posted on January 26, 2010 12:34:47 PM new
I just heard on the news that ebay, starting in February, will charge no auction listing fees for the first 100 listing per month on going (Good news if true!). Anybody heard any details?
posted on January 26, 2010 12:49:21 PM new
See the thread titled "seller Changes". BTW the starting price must be less than $1 to get a free listing (good luck with that).FVF goes to 9% up to $50. If you have a store FVF is 8.75%
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posted on January 26, 2010 01:14:07 PM new
Yes, as usual CNBC got the news all wrong. It is 99 cents and lower that is free for the first 100. The free first 5 that we had for a while will go away and this will replace it.
posted on January 26, 2010 04:54:06 PM new
No more 5 free at $20 cap is going to hurt me.
My fees dropped a good $50 - $75 a month with that. I will miss it.
posted on January 28, 2010 02:50:31 PM new
Ebay said it wants to stimulate bidding by offering us 100 free listing of items with starting bid under $1?
But these days if you start an item at 99 cents ,it could end as 99 cents?
Once I listed a very nice piece of dragonfly brooch at 99 cents with reserve,after competitive biddings,it went to 3.85.
After the auction ended,the high bidder could not understand why I wont sell it to her at $3.85.
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on January 29, 2010 10:21:58 AM new
Tried the .99 auction once. Item that retails for $100 sold for .99, not venturing into those waters again to save a few pennies. I cannot figure out why Ebay would encourage this. Even though they get a higher % on FVF if most of the auctions end at a very low prices, that is not much of a trade off profit wise. I guess they have their reasons, but since they keep changing the policies so often I am not sure they do have valid business reasons for many of their new policies.
posted on January 29, 2010 04:01:41 PM new
Ebay should discourage people selling junk ,not encourage everyone to list 100 pieces of junk every month.
But then we can borrow a chapter from the Chinese sellers,antique bronze incense burner ,start bid 99 cents,free shipping,insurance mandatory $65 .
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There is no 'Global saviyngs glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
[ edited by hwahwa on Jan 29, 2010 07:03 PM ]
