eBay free listings rarer and rarer

oneweb

I've noticed a distinct lack of free listing weekends, they used to be every second or third week. Last for for ebay.ie was 22-23rd June, ebay.co.uk was 26th July, and prior to that, we didn't always get free listings when the uk did

Anyone know if they've given up doing them in Ireland?

Most of my stuff previously sold to overseas buyers so might shift to Gumtree.

allthedoyles

Yet I notice eBay are allowing more free photos for the month of August :

From 1 August 2013, you’ll be able to upload up to 12 pictures to each of your listings free of charge on eBay.ie.

Picture Pack and Supersize will also become free from 1 August until 31 August 2013 when they will no longer be available. You’ll automatically get the benefits of Supersize free of charge for any listings with at least one picture of 500 pixels

Lehmann

Indeed... I don't see anymore of those free listings on eBay.ie... I used to sell my stuff only during those promotions. What a pity. I hope they bring that back.

Did you see that new announcement for eBay.co.uk... "Final value fees will be charged based on the combined value of the item listed plus postage. For example, if an item sells for £20 with postage cost of £4, the final value fee will be charged based on the combined value of £24. This will not apply if the listing offers collection only."
Doesn't sound good... :mad:

L1011

Will seriously discourage people from selling abroad but there's an obvious reason for it - 99c items with 11.99 postage are very common

WhiteMan32

Like Lehmann, I too only used to list unwanted items for sale on eBay.ie, when it was free to do so.

As it is now 2 months since the last free listing weekend on the eBay Ireland site, I have decided to save the HTML text to all the listings of my unsold items.... otherwise they will no longer be available to simply 're-list' in quick time after 60 days pass by since their previous listing ended. Instead, I would have to spend quite a lot of time re-designing each listing, in order to help keep the visitor's attention on my item(s) for sale.

WhiteMan32

Free listing this weekend at eBay.co.uk...... but not at eBay.ie. Disappointing to say the least.

Lehmann

Indeed. I just checked that.

I think I will start selling my stuff on eBid.

karisle

I also check it. What a pity!

CUSHAMILLION

Ebay .uk had free listings on 7/8 sept and 12th sept and now again on 21/22 sept..thats 3 times in approx 2 weeks. I have emailed them and pointed out that ebay.ie didnt have free listings for 3 months
They replied with what is like a computer generated answer ..but did not explain the reason ..i have contacted them on at least 4 separate occasions .but its like talking to the wall..they just don't care

stevie1122

I also contacted the chat on ebay about this 3 times already since July and basically I said they seem to value their uk customers over the Irish ones they got all upset and told me that isn't true and that they would pass it onto the relevant department which of course has done absolutely nothing.


Anyway I have given up on ebay now because I don't know if people are aware but the 10% fee they take from the selling price now also includes the shipping the price.

So for example if you sold a A DVD boxset on ebay 6 months ago for 20euro and you charged 10euro postage you would only pay 2 euro in fees but now for that same auction you will pay 3euro in fees it might not seem like a lot but if you sell expensive items it all adds up then not to mention the 5% fee paypal add on, on top of that even though ebay and paypal are owned by the same company.

Lehmann wrote: »

Did you see that new announcement for eBay.co.uk... "Final value fees will be charged based on the combined value of the item listed plus postage. For example, if an item sells for £20 with postage cost of £4, the final value fee will be charged based on the combined value of £24. This will not apply if the listing offers collection only."
Doesn't sound good... :mad:

Didn't see this when I first made my post but this has now been implemented on ebay.ie as well since September 1st.

MYOB wrote: »

Will seriously discourage people from selling abroad but there's an obvious reason for it - 99c items with 11.99 postage are very common

That's because the ebay fees are far too high they charge 10% and then another 5% for paypal (which is also run by ebay). They also force new sellers to use paypal for this reason and at the end of it all if something goes wrong 99% of the time they side with the buyer even though the seller is the one who is paying all the fees.

Lehmann

Yep, the final value fee includes the final price + the postage, which is illogical and unfair, especially when there is an expensive international postage. I think many people will be discouraged to sell their stuff now.. eBay will lose money, oh well, I really hope they do!!

CUSHAMILLION

Ya ..the new seller fees on postage for genuine ebayers who don't abuse the shipping cost are unfair..however it catches the guys who charge high postage but low cost items . I recently see a winning bid for 1 cent but 15 euro post..normally no ebay fee on the 1 cent.but now he gets caught for 1.50 on the postage ..and rightly so

stevie1122

Lehmann wrote: »

Yep, the final value fee includes the final price + the postage, which is illogical and unfair, especially when there is an expensive international postage. I think many people will be discouraged to sell their stuff now.. eBay will lose money, oh well, I really hope they do!!

I hope they lose money as well but I doubt they will no other auction website is even close to being as big as ebay

CUSHAMILLION wrote: »

Ya ..the new seller fees on postage for genuine ebayers who don't abuse the shipping cost are unfair..however it catches the guys who charge high postage but low cost items . I recently see a winning bid for 1 cent but 15 euro post..normally no ebay fee on the 1 cent.but now he gets caught for 1.50 on the postage ..and rightly so

I understand that but that's not the reason ebay are doing it they are doing out of greed so they can make more money. If you end up being the winning buyer on an auction like you mentioned all you have to do is complain to ebay about it and they will cancel the transaction it has been like that for years. Both paypal and ebay already make millions every month.

If the ebay fees were reasonable very few of these type of auctions would exist but instead of lowering the fees they increase them. All this new policy will do is just make people increase their postage prices

stevie1122

Free listings again this weekend for the UK and of course nothing for Ireland.

Lehmann

and I just can't understand why we don't have those free listings anymore...

allthedoyles

Is it possible for us to list on co.uk and full visiblility in .ie ?

the groutch

allthedoyles wrote: »

Is it possible for us to list on co.uk and full visiblility in .ie ?

afaik once you offer postage to Ireland in the listing it will show up on the .ie site

allthedoyles

the groutch wrote: »

afaik once you offer postage to Ireland in the listing it will show up on the .ie site

So is it true to say , we don't need .ie free weekends then . - only problem is that eBay don't notify us when UK is free listing

kidderminister

I got fed up waiting to get a fee free weekend from Ebay, so about a month ago,I tried Done Deal. had 2 bikes to sell..SOLD both in first weekend, €200..and only cost me TWO euro to advertise. I have sold several articles since..Fantastic site..I am now forgetting about Ebay..waste of time and a waste of money.out of the €450 I sold,I would have given Ebay/pay pal, €67.50 !!in fees, It cost me €7..on Done Deal..

WhiteMan32

It's the very same yet again......

BoboDub

I had enough and just set up a uk accpunt with a uk address I have. its a real case of both kicking the 2nd class paddies and ****ting on your own doorstep. there's a 4 day free listing on ebay.co.uk from tomorrow btw

afaik if you try to list on the .co.uk site but are registered on the .ue sitw, you still won't get the free listing.

kidderminister

with no free weekends coming up on Ebay,I started to use Done Deal,I am amazed how much I have sold,and only costing me ONE euro to place the ad,and no postage..buyer collected each time,I am forgetting about Ebay,it too costly,taking 15% out of whatever you sell. definitely going to stay with Done Deal.

BoboDub

are you on cimmission from done deal or work for them???

kidderminister

NO I don't work for Done Deal and I DONT get commission from them..I was just pointing out a good site to sell stuff.. O K..

Lehmann

I can't understand why free listings are available for other countries, like ebay.co.uk and ebay.fr, but not for Irish ebay... very strange..

stevie1122

Free listings for UK sellers from the 25th of December to the 5th of January and of course still nothing for ebay.ie as if people don't have enough reasons already to hate ebay / paypal :mad:

kidderminister

I gave up on eBay months ago,went to Gumtree & Done Deal,Fantastic sales, who would want to pay eBay commission on the postage! trying to make even more profit..Bye Bye..Ebay.

kc90

kidderminister wrote: »

I gave up on eBay months ago,went to Gumtree & Done Deal,Fantastic sales, who would want to pay eBay commission on the postage! trying to make even more profit..Bye Bye..Ebay.

So you do work for donedeal?

Lehmann

kc90 wrote: »

So you do work for donedeal?

He pointed to the site twice, and the second time made the post with big font and bold..

Fuzzy Clam

Free listings again on the UK site

I've all but given up on EBay. Sold something on it just before Xmas but only because I got no interest in the item on Adverts.ie. I wanted to put a 400 euro reserve on it but that would have cost me nearly 20 euro alone! Because I got payed in Dollars, PayPal took 25 euros off me. And that's before I pay the insertion fees and commission to EBay.

Fuzzy Clam

Free listings again on the UK site

I've all but given up on EBay. Sold something on it just before Xmas but only because I got no interest in the item on Adverts.ie. I wanted to put a 400 euro reserve on it but that would have cost me nearly 20 euro alone! Because I got payed in Dollars, PayPal took 25 euros off me. And that's before I pay the insertion fees and commission to EBay.

j4vier

did you list on ebay.com?

i often put items for sale there now because it is always free listings and they are up until sold

i often put reserve prices either and i am not charged for it, maybe it applies to certain sections only as i only list clothing items

Fuzzy Clam

Can you list on .com if your account is with .ie?
I used to be on .com but in order to sell I had to get my a/c moved to .ie because I couldn't register my debit card (no credit card) on .com.
The fee for the reserve might be because it was electronic goods I was selling.

j4vier

i list on .com and my account is set up on ie

i have been listing clothes only recently maybe thats why it is different on the reserve

Lehmann

j4vier wrote: »

i list on .com and my account is set up on ie

i have been listing clothes only recently maybe thats why it is different on the reserve

Hello,
I didn't know that one can list on other eBay sites while being on .ie, maybe I should give it a try.. Is it allowed?

j4vier

i guess it is allowed, i have been doing it for a while

kc90

Lehmann wrote: »

Hello,
I didn't know that one can list on other eBay sites while being on .ie, maybe I should give it a try.. Is it allowed?

Yup, I use .co.uk almost exclusively now. If you're using .com, there are some different policies you might need to be aware of, but the UK site is pretty much identical to ours.

lisasimpson

ya ebay has become a pain didn't know about using the .com version a lot of my stuff I ebay was bought by people outside of ireland. ive started using gumtree and adverts now to sell stuff but will use ebay the odd time for buying.

boardbro

If I can post here, does anyone know when there's another free lsitings time? Anyway amazon is far superior to ebay

stevie1122

boardbro wrote: »

If I can post here, does anyone know when there's another free lsitings time?

Their hasn't been a free listing in Ireland for nearly two years now so I think it's safe to say it's gone.

Also for anyone asking to list on the .com site if your not based in the US I think you need a business account and you have to have a UK address to list on the .co.uk site so Irish users can't list there sometimes it slips through the cracks and you can by mistake but if ebay get wind of it they will remove your auction.