250 Free Listings

[murphcrud]

Hello,

I am a small seller and do not have (or want) an eBay store.  I have about 165 items listed on eBay and see that I am able to have as many as 250 free listings.  The period for these shows Oct 1 to Nov 1.  the location also shows number of items listed and the number available, out of the allotted 250.  As I haven't really been paying attention to these numbers, I am wondering how they affect my listings if I was to increase the 165 number to the max of 250.  I think that my listings are based on an eBay 30 day cycle and upon the 30 day expiry of each item, they are automatically relisted as being part of the 250 free listings.  Then as new items are added, these would have their own 30 day cycle and would then be relisted as new items.  What happens if I exceed the 250 listings doing it this way?? I hope that makes sense to readers.  Can anyone clarify if my understanding is not correct.  

Thanks

[msau4301]

My understanding is the 250 free listings are per calendar month, what you are seeing is for month of October. If you added more now you could do 85 more to reach the limit for October but it will reset once November 1st comes around and be 250 again (for the month of November). It doesn't count 30 days from when you actually list. You can check on your Seller Hub anytime and it will show you the number of free listings you have left and the expiry.

[murphcrud]

So what you are telling me is that I can list 250 listings per month which will accumulate each and every month?  ie 250 in Nov, additionally 250 in Dec and on and on ??  Am I understanding that correctly?

[reallynicestamps]

NO.

250 total per month means if you list 250 and sell 10 next month you have 10 free listings because the unsold 240 will automatically relist.

[mrdutch1001]

unless you manually end listings before the 30 day time duration, your listings will auto relist...your TOTAL allotted number of FREE listings is 250 per month...and if you list more than the 250 for free, you will be charged 32c CDN per listing.

https://www.ebay.ca/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822

Pay particular attention to the section "Insertion fees"

[pjcdn2005 · Accepted solution]

Every time a listing relists it will count as one of your free listings. So if you listed 10 GTC listings on Oct. 10 they would automatically relist on Nov. 10 and count as 10 of your free listings for November.  If you have 250 listings on Oct 31 and started listing new items on Nov. 1 you wouldn't be charged an insertion fee until  there were 250 listings that had either started or relisted in November.

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

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@mrdutch1001 wrote:

unless you manually end listings before the 30 day time duration, your listings will auto relist...your TOTAL allotted number of FREE listings is 250 per month...and if you list more than the 250 for free, you will be charged 32c CDN per listing.

https://www.ebay.ca/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822

Pay particular attention to the section "Insertion fees"

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@mrdutch1001 

Re: Tax calculation on listing fees etc.

This is a screenshot from the Gov of Canada website for calculating GST.

Attached calculation for Alberta/Ontario

Not sure how with eBay they magically got bumped up to 0.32 cents. With the millions or more charged listings over a course of a year this adds up big time.  Important to remember pre MP, we got invoiced at the end of the month with tax being added to the total. Not like now were they are billed as individual transactions. The same wackydoodleness is happening with fees for Gallery Plus where tax is pre added to the total.

Incorrect/never fixed since Feb 23, 2024

[pjcdn2005]

"and if you list more than the 250 for free, you will be charged 32c CDN per listing."

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I believe it is .30 + tax so the exact cost would be based on where the seller is located. 

Just as an fyi in case someone is not aware, an extra insertion fee is also charged if the sellers has a listing in 2 categories. 

[murphcrud]

Thanks Guys,

This confirms my thoughts on this subject.  I am only allowed 250 total listings without having to pay insertion fees.  I guess that I will have to watch what future listings that I add to my allotment to avoid these fees.

[mrdutch1001]

yes, which was one of the reasons for providing the link and addressing the "Inserion fees" section...

[mrdutch1001]

If you keep tabs on that "Used/Left:" in Seller Hub "Promotional Offers" section, you will do fine...

[zee-chan-jpn-books]

It's actually 250 listings on .CA + 250 listings on .COM per month, so technically speaking you could do a total of 500 listings per month if you are ok with selling in different currencies and managing your listings on two areas. 

Click https://www.ebay.ca/sh/ovw and scroll down. On bottom left look for "Promotional offers" and it shows how many listings you have used for the month. 

This is the link for .com - https://www.ebay.com/sh/ovw 

[distantstar99]

Problem is when the 250 free listings are offered it doesn't clearly specifiy they renew every 30 days. In a way it's false advertising to trick sellers.

[mrdutch1001]

It is the seller's responsibility to understand the concept of fixed-price format.

https://www.ebay.ca/help/selling/listings/listing-tips/free-listings?id=4163

https://www.ebay.ca/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822#section1

eBay specifically states:"Good 'Til Cancelled listings are fixed price listings that renew automatically once per calendar month.">>There is no false advertising here...The seller needs to READ!

Good til cancelled means the buyer must cancel the listings if not wanting them to auto-renew.

I rarely use fixed price format because listings go stale and there is no sense of urgency to entice the buyer to move into buying mode. Yes, others will tell you that the auction format is dead and that it is no longer a desirable listing format....but for some of us auction format is still an option that can be utilized...and one of the benefits is that should a buyer bid on more than one item, there are no issues with invoicing for a combined shipment. Other benefits are that a seller can choose when the items are listed, the duration of those listings and  those auction listings can utilize the auto relist which provides for listings to automatically relist an additional maximum of 2 times(.COM allows up to 8 free auto-relists and although .CA "says" there are 8, there are in fact only 2.(and therein lies the only false advertising)...

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

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@murphcrud wrote:

Thanks Guys,

This confirms my thoughts on this subject.  I am only allowed 250 total listings without having to pay insertion fees.  I guess that I will have to watch what future listings that I add to my allotment to avoid these fees.

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@murphcrud 

You could if you wanted pay 20.95 + applicable tax for a store on ca per month. That would get you bumped to 1000 listings + 10,000 in certain specific categories. Included in those categories are coins/currency and trading cards. Also included is a 35.00 credit towards shipping supplies per quarter. Only you can judge if that would be good value as per your selling situation.

https://www.ebay.ca/help/sr?query=opening+a+store&origin=1