eBay UK 5p Listing Day 3 April 2008

[mandy]

What is it?

For the entire day of Thursday 3rd of April 2008 (local UK time), sellers who list an item in an eligible category using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats will pay a 5 pence Insertion Fee per item they list. Please see below for more details.

When is it?

Thursday 3rd of April 2008 from 00:00:01 BST until 23:59:59 BST (promotional period).

What's Included?

    * Only items listed in British Pounds Sterling on eBay.co.uk using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats are included.
    * Sellers can list items with any starting price to qualify for the promotion.
    * Any item previously scheduled to go live on Thursday 3rd of April 2008 will qualify for the promotion.
    * If sellers re-list an item on Thursday 3rd of April 2008 that had previously closed without a successful sale, the re-listed item will qualify for the promotion. If the re-listed item sells and is eligible under the eBay re-list policy, eBay will refund the Insertion Fee at the Promotional Insertion Fee price of 5 pence.

Items listed in the ”Parts & Accessories” sub-categories of the Motors Category are included.

What's Excluded?

    * Apart from the "Parts & Accessories" sub category as detailed in the "What's Included?" section above, all other items listed in any "Motors" category are excluded from the promotion.
    * Items listed in the "Residential Property" sub category of the "Homes and Garden" category.
    * Items listed in the "Mobile Phones with Contract" sub category of the "Mobile & Home Phones category".
    * Items listed using the eBay Express Only format.
    * Multiple-Item listings in all formats. This includes both Auction-style (also known as Dutch Auctions) and Fixed Price formats. See the full details about Multiple-Item listings.
    * Identical listings that do not comply with our Duplicate Listings policy. See the full details about our Duplicate Listings policy.
    * Shops Inventory Format listings. See the full details about listing items in Shops Inventory Format.
    * Any item listed during the promotional period but scheduled to start after the promotional period will NOT qualify for the promotion.
    * Any items listed which do not comply with our Listing Policies or Prohibited and restricted Items Policies.
    * Only the basic eBay Insertion Fee will be 5 pence. All other eBay fees will still apply, including but not limited to Final Value Fees, optional Reserve Price Fees and all Listing Upgrade Fees such as "Gallery", "Subtitle", "Bold" or "Highlight". See the full details about eBay fees.

Sellers listing using the Auction-with-Buy It Now format will still be charged the Listing Upgrade Fee for Buy It Now.

Further information

    * If the item is listed in 2 eligible categories, the Insertion Fee will be 10 pence times two i.e. 20 pence.
    * If the item qualifies for the promotion, the "Sell Your Item" form will indicate to the seller that they have been charged the Promotional Insertion Fee of 5 pence.
    * Please be aware that items listed on the 3rd of April 2008 will not be shown by default on the eBay.com site. For information on this please refer to the announcement board post.