Doing something wrong - Is fixed price BIN for free listing this weekend?

tillycat123

I must be doing something wrong. I thought a BIN was a fixed price listing?

When I try and list anything this morning with a BIN price its costing me but I thought it was free to do that this weekend.

Have I miss understood?

Many thanks

soolin

I've just done one as a trial and it listed for free for me.

tillycat123

Wonder what I'm doing wrong then.....Thanks for checking for me.

soolin

daft question- but are you eligible? Lots of sellers have reported being 'knocked down' below standard at the last evaluation which means they are not eligible even if they are a private seller.

I'll try another one- give me 5 minutes!

porto_bello

soolin wrote: »

I've just done one as a trial and it listed for free for me.

Same here. I'm currently relisting all my previously unsold auction items as 30-day Buy It Now listings, hoping it will make them attractive last minute Christmas presents.

soolin

Sorry it is taking me a while- Photobucket doesn't work and ebay just keeps losing the info I type- arghhhhhhhhh

soolin

I've just listed another- no extra photos though as photobucket is down again for me.

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tillycat123

My ratings are all fine. Will give up for now and give it a go later on. Many thanks for your help soolin

soolin

tillycat123 wrote: »

My ratings are all fine. Will give up for now and give it a go later on. Many thanks for your help soolin

If it isn't working now then I doubt it will work later- other daft questions, is your item allowable and are you listing direct on ebay and not via a third party. Also- have you tried to list as a proper BIN and NOT as an auction with a BIN price?

porto_bello

I'm linking photos to auctiva - seems to be working ok ... at the moment.

In an attempt to eradicate NPBs over Christmas, I'm ticking the box:

"Require immediate payment when buyer uses Buy it now"

For anyone unfamiliar, if you tick this box, the item will remain listed and available for sale until it is physically paid for by Paypal.

The only downside is this prevents any other form of payment being used, so it freezes out anyone wanting to make a purchase by cheque, PO or cash.

soolin

porto_bello wrote: »

I'm linking photos to auctiva - seems to be working ok ... at the moment.

In an attempt to eradicate NPBs over Christmas, I'm ticking the box:

"Require immediate payment when buyer uses Buy it now"

For anyone unfamiliar, if you tick this box, the item will remain listed and available for sale until it is physically paid for by Paypal.

The only downside is this prevents any other form of payment being used, so it freezes out anyone wanting to make a purchase by cheque, PO or cash.

Porto Bello you are brilliant- I forgot to do that on mine!

As Photobucket is dead for me it looks like I will only be listing oddsa and ends that only need one photo anyway- and as these are all just 'stuff' that I have lying around I would normally prefer to do a lot of photos as second hand goods are so much more difficult than new stock

Porto Bello- does Auctiva get rund the no third party listers for free listing days?