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Quote:***20¢ Auction-Style and Fixed Price Listing Day Tomorrow, November 21*** 

November 20, 2006 | 05:00PM PST/PT


As a special offer for our sellers, we are pleased to announce a one-day promotion for www.ebay.com where the insertion fees for Auction-style and Fixed Price listings will be 20¢!

The 20¢ Insertion Fee Sale starts on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and ends that same day, Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 23:59:59 PT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds). Listings which were created prior to November 21, 2006 and scheduled to start during the promotional period will also be eligible for the special promotional rate.

This promotion will not apply to the following types of listings: all eBay Motors listings (including Parts & Accessories, Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, Power Sports, and Other Vehicles), as well as International, Live Auction, Professional Services, Real Estate, Ad Format, and Store Inventory listings. Also, the following Business & Industrial categories are excluded from this promotion: tractors & farm machinery (category #91952), heavy equipment (25249), concession trailers, carts (67145), imaging and aesthetics equipment (92035), forklifts and other lifts (97185), manufacturing equipment (92080), metalworking equipment (92082), and commercial printing presses (26247).

We hope you enjoy the 20¢ Insertion Fee Sale!

more info: http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200611.shtm...1-20164050

I'm so excited. 

[quote author=jessie link=topic=6037.msg32861#msg32861 date=1164137313]
I'm so excited. 
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Aw, come on Jessie--doncha know you should be?   :turkey4

From Randy Smythe's blog:

Quote:I can understand the reason for this sale but why have 3 sales over the last 4 weeks? Could it be that CORE no longer is the option of choice unless eBay discounts substantially?

Listings Sales are great in theory but they also have a negative effect on the marketplace as a whole (at least for sellers). Because of the increased number of listings in CORE, stores sales see a drop in unit sales of between 25% and 30% during the sale and CORE conversion rates decrease substantially becausee of the increased competition.

So far this year eBay has run 10 CORE listing sales on the US site alone(a 100% increase in listings sales over 2005)

full article: http://rksmythe.blogspot.com/2006/11/eba...-1121.html

Quote:Listings Sales are great in theory but they also have a negative effect on the marketplace as a whole (at least for sellers). Because of the increased number of listings in CORE, stores sales see a drop in unit sales of between 25% and 30% during the sale and CORE conversion rates decrease substantially becausee of the increased competition.

BINGO!

Quote: Could it be that CORE no longer is the option of choice unless eBay discounts substantially?

eBay ANYTHING is no longer an option of choice for me unless they institute subscription plans that are priced similarly to Amazon.