When ebay offer £1 final seller fees

Schizophonickh
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I've got a question about this and want to know before I put the time and effort into it.

Ebay offers £1 sellers final fee and I want to know if I have a few items to put on ebay can I save them on draft and then ebay offers the promotion I can place the item live?

If put an item say 'buy it now' at £XXX and it ends up being sold 30 days later, will the final fee still apply?

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  • moonpenny
    moonpenny Posts: 2,432 Forumite
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    The £1 fvf only applies when the item is listed AFTER the offer is accepted. It will then last for 30 days.

    When I get an offer I very often end my current listing and list it again under the £1 offer. (Don't "relist", do "sell similar")

    Can't help on listing from a draft.
  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,897 Forumite
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    Yes I often list from a draft.

    Accept the offer and then post your listing.

    Check the t&cs first to make sure you have the correct requirements i.e. minimum listing time usually excludes 1 day listings for example.
  • soolin
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    The other way to do it is to complete the listing and schedule the start time for the future. Then when you get a £1 FVF offer , accept the offer and list the item, or reschedule to list it within the offer period.

    If you don't get an offer, then just keep moving the scheduled date further and further into the future.

    As usual though always read all of the terms and conditions of any offer. They occasionally change them and add extra requirements in, or limit it to certain categories.
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  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
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    edited 21 September 2019 at 9:03AM
    Schizophonickh wrote: »
    If put an item say 'buy it now' at £XXX and it ends up being sold 30 days later, will the final fee still apply?
    The £1 fvf lasts for the initial listing period. If listed for 30 days and sells within the 30 days the £1 fvf will apply. If it ends and is relisted or automatically relisted full fvf will be charged.
  • mimi1234
    mimi1234 Posts: 7,949 Forumite
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    I save new listings as drafts with photos and prices all set up. Then once I have accepted the offer (it's normally a Sunday morning), I blast through them all and list them.

    As another poster has said, if I have other live listings, I end them and put them back on.
  • Schizophonickh
    Schizophonickh Posts: 20 Forumite
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    thanks for suggestion everyone, there is a 1FVF on offer so need to get listening but anything i have in the future I'll list it as a draft.
  • TripleH
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    soolin wrote: »
    The other way to do it is to complete the listing and schedule the start time for the future. Then when you get a £1 FVF offer , accept the offer and list the item, or reschedule to list it within the offer period.

    If you don't get an offer, then just keep moving the scheduled date further and further into the future.

    As usual though always read all of the terms and conditions of any offer. They occasionally change them and add extra requirements in, or limit it to certain categories.

    I thought you had to pay to place an advert in the future if you are a non-business seller or have they changed the rules?

    I looked (admittedly a few years ago) to do this but found it cost to list this way. Happy to be corrected if my assumption is wrong.
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  • POPPYOSCAR
    POPPYOSCAR Posts: 14,897 Forumite
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    TripleH wrote: »
    I thought you had to pay to place an advert in the future if you are a non-business seller or have they changed the rules?

    I looked (admittedly a few years ago) to do this but found it cost to list this way. Happy to be corrected if my assumption is wrong.


    As far as I am aware there is no charge for doing this.

    Personally I cannot see the advantage of doing it that way.

    Easier to just have a draft ready to list when the offer starts.
  • soolin
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    TripleH wrote: »
    I thought you had to pay to place an advert in the future if you are a non-business seller or have they changed the rules?

    I looked (admittedly a few years ago) to do this but found it cost to list this way. Happy to be corrected if my assumption is wrong.

    It's actually the other way round , business sellers on basic shops (or without a shop) pay if a scheduled listing goes live. Private sellers do not pay to schedule at all.
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  • soolin
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    POPPYOSCAR wrote: »
    As far as I am aware there is no charge for doing this.

    Personally I cannot see the advantage of doing it that way.

    Easier to just have a draft ready to list when the offer starts.

    Sellers are limited with the number of drafts though, but can schedule as many as they like. As long as you remember to keep rescheduling into the future the scheduled listings just sit there, totally complete until you need them.
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