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New ebay Auction Format Pricing Information and Tips

"Effective June 16th, pay no Insertion Fees on your first 5 qualifying Auction-style listings when you use the eBay Sell Your Item or Simple listing form. This is not a short-term promotion—it’s a change to eBay pricing. You can now list 5 items every 30 days and pay nothing unless your items sell. The Final Value Fee for these first 5 listings with $0.00 Insertion Fees will be 8.75% of the sales price or $20, whichever is lower. "



In order to utilize this pricing to best advantage, keep in mind that your item's estimated final value must be in the following dollar ranges:

$25 or less
$535 or higher

Within these ranges, you will realize lower overall fees (no insertion and lower Final Value Fees compared to the regular auction format Insertion and Final Value Fee pricing). However, for items of estimated value within the range of $25 - $535, you will see a higher Final Value Fee.

You can currently only opt out of the new Free Insertion Fee pricing by using a third party tool to list the item(s). For example, TurboLister or any third party listing tool (Auctiva, Vendio, Garage Sale, etc).

For more information about this special pricing, visit our FAQ page.


Blocking International Buyers

In order to block some or all buyers located outside of the US, you must configure two separate settings: Buyer Requirements and the eBay Shipping Details section of the Sell Your Item page.

Step 1: Set your Buyer Requirements Globally (for all your listings)

Go to My eBay > Account (tab) > and select: "Site Preferences."
Click on the "show" link for "Buyer Requirements"
Click on the Edit link
Check the boxes for "Buyers in countries to which I don't ship" and "Apply above settings to active and future listings."
Click the "Submit" button.

Step 2. Set the Sell Your Item form

To block all international buyers, go to the section for "Give buyers shipping details" and  make sure you are changing the default setting for "International Shipping" to "No International Shipping" (You must manually do this for every listing. I have reported this to our shipping team as a needed change - setting the default to "no international shipping")

To block some international buyers, select the "flat" or "calculated" option from the drop down box. Then check the boxes for each country or geographic location to which you will ship. Note: In the fall of 2009, eBay will enhancing these options by providing more individual country choices (i.e.. each country in Europe, etc).
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