@lupercal wrote:
Haven't received that invitation - unless it was buried in the 'selling tips' message which I routinely deleted unread.
I received the email - it's titled: eBay for Business - Fee Support for our Sellers During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Nothing there for me, really - fee deferral might help a few sellers in a temporary pinch, but it's designed to help ebay more than it is to help sellers IMHO, and if they're doing 50k free insertions for most sellers, it'll only be store fees and FVF that accrue which are better paid as you go.
Personally, I'd like to see a something like a "hibernate" option as opposed to "holiday" option. That is, the ability to suspend a store but keep all listings and settings as is, without incurring monthly store fees. Or at least the ability to pay a smaller store fee while on holiday and listings unable to be purchased - there may come a time soon where Aus Post will decrease operation and / or stricter lockdown measures are in place so that no one can go out to post anything for days or weeks. Many councils are doing rent free for businesses during forced lockdown, which is a darn sight more helpful. I don't say this with the attitude that eBay owes anyone this, or that i feel entitled to it (plus I know there are alternatives that don't mean you have to keep the store sub), but I do think it would be more helpful than fee deferral, and I'd like to be pleasantly surprised by ebay at least once in a blue moon. 
I read your post & also had the email from Ebay for both our stores. I did not mean any criticism. It was really meant for any newbies on the board. It would be nice if Ebay waived a months store fee instead 
but I don't think that will happen.
