Free listings in media categories up to £4.99

trrk

Just saw this on Ebay:

Free Insertion Fee for all auction format listings with a start price up to £4.99 in the Media categories: Music; Books, Comics and Magazines; Video Games; and DVD, Film & TV for all private users.

It will apply from Wednesday 9th December until Sunday 24th January.

A small bit of good news for some of us who want to sell books, DVDs and Cds etc on Ebay

soolin

Thanks for that, while I am away could someone make sure this is bumped once a day as we get a lot of threads and questions about selling fees on media items for private sellers.

cyberbob

bump bump bump

sham63

BUMP!!!:snow_laug

Biff0r

cool saving 20p but getting stung with the higher selling fee of the auction type! approx 9.9% if I recall for Media cat items

cyberbob

Biff0r wrote: »

cool saving 20p but getting stung with the higher selling fee of the auction type! approx 9.9% if I recall for Media cat items

Its 10% for auction and 9.9% for Buy it now up to 49.99 so it really makes no difference

Ebay Fees

sham63

The main problem with enforced free postage is that it is no longer worthwhile to list free at 99p start because if your item sells for only 99p you will have to pay the postage and all fees.

At least with this promotion you can list at up to 4.99 for free - this is a good thing if you have items such as hardback books or vinyl LPs that might not sell - it hasn't cost to list and if they sell for the start price you won't be out of pocket.

DaveAshton

sham63 wrote: »

At least with this promotion you can list at up to 4.99 for free - this is a good thing if you have items such as hardback books or vinyl LPs that might not sell - it hasn't cost to list and if they sell for the start price you won't be out of pocket.

Which may backfire, as you could get people that aren't informed about ebay's fees bitching in mid-January that ebay have changed the free-listing threshold without notifying them :rolleyes:

Also, there's nothing to stop the "postage isn't free, it's £..." brigade from listing for £4.99 and still wanting paid-for P+P.

Not that I'm saying it's a bad idea to give free listings for a bit, just that people might abuse it, or get confused by it.

DaveAshton

soolin wrote: »

Thanks for that, while I am away could someone make sure this is bumped once a day as we get a lot of threads and questions about selling fees on media items for private sellers.

Ka-bump

VanyaHargreeves

That's good, I need to sell some stuff. It's come at the perfect time.

bundly

Does this cover stories on cassette?