Listing Over The Festive Period

mimi1234

Hi all,

So I see there is a £1 fee event for private sellers this weekend.  I've amassed a fair few things I want to get rid of.  

How do you guys go about listing over the festive period?  I don't want to post out until after Xmas now so if I put the items on and they sold, would I be obliged to send the items out soon after?  Also, if I put in the listing I won't be posting out until after Xmas, is that something I can do or not?

Sorry if this sounds a bit thick but I just wanted to get some advice from the more experienced sellers.  I know I could wait for the next £1 fee event but I have some free time this week so can shove it all on.

Thanks and have a great festive period folks x x x

[Deleted User]

You would need to choose when you dispatch items which is ranged from sane working day to five working days, then the expected delivery date would be reflected from this. 

Spoonie_Turtle

I'm not an experienced seller by any means but I don't believe there is an option for a long enough dispatch period to cover not posting until after Christmas.

You can always draft listings when you have time so they're ready to go for the next event at a better time for posting.

olgadapolga

You could have a long lead time for posting, maybe? Or put the items on a 10-day auction with the starting price at a level you'd be happy to accept if you only had one bidder?

If you put the listing together now, schedule the start time for next week then edit them to "start immediately" during the free listing weekend. I think that would work 🙂 but happy to be corrected

soolin

You can set a long dispatch time up to 30 days on the listing form. However, buyers don’t bother reading that, I have a 3 day dispatch set at the moment and people still ask next day have I posted and when will they get their stuff. The issue is that if they buy even if you have say a 10 day dispatch , they will still be chasing you and if they’d decide to cancel you lose your PayPal fees (assuming you’re not on managed payments. 

The longest I have ever set my dispatch time was 7 days for a holiday, and even then it made me anxious and I tend to close entirely now and just reopen about 4 days or so before I get back.