eBay UK Half-Price Listing Day - 50% off Insertion Fees on Thursday 3rd May 2007

[mandy]

We're not known for doing things by half here at eBay. But for one day only, Thursday 3rd of May, we're cutting the cost of Insertion Fees in half. That's a whole 50% off Insertion Fees for a whole 24 hours. Miss out and you'll only have yourself to blame. Terms and conditions apply, see below...

What is it?
For the entire day of Thursday 3rd May 2007 (local UK time), sellers who list one or more items using the Auction-style format in an eligible category will pay a half price Insertion Fee per item they list. Please refer to the tables below for the basic Insertion Fees for listing an item on eBay.co.uk as well as for the category-specific selling fees for "Media" products including details of both the regular and promotional Insertion Fees by starting price:

BASIC INSERTION FEES
Starting or Reserve Price Regular Insertion Fee Promotional Insertion Fee
£0.01 - £0.99 £0.15 £0.07
£1.00 - £4.99 £0.20 £0.10
£5.00 - £14.99 £0.35 £0.17
£15.00 - £29.99 £0.75 £0.32
£30.00 - £99.99 £1.50 £0.75
£100.00 or more £2.00 £1.00

For a full list of "Media" product categories and to find out more about Insertion Fees for "Media" product categories click here.

Please see below for more details.

When is it?
Thursday 3rd May 2007 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 format 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 May 2007 will qualify for the promotion.
    * If sellers re-list an item on Thursday 3rd May 2007 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 as detailed above in the "What is it?" section.
    * Items listed in the "Parts & Accessories" sub-categories of the Motors Category.
    * Items listed in the "Media" categories. See below for a full list of the "Media" categories as well as the category-specific selling fees for "Media" products.



What's Excluded?

    * Apart from items listed in the "Parts & Accessories" sub-categories of the Motors Categories (detailed in the "What's Included?" Section above), all other items listed in any Motors categories are excluded.
    * Items listed in the "Residential Property" sub-category of the "Home & 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 using the Shops Inventory Format.
    * Any item listed on Thursday 3rd May 2007 but scheduled to start after the promotional period will NOT qualify for the promotion.
    * Any items listed which do not comply with eBay's Listing Policies or Prohibited and Restricted Items Policies.
    * Only the basic eBay Insertion Fee will be half price. 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.


"Media" Category Specific Pricing

    * Items listed in the "Media" categories (see below for a full list) using the Auction-style format are included in this promotion. Please see the table below for the Category-specific selling fees for "Media" products:

INSERTION FEES FOR SINGLE-ITEM LISTINGS
Starting price and Auction-style format listings Regular Insertion Fee Promotional Insertion Fee
£0.01 - £0.99 £0.05 £0.02
£1.00 - £4.99 £0.10 £0.05
£5.00 - £14.99 £0.10 £0.05
£15.00 - £29.99 £0.10 £0.05
£30.00 - £99.99 £0.10 £0.05
£100.00 or more £0.10 £0.05

    * The Media categories are:
          o the "Books, Comics & Magazines" category (excluding the "Accessories" sub-category)
          o the "DVD, Film and TV" category (excluding the "Accessories/Storage", "Film Memorabilia" and "TV Memorabilia" sub-categories)
          o the "Games" sub category of the "Video Games" category
          o the "Music" category (excluding the "Music Memorabilia" and "Accessories/Storage" sub-categories).

Find out more about Insertion Fees for "Media" product categories here.

Further Information:

    * If the item is listed in 2 categories, the Insertion Fee will be twice the Promotional Insertion Fee price detailed above in the "What is it?" section.
    * If the item qualifies for the promotion, the "Sell Your Item" form will indicate to the seller that they have been charged the applicable Promotional Insertion Fee.

more info: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/200705halfprice/