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skylarstuff · ‎11-12-2018

List in select categories, save 50% on selling fees.

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Start:Nov 11, 2018 at 9:00pm PST

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skylarstuff · ‎11-12-2018

By invitation only

momcqueen · ‎11-12-2018

Thank you for sharing.

Hilariously, despite it being that toys are the ONLY thing I sell, I was not invited and ineligible.

It’s typical of the eBay seller recruiting strategy to throw existing sellers under the bus. We’ve seen it before with valuable free-new-store-subscription offers which completely ignore existing subscribers. It’s kind of a dick move.

2nd-time-around-jewelry · ‎11-12-2018

I got this offer & I don't sell toys. So it is useless to me. But I would happily give it to you to use if that was possible.

momcqueen · ‎11-12-2018

That is kind of you, thanks.

The whole reason you were probably selected for this promo is *because* you don’t sell toys.

I’m guessing this is the thought-process from the brain-trust behind promos: “Well, Corporate says we want more toys on eBay for Christmas so let’s get more toys. Give a list-your-toys-for-free to people who’ve never sold toys before.” “Okay, Greg. But why not just give it to established sellers who already sell toys so they increase their listing numbers?” “Because, Sharon, those sellers are already paying to list toys. We’re going to get those listings from those sellers paid by those sellers. We want toys from people who don’t sell toys, expand our reach.” “Won’t that just make the existing toy sellers angry? To face a big pile of new competition from sellers listing toys for free while they have to pay for it?” “Nah, they’ll never notice. And if they do- who cares? It’s Christmas, they’re not going to yank their listings in protest during the hottest toy-selling period of the year! What have they done for us lately? Not enough toys, that’s what.”

lucitabby · ‎11-12-2018

I also got an invitation for this promo and I have been here since 2003 and never once have I sold a toy.

My first thought when I saw this promo was - oh, Maureen will be thrilled.

Sorry, I too wish I could give it to you.

katlover1952 · ‎11-12-2018

I was thinking of you specifically when I got my invitation which is useless to me as I sell no toys. That is too bad - would have been nice for you with the Christmas season in swing.

momcqueen · ‎11-12-2018

Thank you, you’re kind to think of me.

I’m going to bug Tyler about this on Wednesday. It irritates me. I don’t expect to be invited to every promo but as a toy seller, it’s kind of insulting to be passed over as part of a toy-listing promo.

momcqueen · ‎11-12-2018

Unless the point of the promo was to offer the big discount in final value fees to people who cannot actually use it.

mrdutch1001 · ‎11-12-2018

Got the promo but have nothing to list that would warrant spending 34c per listing for insertion fees. ...and then again I don't trust eBay when the promo says 30% in one place and 50% in another....

pjcdn2005 · ‎11-13-2018

The promo was in my inbox this morning but I don't see it under promotional offers on sellers hub.

I didn't try to activate it as I don't have anything to list in that category.

kawartha-ephemera · ‎11-13-2018

@momcqueen wrote:
Thank you for sharing.

Hilariously, despite it being that toys are the ONLY thing I sell, I was not invited and ineligible.

It’s typical of the eBay seller recruiting strategy to throw existing sellers under the bus. We’ve seen it before with valuable free-new-store-subscription offers which completely ignore existing subscribers. It’s kind of a dick move.

I was dismayed when seeing this promo pop-up in my Promotions list, in all of my time selling here I've listed one (1) single item in the toy category. Needless to say the invitation will go to waste here. This is definitely an odd approach considering the plethora of "AI" and "market data" employed here.

momcqueen · ‎11-13-2018

It's as if ebay went out of its way to offer a discount on selling fees to people who have not or would not sell what the offer is based on. Even a 'List Toys for Free!' promo would make more sense to give to people who don't traditionally sell toys. This defies logic. It assumes you have toys to list (if and when you don't) and then says they'll cut your Final Value Fees if they sell.

So how is anyone who sells anything and everything except toys supposed to make use of this offer? Blow the dust off some long-forgotten box in the attic just to list an old toy for this purpose and *hope* it sells?

Like I already said, it doesn't make sense.

If I complied a list of what those of you sell (those of you who self-identified as having received the offer) and posted it, I bet we'd have list of everything on ebay for sale but toys.

And that's honestly not sour grapes on my part, this promo won't make or break me. It's just dumb.

I'd have the same reaction if I got invited to a promo for reduced Final Value Fees on selling bars of gold bullion. I'd be like, "What?! From where am I supposed to pull bars of gold bullion?!"