eBay Ireland Category Specific Fee Reductions effective 1 March 2007

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**Important News for eBay.ie Sellers -- Fee changes, effective March 1st 2007*** 

We review our fees on an annual basis, to ensure we maintain a healthy and balanced marketplace. The changes we are making this year are designed to promote a greater volume of trade.

Please find below highlights of the fee changes, all of which will come into force on eBay.ie on March 1, 2007. Full details are on the information page here.

1) Category-specific selling fees for Technology products
We are excited to announce a reduction in Final Value Fees for items with a final selling price of €45 or higher. This Final Value Fee reduction will apply to the following categories: Mobile and Home Phones (excluding the Mobile Phones with Contracts sub-category), Computing, Consumer Electronics and Photography, when listing in the Buy It Now and Auction-style formats (this will not apply to listings in the Shop Inventory Format).

We are making these changes to promote a wider availability of technology products on the site, many of which sell for more than €45.

Find out more, including details of new Final Value Fees and new tiers for these.

2) Category-specific selling fees for Books, Music, DVDs, Film & TV, Video Games ("Media") products
We are excited to announce a reduction in the financial risk sellers take in listing Media items on the site – i.e., Insertion Fees. We are also simplifying the Final Value Fees charged on such items. We hope that this change will make it more attractive for sellers to list a wider range of Media items.

We are lowering Insertion Fees (see the information page for more details) and simplifying Final Value Fees in the following categories:

    * Books, Comics & Magazines (excluding the Accessories sub-category),
    * DVDs, Film and TV (excluding the Accessories/Storage, Film Memorabilia and TV Memorabilia sub-categories)
    * The Games sub-category of Video Games (change does not apply to allthe other sub-categories of Video Games)
    * Music (excluding the Music Memorabilia and Accessories/ Storage sub-categories)

Multiple item listings in these categories will now also have a slightly different pricing structure.

Find out more, including all pricing details, and examples of how this may impact you..

4) Reserve Fee Refunds
We will no longer refund Reserve Fees if an item sells. The cost and rules for using reserves will remain unchanged – the Reserve Fee is 2% of the reserve price (must be above €70), up to a maximum fee of €140.
Find out more

Thanks for your interest, and if you do have questions regarding any of the changes above, we would advise you to follow the links provided and read the full details on the web site.

Regards,
eBay International AG

full info and fee tables: http://pages.ebay.ie/sell/importantinformation/