eBay Germany Motors’ fee changes
March 1, 2010
As of 30th March, eBay Germany Motors prices are changing. The good news is that picture pack will be free; the slightly less cheery news is that FVFs, reserve price fees and buy it now fees are all increasing. Check out the full details in… Read more
eBay.de’s compulsory PayPal policy under investigation
February 27, 2010
eBay is under investigation in Germany to test whether its new rule requiring new sellers to accept payments by PayPal online breaks competition law. As of Thursday, German sellers with fewer than 50 feedbacks are required to offer PayPal as a… Read more
Free listing days for private sellers on eBay France & Germany
February 16, 2010
eBay France and eBay Germany have both announced free listing days for private sellers for later this week following the eBay UK one we already know about. on 18th February. Private sellers will be charged no insertion fees for auction… Read more
eBay auto emails rolled back until next year
November 18, 2009
This morning eBay have rolled back the new auto-emails for Order Confirmation, Order Update (dispatch) and 48 hour Payment Reminders. We expect an announcement board post later today confirming the roll back for several European countries. I have… Read more
Multi-Variation Listings now available for Clothing and Home & Garden
July 15, 2009
You heard it here first: multi-variation listings have just gone live for all Clothing, Shoes and Accessories categories on eBays UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They’re also live for most Home and Garden categories on UK and… Read more
Boomerangs – Easy returns goes live on eBay
June 23, 2009
eBay have enabled Easy Returns on the site to enabling buyers to inform you they wish to send items back for a refund. A drop down allows buyers to select a reason for the return, although they can if they wish enter a message to the seller to… Read more
eBay.com to launch revamped keyword ad program
September 24, 2008
eBay have announced today the launch of a pay-per-click keyword ad program to be known as ‘eBay AdCommerce’. Initially the program will be run as a Beta test for selected sellers on eBay.com and eBay.de, but it’s anticipated AdCommerce will be… Read more
eBay Germany re-introduces mutual feedback withdrawal
August 22, 2008
eBay Germany have re-introduced mutual feedback withdrawal in limited circumstances. Sellers can request buyers retract neutral or negative feedback within 30 days of the feedback being left. There are limits of two requests per month, and… Read more
eBay Germany : returning stores to search
August 21, 2008
eBay Germany have announced fee changes for business sellers today, creating perhaps the most complicated fee schedule ever seen on any eBay site. The most important change is that Shop items will be converted into a new fixed price format,… Read more
eBay Germany require specified shipping
July 3, 2008
From this week, sellers on eBay Germany are required to specify at least one domestic shipping service. eBay say that 95% of sellers already do so, but that the remaining 5% will no longer be able to list without specifying at least one shipping… Read more
German sellers must specify postage
June 17, 2008
Another one to file under “expect this to roll globally any time now”: from 1st July, of their listings, and will not be able to simply list postage costs within the item description. This is a sensible move and frankly should have been made… Read more
eBay Germany introduce maximum shipping prices
May 29, 2008
eBay Germany are in 34 categories. Ranging between €5,00 and €8,00, a range of items are included in the new policy, from computer accessories, memory sticks and MP3 players, to silver-plated jewellery, some watches, and pearls. The… Read more
eBay Germany highlights free shipping
May 14, 2008
the launch of a new icon to highlight items offering free shipping. Germany’s is also now offering the possibility to lauch “free shipping sales” in Shops. The same changes were made on .com last month, so sellers on other countries’ sites… Read more




