eBay Cross-border Test: US/UK Exposure in Several Categories

[mandy]

***Test: US/UK Exposure in Several Categories*** 

Hi everyone, I'm Frederick Crosby, and I lead our Cross-Border Trade team here at eBay. Our job is to help eBay sellers expand their reach to our marketplaces around the world.

Starting in the next few days, we'll be running a test in many of our collectible-oriented categories. When your items meet our eligibility criteria, they will appear on our UK site by default (assuming you've indicated you're willing to ship to the UK). Similarly, items listed in the UK will be shown here on eBay.com, as well.

Sellers have been asking us how they can better reach potential buyers who rarely leave their local sites. We believe this test will be good for our sellers, whose items will be available to a bigger pool of buyers – and for our buyers, who will have access to a wider array of unique items they're interested in.

To be eligible, sellers must have 100 feedback with at least 98% positive. To be included in this test, your items must meet the following criteria:

    * Be listed in the Collectibles, Antiques, Stamps, Coins, Art, or Pottery & Glass categories
    * Offer PayPal to ensure easy Cross-Border payments
    * Specify global or UK shipping options and pricing to help our buyers see the full cost of your item
    * Be located in the US

We expect this test to last until early next year. Thanks for your support!

[mandy]

Update:

***Effects of promotions on eBay.com visibility*** 

We thought we should let you know that listing an item around the time that our one-day promotions take place (such as this Thursday’s Half-Price Listing Day) will affect your item’s visibility on eBay.com.

If you list an item on eBay.co.uk from any time after 10am the day before a one-day promotion until 10am the day after a one-day promotion, that item will not be shown automatically on eBay.com, even if it meets the normal criteria for visibility (see our previous announcement for details).

This restriction on visibility on eBay.com will apply for the full duration of the item listing.

We’re doing this because the one-day promotions we run are specific to eBay.co.uk, and not available to sellers on eBay.com, and we want to make sure that we aren't putting our US sellers at an unfair disadvantage. The same restriction applies to US sellers during their one-day promotions, so that their items don’t appear on eBay.co.uk.

We realise that a lot of sellers will be disappointed about this, and we’re sorry if this restriction causes you any inconvenience.