GTC Relist Dates for April

[tryubik-useonlyasdirected]

Made a quick chart of renewal dates for GTC (when they will or wont incur double renewals). It is based on a 30-day auto-renewing GTC for a term of 16 months.

For the month of April posting in the first three days will incur a double relist from 1-5 months if posted from the 1st -3rd. No renewals for the first 16 months can only be posted starting April 9th.

[tyler@ebay]

Thanks for the tag @tryubik-useonlyasdirected !

Hi @luv4orphans - any fixed price listing created on eBay.com must be listed with the Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) duration. 

Listings created on eBay.ca can still have shorter durations at this point in time, though as you point out, that will be changing later this summer. 

The nature of a GTC listing is that every 30 days it renews and starts again - it keeps the same item number, watcher count, sales history, etc. 

You are able to view which of your listings are in the Good 'Til Cancelled format in your Seller Hub by looking at the 'Duration' column. This will let you see which items are going to be renewing automatically (as well as when). 

If you have a specific item number example feel free to send me a private message with the details and I'll have a closer look. Thanks!

[luv4orphans]

It was on ebay.ca they relisted automatically to GTC.

[luv4orphans]

I wasn't complaining. I am sure you did. Its just me and stuff like that don't do well.

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

In going through eBay's helpfiles I accidentally came across this update from 2013. Apparently, at that time there was a store available for 500 listings. I guess in the meantime it was eliminated or "upgraded".

https://pages.ebay.ca/sellerinformation/news/springupdate2013/springfeesimplification.html##feesatag...

New Everyday Rate Plans Subscription Fee(Subscriptions auto‑renew) Free Listings§ Additional Listings§(After your monthly free listings,
charges per listing) Final Value Fees§(Maximum fee $250, with percentages based on the total amount of the sale)

Top Rated listings get a 20% discount

Monthly Per month, with yearly subscription No insertion fees
(Auction-style or fixed price) Auction Fixed price‡ Standard Fees^(no eBay Stores subscription) N/A N/A Up to50 FREElistings per month 30¢ 30¢ 10% eBay Stores^ Basic Store C$19.95 C$15.95 Up to150 FREElistings per month 25¢ 20¢ 4% Computers/ Tablets & Networking,
Video Game Consoles 6% Consumer Electronics, 
Cameras & Photos, 
Coins & Paper Money, 
Stamps 7% Musical Instruments & Gear 8% Motors Parts & Accessories 9% Clothing, Shoes & Accessories
Collectibles 
Home & Garden 
Camera & Photo Accessories 
Cell Phone Accessories 
SomeBusiness &
Industrial, 
All Other Categories See eBay's price comparison for exclusions. Premium Store C$59.95 C$49.95 Up to500 FREElistings per month 15¢ 10¢ Anchor Store C$199.95 C$179.95 Up to2500 FREElistings per month 10¢ 5¢

‡ If you list in Books, DVDs & Movies, Music & Video Games additional listing fee is only 5¢ for fixed price.

^ The standard fees are effective April 16, 2013 and eBay Stores fees are effective May 1, 2013. Fees are subject to change. eBay Stores subscriptions automatically renew until cancelled.

§ Pay no insertion fees for allotted free listings per calendar month. Optional fees, including advanced listing upgrades and supplemental service fees, and final value fees still apply. Motors Vehicles, Real Estate, Heavy Equipment, Concession Trailers & Carts, Imaging & Aesthetics Equipment and Commercial Printing Presses are excluded. Terms are subject to change.

-Lotz

[ypdc_dennis]

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@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:

In going through eBay's helpfiles I accidentally came across this update from 2013. Apparently, at that time there was a store available for 500 listings.

https://pages.ebay.ca/sellerinformation/news/springupdate2013/springfeesimplification.html##feesatag...

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eBay.CA stores -- 2013 versus 2018

Basic store: $19.95/month versus $24.95/month

150 free (auctions or BIN) versus 250 free BIN + 250 free Auction

eBay quarterly shipping supplies credit: $0 versus $35

Premium store: $59.95/month versus $74.95/month

500 free (auctions or BIN) versus 1000 free BIN + 500 free Auction

eBay quarterly shipping supplies credit: $0 versus $70

Anchor store: $199.95/month versus $349.95/month

2500 free (auctions or BIN) versus 10000 free BIN + 1000 free Auction

eBay quarterly shipping supplies credit: $0 versus $105

Supposedly 2019 will see the arrival of Starter and Enterprise stores for eBay.CA

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[lotzofuniquegoodies]

@ypdc_dennis 

I was just a bit surprised that they had a 500 listing level but canceled it for some reason. I've had my store for just over a year and had never seen this previously. A number of us have asked for other levels but there seems to be a major delay in getting anything implemented or getting a definite answer as to when it would arrive. You would think that 500 quantity would come with a bit of a price break compared to 1000.

-Lotz

PS. Auctions have become a no go for me for several years, so I have no actual use for them. Most auction bidders wait until the bitter end. Unless you have something extremely rare, little chance of getting your hoped price.

[pocomocomputing]

eBay did not cancel the 500 listing store level, they upgraded it to 1,000.

[pocomocomputing]

I fail to understand the fixation by some sellers on the number of free listings included in a store level.

If you need more listings than your current store level, go over the limit and pay for them. It would be cheaper than jumping up to the next store level and not using them for months.

Grow the number of store listings at your own pace until you reach the break point where the next store level is cheaper than paying for additional listings.

Paying for additional listing over your store level gives you a flexible custom number of listings that will vary as you list more and sell.

Up until the break point where it is cheaper to jump to the next level.

[towertreasuretrove]

Good point...with 30 cent listing fees you could list and pay for over 80 listings for the monthly price of a basic store

[tryubik-useonlyasdirected]

@lotzofuniquegoodies

PS. Auctions have become a no go for me for several years, so I have no actual use for them.

Is there any evidence that auctions aren't shown to everyone in the search?

I've heard rumours about BINs only being offered to certain states and kind of rotated.

If they are doing this to auctions as well it could be why so many stay low with no bidders?

Yesterday I had auctions sell to a state I've barely ever sold too (especially for the items offered) and in the past week multiple listings have sold to that state. But the auctions were for items I KNOW buyers in other states are after. But there wasn't any action from the anywhere but the upper West Coast.

If eBay is rotating auctions it could account for the low auction prices and why buyers of some specialized collectibles aren't bidding.

They need to come clean with how their algorithms are publicly offering listings. This is a transparency issue that requires addressing. They should be getting twice the yield in FVFs on these items.

Because of suspiciously low activity like this I tend to stick to BINs or Auctions that start at the 30% discount...