Sell for £1 maximum fees

Lara

Can someone - soolin? - explain a couple of things please.  
If you get an offer from eBay, usually Friday to Monday period - to sell an item with maximum £1 fees does this mean you need to advertise and sell the item within this period please?  If the item doesn't sell and eBay relist it then that offer has lapsed and it goes back to normal selling fees payable.
How do you stop eBay relisting an item if it doesn't sell within the period you have set ie 7 days etc.?
I have looked and looked and can’t see how, other than cancelling item and saying Not available etc. Many thanks. 

Rantband

At the end of the offer selling period just end the listings and wait for the next FVFs weekend and then relist..

tightauldgit

Just to be clear it doesn't mean it has to sell in the period that the offer is running - that's the period you need to list it in. The discount will then apply to any sale during that listing period. Once it ends just delist it if it gets relisted. I think you can set when you list whether to auto relist or not but I never really worried about it, I just keep an eye on it.

Lara

tightauldgit said:

Just to be clear it doesn't mean it has to sell in the period that the offer is running - that's the period you need to list it in. The discount will then apply to any sale during that listing period. Once it ends just delist it if it gets relisted. I think you can set when you list whether to auto relist or not but I never really worried about it, I just keep an eye on it.

Many thanks for your reply.  That’s what I thought.  However I listed an item during one of the listing periods.  It didn’t sell and was relisted by eBay, twice.  It then sold but I was charged the full charges.  Obviously you assume eBay are right with their charges but I was under the impression it didn’t matter when it sold as it would still be only £1. 
I couldn't see anywhere you can stop autolist but have done what you’ve said previously and delisted.  I don’t sell many items at all on eBay as try Marketplace and Gumtree which is more successful and local.  Also cheaper without any charges! 
Appreciate your help. 

soolin

Lara said:

tightauldgit said:

Just to be clear it doesn't mean it has to sell in the period that the offer is running - that's the period you need to list it in. The discount will then apply to any sale during that listing period. Once it ends just delist it if it gets relisted. I think you can set when you list whether to auto relist or not but I never really worried about it, I just keep an eye on it.

Many thanks for your reply.  That’s what I thought.  However I listed an item during one of the listing periods.  It didn’t sell and was relisted by eBay, twice.  It then sold but I was charged the full charges.  Obviously you assume eBay are right with their charges but I was under the impression it didn’t matter when it sold as it would still be only £1. 
I couldn't see anywhere you can stop autolist but have done what you’ve said previously and delisted.  I don’t sell many items at all on eBay as try Marketplace and Gumtree which is more successful and local.  Also cheaper without any charges! 
Appreciate your help. 

As per previous responses item must sell within the original period. So if you list a BIN within the usual 4 day offer period then it will be subject to the reduced fees if it sells within the original month . However the moment it re lists it is in a new period and will not get the reduced fee. It is everything up to the point of being relisted, either manually or automatically that counts.

If you list as an auction for say 7 days then you would only get the reduced fees if it sold at end of 7 days, not if it gets automatically relisted and then sells. 

The easy thing to do assuming you have less than 100 items listed is to end and relist everytime you get an offer. It isn’t possible to turn off the auto relist on BINs (you can on auctions) but you can end a BIN at any point you like without penalty. 

Lara

Thanks soolin.  Fully understand now.  😊