Hi

I am in the UK.

Here is a guide to Promotions Rules that were sent to me in December 2017 by a VERY HELPFUL eBay rep.

Here are the rules for our Markdown Manager:


Rules and Guidelines for using the Markdown Manager.

-Most sales are processed within an hour.

-Items can be discounted 5% to 75%.

-Revising the item price or any shipping information in the Revise My Item page removes the item from a sale.

-There are minimum and maximum durations for price sales.
*A Fixed-Price sale can be 1 to 14 days. The minimum duration between sales is 14 days.

-If a listing is already on sale, you won't be able to add a new sale.

-Item must have been active for 14 calendar days.

-Items need to have a "rest period" of 14 days between two periods of being part of a sale.
*I.E. the items can't have been included into a previous sale event in the last 14 days before the beginning of the new sale

*Revising the price and/or postage and packaging T&C's will also prevent an item going into a Markdown sale

-If you have listings in multiple currencies and choose to discount by an amount (not a percentage), that discount is in the currency of the listings and won't be converted.

-Sales can be scheduled up to 30 days in advance, and eBay keeps sale information for up to 15 months after the end date.

-Your final discounted list price must be £0.99 or more for a sale to be applied.

-Items listed in the Mature Audiences categories won't be included in sales.

-The discount percentage icon will not appear on Fixed-Price Multi Variation (MSKU) or Multiple Variation items.
If you relist or sell a similar item, it should be relisted at the original price.

-Some third party listing tools are not compatible with Markdowns because they "refresh" the listing frequently (which goes against the "at least 14-days rest period" rule stated above)

-There are 2 workarounds for 3rd Party Listing Tools:

1. Setting up a sale event + markdown sale at least 14 days in advance AND using the “prevent further revision of the price” checkbox at set-up

2. Offer the discount as an unconditional “order discount” within Promotion Manager.

*The discount will only apply at checkout if the buyer is adding the item to their basket (it will not display a Was/Now price on Search Results and View Item Page)


Hope this information is helpful and as promised, I'll speak to you soon tommorow 3 o'clock.


Thanks

Very Helpful eBay Rep