If for some reason you're subscribed to this thread but haven't yet listed your items; step on it. Deal closes midnight tonight.
cloudbaby
12 Sep 17#102
Very cunning! Will give it a go. Thanks for the tip
shirlsky
12 Sep 17#101
Yes you change the category! I have seen people say in the past that you can't or it charges you more. But this is not the case. I even tested it one of my auctions. DVD now is in the holiday category. Just takes a while for eBay to amend - and no extra charges either.
OrangePotato
12 Sep 17#100
Probably no good as you won't be able to change the item category
shirlsky
11 Sep 17#97
if you have no bids yet then why don't you copy and paste your bike auction to one of the listings that is on the offer? You can click and see which of your auctions has qualified for the FVF offer - just go to your selling page scroll down to promotional offers and click on the number 5 on the used column.
Sarah201307 to shirlsky
11 Sep 17#98
... how do I make it work????? :thinking:
ifa to shirlsky
11 Sep 17#99
Yeah the £1 FVF is much better, save yourself a whopping £2! (unless your'e selling lots of things of course)
cloudbaby
11 Sep 17#96
I've just called ebay and about this and was told it was just the first 5 listings, which is really annoying as I have listed quite a few low value items but have a bike I need to sell which won't benefit from the offer.
Checked again via 'chat' (as the guy I spoke to sounded pretty clueless) and it confirmed that the offer has been applied to the first 5 listings :angry:
woodface7
11 Sep 17#89
If we accept it (and the max £5 fee promos they've tried) in large enough numbers, then this will become the standard deal. Who would run a business differently? If customers hand over three times the revenue, that's what you'll charge.
The only way to prevent it is to (if you're able) ignore these offers and only activate the best ones like '£1 max fee'. Don't forget '50%off fvf' weekends - they are unbeatable for selling items under £20.
Domthedonkey to woodface7
11 Sep 17#95
It applies to the first 5 you opt in for.
Stimpington
11 Sep 17#94
Exactly. Enjoy the pointless cycle suckers, I'll stick to quality jewellery from the shopping channel thank you very much.
treacle13
11 Sep 17#90
Disappointing, I am not eligible for this.
OrangePotato to treacle13
11 Sep 17#93
Not necessarily. I've had it running every month for the past year or so
OrangePotato
11 Sep 17#92
Generally it's as long as you create the listings during the promotion period and then sell the items within 30 days of listing
Bergy10
11 Sep 17#91
Heat for the offer. Not checked yet if I am eligible but will do so.
Wuick question. How does this work? Is the max fee only for items you list within the period regardless of when they sell or do the items have to be listed AND sold within the period?
AppStar
11 Sep 17#88
I've noticed that the £1 eBay offers tend to coincide with bank holidays.
benhalsey
11 Sep 17#87
My experience - List your item on eBay - it will sell, you get a good price and happy customer. List other places and you get timewasters and people not prepared to pay a good price. Fees reflect that I think. They have a very good business model. Also a starting point for many growing businesses. And as a software dev, I can tell you It's not hard to create auction site software - it would just be impossible to achieve the customer base ebay has now. They should pay taxes if due though I agree.
ssc1
10 Sep 17#86
I haven't voted. I agree with faxmax above on this.
TheUrbis
10 Sep 17#85
Oh, so you don't have one.
If it's cold to you, don't use it.
faxmax
10 Sep 17#84
Yes, this is a deal compared to the regular and ridiculous 10% fee but unless you are in a hurry to sell something just wait for the £1 offer in a few weeks.
danielson1978
10 Sep 17#83
Going to sell my Galaxy S8 and put the money toward the new iPhone so this is a welcome deal - cheers OP
ssc1
10 Sep 17#82
Just Wait for it to roll around again.
TheUrbis
10 Sep 17#81
Assume first 5 to sell.
TheUrbis
10 Sep 17#80
Please post the current £1 final value fee link.
rtd
10 Sep 17#79
Got it via email, so listed 10 items to start tomo, don't know how they will work out which max fee to apply to which listing.
7777777
10 Sep 17#78
eBay in Poland had to accept 2.7% final fee as Poles failed to back them up to the level they expected and remained loyal to local competitors (clearly, more modest in appetite for customers' cash) .I am sure ebay will keep raising their commissions as long as people continue using them. The board and CEO have to justify their salaries and satisfy the shareholders who just do not give a damn as long as they get their ROI.There is no decency and mercy once you deal with monopolies and their claims of corporation responsibility or 'giving back to communities' make me laugh.
I find 10-15%+ commission for online auctioneer extortionate, at the end of the day they offer very little and their costs account for fraction of the 'normal' auction house expenses which offer premises, make the advert themselves and employ people to answer your call if you require.
dannyblackbeard
10 Sep 17#77
Thanks op. :sunglasses:
dannyblackbeard
10 Sep 17#76
Especially when you consider it has over 6 million members.
ssc1
10 Sep 17#75
£1 fvf is better guys.
crofter
10 Sep 17#74
Ebay UK have just added 20% to all fees (for business sellers). So a 10% final value fee has now become 12% and a basic shop fee (which they have just massively increased) is now £25 plus vat so £30. If you post something and it used to cost you £3.95 it will now cost you £4.75 with the added rise.
The reason for this is that they are now claiming they are going to pay their taxes to the UK instead of being based in Luxembourg. Of course they won't pay anywhere near to the 20% they are collecting so it really is just another way of creaming off some more from the customers.
At some point they are going to price themselves out of the game because of their pure and utter utter greed ...
eblane76
10 Sep 17#73
Thank you
Oneday77
10 Sep 17#72
What like the deal they had 2 weeks ago? Not the OPs fault you missed it, voting cold.
pheyshunt1
10 Sep 17#71
He just stated that it's his favourite offer. Anything wrong with that?
the__cat
10 Sep 17#70
Freebies do too. What's your point?
jackvdbuk
10 Sep 17#69
saves everyone a fortune, my favourite offer on here by far.
TheUrbis
10 Sep 17#68
Explain how it isn't?
humza7
10 Sep 17#67
Heat from me. I paid £500 in eBay fees last month to sell some Macbook pros..
the__cat
10 Sep 17#66
:raised_hand:
the__cat
10 Sep 17#65
Promo or not, it's not a "deal", old pal.
Lado.Cekurisvili
10 Sep 17#64
Didn't work for me - says by invitation only
Unfortunately, that didn't work for me - says the offer is by invitation only...
dunc360
10 Sep 17#63
Got the offer and scheduled 4 listings for now, cheers!
HugoLuca
10 Sep 17#62
Thanks Ebay! :smile:
Your business incentives for customers £1 listing / £3 listing now and so on ... Really are appreciated :raised_hand:
Babbler
10 Sep 17#61
Hope this isn't instead of 1 quid offer now :disappointed:
urinthematrix
10 Sep 17#60
Hot
coolcraig999
10 Sep 17#59
just sold a wii u and a load of games saved me £20....nice find op... heat added
SClub
10 Sep 17#58
Not necessarily a deal, but definitely a big part of the Circle of Hotukdeals:
1. Buy loads of stuff you don't need, but can't resist because it's so cheap 2. Stick aforementioned items on shelf 3. Realise you will never use items 4. Wait for ebay to put on a promo 5. Sell items at minimal loss / profit 6. Goto 1
TheUrbis
10 Sep 17#57
Feel free to post a better eBay promo, old pal.
the__cat
10 Sep 17#56
I don't understand why this is a "deal"?!
fbloise
10 Sep 17#55
thanks OP, this will be handy to sell older iphones without being ripped off.
OrangePotato
10 Sep 17#54
Most people get that all year round
jackie_chan
10 Sep 17#53
Not a great deal compared to £1 max fees with 100 items limit campaign ebay normally runs
shirlsky
10 Sep 17#52
any category apart from usual excluded 'Cars, Motorcycles & Vehicles and Property' categories
DEALS4EVA
10 Sep 17#51
Haha! You're game :smile:
bandit17
10 Sep 17#50
Got an email from ebay last night with this offer, not sure if will use it but I activated mine :smile:
littlesayers
10 Sep 17#49
Does this only work for phones or is it for any category?
Sophiasky
10 Sep 17#48
I've only been sent an offer for Only Pay When You Sell (1st - 30th September).
makar0n
10 Sep 17#47
worked for me, thanks!
bestpricebob
10 Sep 17#46
getting invite only message?
gemniz
10 Sep 17#45
Nope didn't work for me, said this promo offer is by invite only
JoeSpur
10 Sep 17#44
Agreed, but we will probably get that next week. The 10 days coincidentally end around the same time the last £1 offer's 30 days would have been up.
snoopy18
10 Sep 17#43
So you've found a better desl and posted it
Meah
10 Sep 17#42
How to work
Brownbloke11
10 Sep 17#41
eBay are a bunch of fools - if they kept their charges lower and treated their sellers with some respect then they would get more people selling, rather than these stupid offers. I suspect they are seeing less business, having to advertise on TV for both them and their Shpock business. It is such a shame Amazon or someone don't have a truly competitive offer. One day! When I buy I always check if eBay is cheapest and often end up with a better, faster deal on Amazon. Shame they don't offer a cheap domestic seller option
redmouse2
10 Sep 17#40
hum, does this apply to the first 5 "sold" listings or just the 5 first listings?
7777777
10 Sep 17#34
Better than the usual rip off but not good enough imo. Ebay's final fee level in the UK and US is ridiculous - ebay employs relatively few people (11000-12000 maybe), service is widely based on community support, they avoid being taxed, yet they still think 10% on top of other fees is ok.Not,it isn't.
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licenced to 7777777
10 Sep 17#39
Plus the fact that they also charge a fee on the postage costs. Made me angry when I discovered that.
rimz790
10 Sep 17#38
Got the offer myself...might bung on my like new xbox one s on sale...use this site to figure out how much I'll make :sunglasses:
the.porter
10 Sep 17#37
Thanks op
AnnaMak
10 Sep 17#36
Boo unusually don't have this offer
kooks65
10 Sep 17#35
Thanks, I've got something that I'm looking to get over £200 for so it will save me a bit :smile:
Pudjay1
10 Sep 17#25
Only 5 items though, normally you can list a 100 items, what a disappointment. I still waiting for them to send out th offer of only having to pay £1 instead of the usual 10%. Makes this a cold deal from me.
luvsadealdealdeal to Pudjay1
10 Sep 17#33
you greedy pig :smile:
£3 max is a nice deal if you're selling a few £100+ items
I'm sure something good on 100 items is just around the corner
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Deal closes midnight tonight.
Checked again via 'chat' (as the guy I spoke to sounded pretty clueless) and it confirmed that the offer has been applied to the first 5 listings :angry:
The only way to prevent it is to (if you're able) ignore these offers and only activate the best ones like '£1 max fee'. Don't forget '50%off fvf' weekends - they are unbeatable for selling items under £20.
Wuick question. How does this work? Is the max fee only for items you list within the period regardless of when they sell or do the items have to be listed AND sold within the period?
If it's cold to you, don't use it.
I find 10-15%+ commission for online auctioneer extortionate, at the end of the day they offer very little and their costs account for fraction of the 'normal' auction house expenses which offer premises, make the advert themselves and employ people to answer your call if you require.
The reason for this is that they are now claiming they are going to pay their taxes to the UK instead of being based in Luxembourg. Of course they won't pay anywhere near to the 20% they are collecting so it really is just another way of creaming off some more from the customers.
At some point they are going to price themselves out of the game because of their pure and utter utter greed ...
Not the OPs fault you missed it, voting cold.
Unfortunately, that didn't work for me - says the offer is by invitation only...
Your business incentives for customers £1 listing / £3 listing now and so on ... Really are appreciated :raised_hand:
1. Buy loads of stuff you don't need, but can't resist because it's so cheap
2. Stick aforementioned items on shelf
3. Realise you will never use items
4. Wait for ebay to put on a promo
5. Sell items at minimal loss / profit
6. Goto 1
Ebay's final fee level in the UK and US is ridiculous - ebay employs relatively few people (11000-12000 maybe), service is widely based on community support, they avoid being taxed, yet they still think 10% on top of other fees is ok.Not,it isn't.
£3 max is a nice deal if you're selling a few £100+ items
I'm sure something good on 100 items is just around the corner
rsvp.ebay.co.uk/rsv…82/
Are all categories included??
TY OP
cancelling my current items to re-list midnight ;-)
i often don't get messages but follow link posted and get the offer. thanks