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Listing of 99c auctions on EBAY for FREE PERMANENTLY from April 2011

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Listing of 99c auctions on EBAY for FREE PERMANENTLY from April 2011
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crazynic on 18/02/2011 - 19:42 pages2.ebay.com.au (126 clicks)
Last edited 18/02/2011 - 19:45

From early April, much-loved ‘zero insertion fees for 99c auctions’ will become a permanent pricing option on eBay.com.au

No up-front fees, pay only when you sell!

Sellers* listing auctions starting at 99c will receive FREE insertion fees. With no up-front fees to list, that means if you don’t sell, you don’t pay!

We’re also capping the final value fee for this option, making it easy to work out ahead of time what you’ll pay.

Offering:

FREE to list – up to 15 items per month**
One easy final value fee – 7.9% capped at a maximum of $49.95 (when item is over $665) – and you only pay if the item sells
FREE gallery

Why the change?
We’re listening to your feedback! You’ve told us how much you love the zero insertion fees for 99c auctions promotion.
This is a great option for casual sellers wanting to list items from around the home without the up-front costs.

How does it work?
When selecting a price for your listing on the Sell Your Item form, simply follow these steps:

Under “Choose how you'd like to sell your item” on the Sell Your Item form, select the Online Auction tab
Type in 0.99 in the “Starting Price” box
The listing insertion fee will automatically calculate to 0

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  • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 19:45
    +15

    About #$#%$^@$@^%@( time.

    • [Deactivated] on 18/02/2011 - 20:03
      +2

      exactly, about @#$^%%#$@^$&$%@$#%@$^$%^@%$^@$^@^@%^@$%^@%$^@%$^!$^%%^&#$@# time

      • issh on 18/02/2011 - 20:07
        +2

        i don't get it

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        • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 20:13
          +1

          Man, I hope you found a website that does that rather than typing it yourself. Aren't you in year 12, don't you have studying to do? :P

        • issh on 18/02/2011 - 20:16
          +1

          Aren’t you in year 12, don’t you have studying to do? :P

          haha yeah
          procrastination kills, i should start studying now

          GOAL FOR REST OF TODAY:
          not go on OzB ;)

        • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 20:37
          +1

          Aw don't do that, you keep me entertained posting into the night when everyone else goes to bed. haha!

        • AntMan76 on 18/02/2011 - 21:45
          +1

          Who said he isn't in bed while keeping you entertained ;)

        • MHLoppy on 18/02/2011 - 21:49

          @issh you seem to have more spare time than me and I'm not VCE yet lol :)

          @ash that makes 2 :P

          @ant lol

        • SomeGuyOnOzB on 18/02/2011 - 21:49

          I think I see where this joke is about to go so let's just keep it clean okay? :P

        • MHLoppy on 18/02/2011 - 21:50

          @mod yessir salutes ;)

        • SomeGuyOnOzB on 18/02/2011 - 22:29

          Very good, carry on … LOL :)

        • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 22:30

          Woops, I missed a bit here. LOL. Deary me.

        • issh on 19/02/2011 - 00:04

          @issh you seem to have more spare time than me and I’m not VCE yet lol :)

          haha yeah, i get about 6 hours sleep each night, it will go less as exams are coming up

          Aw don’t do that, you keep me entertained posting into the night when everyone else goes to bed. haha!

          ill do my best

          Who said he isn’t in bed while keeping you entertained ;)

          no comment

          and also, not midnight at QLD, so i broke my goal :(

        • MHLoppy on 19/02/2011 - 00:24
          +1

          aww… dw about it. You're giving me and ash something to do for a while :P

      • Ashlea on 19/02/2011 - 00:13
        +1

        Aw goal broken, LOL I just contacted you saying you did well to last until a few minutes after midnight, hahaha

        • issh on 19/02/2011 - 00:14

          haha yeah
          read it just then

          and thanks

    • uraha on 18/02/2011 - 20:06
      +7

      this is a trick by ebay

      they raised the final value fee

  • [Deactivated] on 18/02/2011 - 19:46
    +2

    this could be one for the forums mabye?

    • BestBuyAustralia on 18/02/2011 - 19:50
      +1

      OZtion which is now quicksales.com.au is a much better place and it is catching up to eBay, come one guys we gotta support our Ozzie sites more than anything else, I know that ebay has much more traffic but still if we do support Oztion then it is a big slap in the face to eBay and the way it treats its sellers.

      • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 19:55
        +3

        I'm thinking I might start trying quicksales.com.au. With how high ebay fees are, you need to charge close to retail to actually make a damn profit.

        Screw you eBay.

        • Windows7forever on 18/02/2011 - 21:02

          i use gumtree as much as possible now.

        • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 21:03

          Yeah, love gumtree, always use it for selling off my old unwanted crap.. ahem stuff.

        • anthony on 21/02/2011 - 12:23

          i use gumtree as much as possible now.

          Which is still owned by ebay.

          It would be good if there was a way to search more than one city at a time with gumtree, finding things using it now is a long task.

  • Aussie89 on 18/02/2011 - 19:52
    +6

    hmmm… this sounds like a tricky way for them to make more money, reduce the listing fee but increase the FVF from 5% to 7.9%…. not good…

    • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 19:54
      +2

      Wow, 7.9%…

  • morpheu on 18/02/2011 - 19:53
    +4

    i'm an ebay diehard fan, but this is going to get a big NEG from me!!!
    why???

    from ebay US

    "There’s one bit of information that they failed to leave out of their mass email that was sent out to all members (I received it earlier this morning). As you would expect eBay isn’t just going to reduce the prices without making up for it somewhere else. Right now with every item that you sell eBay will take 5.25% of that revenue, and on February 20th they will start taking taking 8.75%! That’s an increase of 67%."

    soo, they lower the listing fee for 99cent items, but up the final value fee!!!! booooo ebay!

    the ONLY ebay sellers who will benefit are, ironically, those who don't sell…..

    beaten by 2mins!

    • llama on 18/02/2011 - 20:36

      If you are going to attempt at being sensationalist - at least get your facts straight. You are quoting eBay USA, which has had Free Listings for 99c items for ages, and has even higher FVF than we do.

      The deal IN AUSTRALIA is that you get 15 only of the "free listings" and the FVF is 7.9% instead of the sliding scale that starts at 5.25%. All OTHER listings (including those after the free 99c ones) are at the same rate as existing now.

      Announcement - read it!

      http://pages2.ebay.com.au/News/InsideSelling/List_99c_Auctio…

  • mustkill on 18/02/2011 - 19:54

    why only from april :(

    • mustkill on 18/02/2011 - 21:45
      +1

      okay now they jacked up the FVF.. NEG~!

  • aussman on 18/02/2011 - 19:55
    +4

    increased fvf
    bad deal!!

  • Natt on 18/02/2011 - 19:59
    +5

    nice pickup guys

    I would have thought this was a good deal intially

    but frack me .. the fvf increase is just stupid!

    I am tempted to ask not to neg this, to keep it featured

    but maybe start a new forum topic instead?

    this is not a deal :(

  • issh on 18/02/2011 - 20:00

    i would say depends on the cost of what you are selling

    there would be some products that would benefit from the no 99cent auction fees, but then there are other products that will be greatly affected by the increased FVF

    • Aussie89 on 18/02/2011 - 20:08
      +4

      Take this as an example when selling at item that ends at $100.

      [Old Scheme]
      Listing fees: 30c + 59c
      [email protected]%: $5.25
      TOTAL: $6.14

      [New "Good Value" deal]
      Listing Fees: Free + Free
      [email protected]%: $7.90
      TOTAL: $7.90

      So even though you SAVE a whopping 99c in listing fees who cares because the total cost to sell your item has increased overall…

      Why must ebay be so greedy??

      • voter1 on 18/02/2011 - 20:56
        -1

        Not quite sure why all the negs - They are not forcing anybody to use this service - it is an extra service - List your items @ $1 and everything is as normal.

        Why not provide a second example:
        $10 sale

        OLD:
        Listing 99c
        FVF @ 5.25 % = 52.5c
        total = 1.52

        New:
        Listing = 0
        FVF @ 7.9% = 79c
        total = 79c

        I dont see what the big deal is? and greedy? they are a business - not a charity. If you follow buisness, you'll see that ebay stock took a huge beating a few years back and they are yet to get back to previous levels. Not exactly record profits hand over fist. Apparently paypal is their biggest earner these days. For comparison something like amazon.com is now worth 6x its price from 5 years ago (ebay is below what is what worth 5 years ago)

        • AntMan76 on 18/02/2011 - 21:47
          +1

          your maths is wrong. the listing isnt 99c

        • voter1 on 18/02/2011 - 22:57

          oh boo - 1.42 not 1.52.

          Actually one more thing I am finding recently is that ebay has lost a lot of buyers as well as sellers - a lot the non high demand things now are being bought buy "professional" buyers because the price is so low.

  • spacecowboy on 18/02/2011 - 20:01
    +2

    I thought eBay was desperately trying to destroy its former 'flea market' image. Now they are encouraging $0.99 listings?

    My guess is so few people are shopping on the site these days they are trying to tempt them back to snap up $0.99 listed items. Great for buyers but sellers will not do any good at all by starting everything at $0.99.

  • morpheu on 18/02/2011 - 20:02

    more here on lifehacker
    http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/02/ebay-free-listing-fees-…

  • BestBuyAustralia on 18/02/2011 - 20:02

    We should copy and paste this into the forums before all retract their positive vote to this post and it gets banned and I think if we get more negative votes we should then take it up as a complaint to the government and get eBay out of our country alltogether and quicksales to take over this nasty monster called ebay

    • Natt on 18/02/2011 - 20:06
      +2

      umm this is a rather emotive post

      at the end of the day let the customers decide

      there is a place for ebay, and there is a place for other providers .. and each responds to market forces

      but do not mistake disapproval for one provider to be an endorsement for another

      thats called bad science!

      just because one thing is wrong, does not mean the other is right

      shame on you mr rep RAWR!

      • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 20:07
        +1

        RAWRRRRR

  • [Deactivated] on 18/02/2011 - 20:05

    high fvf wow… bascially you got to list all your items for 99c, for anything above that will not benefit

  • spacecowboy on 18/02/2011 - 20:06
    +1

    Paypal will be more profitable than eBay soon. How ironic is that.

  • Blackrose on 18/02/2011 - 20:07

    looks like ebay have just found another way to more than make back the costs of the free listing.

    "One easy final value fee – 7.9% capped at a maximum of $49.95 (when item is over $665) – and you only pay if the item sells"
    Under the current fees structure an item would have to sell for $1750 for it to go above the $49.95 max.
    http://help.ebay.com.au/Education2/Selling/Fees/Selling_fees…

    • BestBuyAustralia on 18/02/2011 - 20:09

      I think they are trying to make up for the legal costs in court over that "Paypal is a must have as a payment option scheme" last year sometime, poor you sellers

  • BestBuyAustralia on 18/02/2011 - 20:07

    you see when I joined this post there were 9 positive votes and 0 neg votes look at the score now -5 and +8 I wish I can give them -100% but keep the topic opened

    • Natt on 18/02/2011 - 20:09

      numbers.. like cake .. I like them

      (ok I know I am rather random.. those who sift through the gravel find gold - promise!)

      rep, your wheelbarrow you are pushing - we hear you - please change the channel (I like the 80's easy music)

  • nubzy on 18/02/2011 - 20:11
    +2

    I haven't sold much on ebay before but what if you were selling an expensive item like a phone/TV for the first time and started it at 99c and you didn't get what you wanted in the end? Can you withdraw the item for sale and tough luck to the buyer??

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 18/02/2011 - 22:04

      I haven't been through the rules in ages.

      I think you can set a minimum on some auctions but that would cost.

      On these 99c ones … I suspect minimum is not allowed. (It's supposed to fire up people's interest as if they are top bidders they will get it … short of non compliance on the seller's part)

    • AntMan76 on 18/02/2011 - 22:44

      Last time I checked, you could end the listing up to 12 hours before it ends regardless of the bids, but if there are bids on the item with less than 12 hours to go then you couldnt end it.

      There are ways around it though hehe

      • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 22:46

        Always, but I hate to be a dodgy seller :P

        • AntMan76 on 18/02/2011 - 23:23

          I just let them run their course. If you do it dodgy with the listing then there's a good chance you will lose bidders for the next time anyway.

  • chadiwrx on 18/02/2011 - 20:14

    What a bloody rip off

  • King Tightarse on 18/02/2011 - 20:19

    Fork them, they have gone too far

    7.9% = scabs

  • EnALup on 18/02/2011 - 20:23

    This is no bargain. at the end, we end in loosing more money.

  • miq on 18/02/2011 - 20:30

    ebay are scum, clearly a scam offer. i hate ebay and paypal so much.

  • llama on 18/02/2011 - 20:31
    +1

    It wasn't really an eBay initiative - SOME sellers screamed for this, stating that eBay have it in the USA. They didn't notice that the FVF is even higher over there.

    Anyway, what idiot starts auctions at 99c anyway? This change wont affect me in the slightest, except that I may buy more stuff from those idiots who list at 99c

    And if you don't wish to pay the higher FVF, just start your item at $1.00 [WINK]

    • Natt on 18/02/2011 - 20:37

      I guess to be fair (and yes thats you issh)

      this would be OK for someone who has aunt mauds macrame hanging basket to list, and is not sure it is going to sell

      so anything they get is a bonus

      but gee its situtational

      I might be prompted to put books on this way as they are easy to list.

      But with such a high FVF AND paypal fees on top of this it seems that it might just be better to take them to a community library or just donate!

      • llama on 18/02/2011 - 20:58
        +1

        You need to sell for at least $3 to make any listing on eBay viable

        • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 23:24

          Yep. My local salvos will be seeing more of me now.

  • Sage on 18/02/2011 - 20:36

    CHANGED THE FINAL FEE!?!?!? ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH

  • infernal_max on 18/02/2011 - 20:36
    -1

    how many of you complaining and negging, are going to keep using ebay like you keep trying to get a bargain on a cotd catch a thon etc?

    • Ashlea on 18/02/2011 - 20:39
      +1

      Not me, but I do keep trying with catch. Quite successfully too, actually. Though even their catch-a-thon prices aren't great anymore anyway.

  • Balls on 18/02/2011 - 20:53

    i got rorted as i had something listed to sell, now its due to end on 20th ;(

  • Windows7forever on 18/02/2011 - 21:07

    man. this is ebay being a greedy tyrant, stuff them. i avoid using their service and their even more criminal paypal processing system. fee extortion is what it is, no money in selling online anymore. use gumtree or ozbargain.

    • outlander on 18/02/2011 - 21:28

      ebay owns gumtree.

      I dont see any problem with this, its what comes next thats the problem. As llama said before, its only for 99c auctions. $1 and up should retain the existing fee structure. But I bet that within a few years they bump all the FVFs up to 8% or more
      What it does mean though is that the 99c level will get filled with crap, as garbage people where going to throw out gets put up, because "it is free and might sell for $1 million dollars!"
      All I buy is crap though, so more cheap crap for me

      Essentially, if your item goes for less than 3.75, you win

      • issh on 19/02/2011 - 00:02

        Essentially, if your item goes for less than 3.75, you win

        this is good for sellers and buyers of the popular chinese stores
        i have bought many things that are under $3.75

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