When is it?
Starting Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 00:00:01 EDT (12:00 AM plus one second on October 18, 2005) and ending that same day Tuesday, October 18, 2005 23:59:59 EDT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).
What are the fees?
Insertion fees for Auction-Style and Fixed Price listings will be revised as reflected in the fee table below on eBay.ca, eBay.com and eBay Motors.
Listings created prior to the promotion and scheduled to start during the promotional period of October 18, 2005 will be eligible for the promotional fee.
Listings in Canadian Dollars
Starting or Fixed Price
Regular Fee
Promotional Fee
C$0.01 - C$0.99
C$0.30
C$0.10
C$1.00 - C$14.99
C$0.45
C$0.10
C$15.00 - C$34.99
C$0.85
C$0.10
C$35.00 - C$69.99
C$1.65
C$0.10
C$70.00 - C$299.99
C$3.30
C$0.10
C$300.00 - C$699.99
C$5.15
C$0.10
C$700.00 and up
C$6.75
C$0.10
Listings in US Dollars
Starting or Fixed Price Regular Fee Promotional Fee
US$0.01 - US$0.99
US$0.25
US$0.10
US$1.00 - US$9.99
US$0.35
US$0.10
US$10.00 - US$24.99
US$0.60
US$0.10
US$25.00 - US$49.99
US$1.20
US$0.10
US$50.00 - US$199.99
US$2.40
US$0.10
US$200.00 - US$499.99
US$3.60
US$0.10
US$500 and up
US$4.80
US$0.10
Who is Included?
All Canadian residents who list their items on eBay.ca, eBay.com or eBay Motors will be eligible for the promotion. Please note the exclusions below. Items re-listed that match the above eligibility will qualify for the promotion. The reduced fees for this promotion will not be immediately reflected on the site. Users will receive a credit to their account by November, 2005 or before. Learn more about why this fee gets credited back to you as opposed to being immediately reflected on the site.
What is excluded?
Motors vehicles, Business and Industrial Capital Equipment, Store Inventory Format and Real Estate Ad Format listings will not be included in this promotion. The promotional rate does not apply to listings revised during the promotional period. The promotional rate also does not apply to listings created during the promotion October 18, 2005, but scheduled to start after the promotion ends.
posted on October 18, 2005 05:09:47 AM new
It's wonderful that they leave the U.S. behind. What's new for the U.S.? Try Sales Manager for free for 30 days. Yippee. Personally, I don't give a rat's behind for the upgrade sales they keep throwing at us. They mean nothing if everyone is using them.
posted on October 18, 2005 06:15:11 AM new
Ebay, can you spell "level playing field"?
Canada must have "most favored nation status"?? They had the week-long celebration of 5th b-day full of seller "gifts" and now this..US sellers get nada??? Maybe the VP in charge of Canada is more attuned to seller needs than the US head. I can't imagine that the reduced rate listing days really cost ebay very much and go a long way in promoting goodwill between the venue and sellers. Oh well...probably better not list a lot today as I expect our neighbors to the North will flood the postcard categories.
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posted on October 18, 2005 06:53:19 AM new
You gotta love this reasoning for crediting fees back in Nov...
"Why Are My Seller Fees Being Credited Back?
One of our most frequently asked questions is; Why do I have to pay my insertion fees up front, then receive a credit a few weeks later during listing promotions? It's certainly a fair question, and one that deserves a detailed answer.
The reason many of our promotions issue credits as opposed to changing the prices temporarily across the entire site has to do with the eligibility requirements of the promotion. If we change the prices directly on the site, any seller from around the world would be able to come to eBay.ca and get the discount, no matter what site they normally use. This ends up hurting the balance of supply and demand on other international sites, where the sellers would temporarily be migrating from, as well as creating a lot of sudden competition for our Canadian sellers.
Instead, what we like to do is have the promotion open only to Canadians and let them list on whatever site they wish. We know that this type of eligibility allows Canadian sellers to be more successful at selling their items. Currently, we don't have the ability to verify a user's residence in real time with their listing, so we pull a list of the qualified users after the fact, verify it personally and then issue credits. We're working towards being able to do all of this automatically, but we're not quite there yet. When we're there, you can bet we'll shout it from the rooftops.
Thanks for selling on eBay."
In other words, we don't want to give those nasty Americans any deals.
posted on October 18, 2005 08:48:36 AM new
E-Bay is making their money off the U.S. site,they have enough Powersellers to keep that going without doing anything. And its the Powersellers that hate promotions,so I don't think you will see anymore for the U.S. E-Bay. Sellers cryed everytime they had one,so they quit.
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posted on October 18, 2005 01:45:57 PM new
my Canuck husband says to tell everyone that it doesn't matter about the 10-cent listing sale for Canadians today, as soon it won't matter at all because the Canucks are taking over everything anyway - they have an abundance of oil they're using as a trump card right now in a NAFTA tiff over the fact that we owe Canada $5 billion for lumber that we haven't paid for and despite NAFTA ruling against us. anyway, this was his big idea to post this, not mine.
they own lots of american financial institutions and phone companies too. and they just bought coors, so now it's "un-american" to drink coors
has anyone seen jib jab's latest, "big box mart?" hilarious. actually, we're well on our way to playing second fiddle in the global economy without canada's help anyway.
posted on October 18, 2005 02:48:46 PM new
I'm surprised that it's only available to Canadian residents - maybe this is a new move by eBay towards regional targeting? Previous 10c days or FLDs in other locales were always on the site and did not exclude non-residents. I often used to take advantage of UK and Australian cheap listing days to move moribund stock. Wonder if I need to revisit Yahoo Auctions which are always free (but like an empty shopping mall)...
