come on ebay free listings :)

[newnuseddvdbookscds]

come on ebay show us the xmas spirit with unlimited free listings for EVERYONE for the months of December and January lol

[merfar2107]

Who is to decide what is junk? Treasures and good finds are as varied as all of the 'junk' listed on ebay.

[englishrosegardens]

Regardless of all our theories ultimately free listings means more income for eBay...

They may make more income from extra freebies but it may cost them a lot more per sale to maintain the site. Just as an example, if 10% of the standard 40 freebies sell but only 2% of an extra 80 freebies sell, then ebay's servers have to support three times as many listings for only a marginal increase in sales - so maintenance costs triple but income doesn't.

Buyers also have to wade through three times as many listings, most of which aren't likely to sell.

For non-store sellers, I support the idea of "the more you sell, the more freebies you'll get", which I'm pretty sure is what the 2664 freebies are about (only for sellers with a good turnover of items).

[transport-posters]

I see the same logic: more listings means more sales and income for me, PayPal and eBay.

But I think at the moment, this is the "silly month" and eBay are holding back the little sellers in order to give big stores, with no doubt really big contracts, a really strong go instead.  It could be this way every Xmas from now.  Hopefully we get some freebies next month/year.