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Ebay Store Question: 5000 Free Listing Special Eligibility?

I am considering getting an ebay store. This thread is not about the pros and cons of the different store types or store vs no store. I am simply looking to do a mix of fixed price/OBO listings and some $0.99 start price auction listings. I am considering getting a basic store to list approx 150 fixed price listings a month.

Question: as a ebay store owner, are you still eligible to use the every now and then specials ebay offers.....such as 5,000 free auction style listings over a 1 week period or 1000 free fixed price listings? I had an ebay store from 2009-2012; I did well with it until I sold my whole collection for $30k to a competitor. I seem to recall that I was not eligible for these large insertion fee free specials or only saw them offer to me like twice a year. But may be I am wrong in my recollection or may be this was because I was selling $5k a month and ebay thought I did not rate free action. Either way, I am looking for someone to confirm/deny this phenomena now for me before I commit to a store front. I have searched far and wide and cannot locate an answer. Bottom Line: I want to use the basic store 150 free listings for fixed price and the come-and-go specials for live auctions to push out backlogs in inventory. Thank you.

Meatloaf

Comments

  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Most of the offers state that they apply only to basic accounts and not store accounts and mention not to forward the email as it is invitation only. If someone has a buying account and a selling account they will typically only get the free listing promotion to the buying account. I believe they target people who do not sell much in an attempt to get them started selling.
  • Interesting....thank you for this.
  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭
    I have an anchor store and cannot remember the last month that I was not given a minimum of 5000 free listings. It varies between fixed price and auction style.
  • I have the basic store and I get all of those free listing offers.
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    I have a question related to this. I just purchased several large lots of cards and now have to go about selling them. I am considering the basic store and noticed that you get 150 free listings per month with the store....the question is, is this in ADDITION to the 100 free "auction" only listings, giving me 250 listings per month or am I at 150 total?
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
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