eBay Adds Fee-Based Option for More International Exposure

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eBay is introducing a paid option for US and Canadian sellers to gain exposure on eBay.co.uk default search results. eBay UK and eBay Ireland sellers will also have an upgrade option to list on the North American sites.

Currently sellers have the option of choosing World Wide Shipping when listing on eBay.com for no extra fees, but their items only show up on another international site when buyers specifically look for international items using Advanced Search features. Otherwise sellers have to create a separate listing on other international eBay sites and pay full listing fees for those sites. eBay spokesperson Usher Lieberman said sellers still have those options, but said "Paying the fee gains sellers much more exposure through default search results."

The fees for US and Canadian sellers using the International Site Visibility Listing upgrade range from 10 cents for an item with a starting price of under $10, to 40 cents for an item with a starting price of $50 and above.

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ROTFLMMFAO

I mean - c'mon! I swear there's gotta be a job position at freakBay where a person is paid to come up with as many fee-based ideas as possible - no matter how ridiculous.

Marty

#3

If you have any gold dental fillings - DON"T open your mouth around any ebay employees!!!

#4

"If you have any gold dental fillings - DON"T open your mouth around any ebay employees!!!"

Damn if reality isn't funnier than scripted comedy!

#5

Geesh. And here I was thinking I'd finally be able to lower my fees now gallery images are free and now they come up with this.

#6

I think someone at eBay noticed eBid

#7

When ebay stopped our adds on dot com they said the reason was to aid the US sellers in their time of need.

So the looking out for the US economy and US sellers can be sold off for a few pence can it ebay?

I just wonder when these plans were made?

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Daikon wrote (View Post): ›
Geesh. And here I was thinking I'd finally be able to lower my fees now gallery images are free and now they come up with this.

One thing I noticed - the lowered listing fee and free gallery helps only if you need to relist. If you sell almost every item - or every item the first time, those FVF's soar and FAST!