalmirena]

eBay's calendar has gone as mad as the fellow who sang about bats and teatrays.

The email I received for that offer had this date and time:

3/07/2019, 7:31 pm