Another eBay.com CLD on 16th March
March 16, 2010
Last week, Chris asked if the cheap listing day on 10th March would be the last one on eBay.com. Today, we have the answer: no. On March 16th, sellers listing auctions on eBay.com, eBay.ca and eBay Motors will save 50% on insertion fees… Read more
eBay Canada item location tests in Best Match
March 11, 2010
eBay Canada are starting starting this week giving different priority based on Item Location. Best Match on the Canadian site has for some time given a boost in search to domestic items, in the belief that buying from your own country is a… Read more
eBay seller promotions for August and September
August 18, 2009
eBay are running a couple of promos for sellers for the rest of this month and next. Firstly, there’s a that sellers in the Music, Books, Video games and DVD, Film & TV categories can get 20% off their FVFs when they offer free domestic P&P…. Read more
15c Auctions on eBay.com, .ca 21st April 2009
April 21, 2009
for today, 21st April, only. To be eligible, sellers must either have 4.5 or higher on all four 12 month DSRs, or be newbies with no 12 month DSR score. eBay Motors Parts and Accessories are included in the sale, but there are a bunch of… Read more
Half-price auction listings on eBay.com, .ca 10th December
December 10, 2008
are offering half-price insertion fees for 1, 3 and 5 day auctions for tomorrow, Wednesday 10th December. The promotion is open to sellers with 4.5 or more on all four 12-month DSR criteria, and new sellers who do not yet have DSR ratings. Some… Read more
50% off eBay.com auction fees for high DSR sellers
November 24, 2008
For 24th – 25th November auction listing fees are being discounted by 50% for eBay.com and eBay.ca. However in order to take advantage of the savings all 4 seller DSR ratings must be 4.5 or above. New sellers who haven’t yet received 10 DSR scores… Read more
5ยข on 14th October for eBay Canada
October 13, 2008
eBay Canada are holding a cheap listing day on the 14th October for Auctions and Buy It Now listings. To qualify for the discounted rates shipping has to be specified. The promo is only open to Canadian residents, and has the normal exceptions… Read more
eBay.ca 5c auction CLD 23rd September
September 22, 2008
eBay Canada are holding a cheap listing day on 23rd September. Insertion fees for auctions only are reduced to 5c, so long as you’re a Canadian-resident seller, and you specify shipping prices. Media items, which have their own fee tariff, are also… Read more
eBay Motors’ price changes bad news for small business
August 14, 2008
Last night, eBay announced some major changes to pricing for North American Motors’ sites. The restructuring continues eBay’s current trend towards ’success-based fees’, moving more of the fee burden onto final value fees and away from insertion and… Read more
eBay Canada 5c listing day 13th August
August 12, 2008
Lucky for some, eBay Canada are holding a 5c listing day on 13th August. Insertion fees for auctions and BINs will be 5c regardless of start price; this also covers the media categories which have their own fee structure. The offer is available for… Read more
eBay.com, .ca sellers told ‘PayPal required’ in error
July 22, 2008
Sellers listing on and may be receiving messages telling them that PayPal is required on their listings in error today. eBay say that they are aware of the problem and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible. With so much speculation… Read more
5c listing day for Canadians who specify shipping
July 6, 2008
. On Monday 7th July 2008, insertion fees are just 5c for auction and BIN listings which specify shipping costs. All other normal fees apply, and the promotion is open to Canadian residents only. And if that was seeming awfully familiar to you… Read more
eBay Canada holds free listing week for motors
July 5, 2008
photo credit: woody1778aBetween 6th and 12th July, . The normal insertion fee of CA$4.25 is being waived, though . The offer is good for Canadian residents only…. Read more
eBay Canada 5c listings if you specify shipping
June 23, 2008
on both auctions and fixed price listings, so long as sellers specify shipping fees. SIF, real estate and motors are not included, and all other normal upgrade and final value fees apply…. Read more
eBay Canada 5c CLD if you specify shipping
May 20, 2008
today, 20th May. All insertion fees for BIN and auction have been reduced to 5c, so long as listings specify a shipping price. All other fees including listing upgrades and FVFs apply as normal. Sadly the CLD is just for Canadian residents…. Read more
PayPal cut fees for Canadian users
May 1, 2008
that they are cutting fees for Canadian users. The transaction fee for receiving payments has been cut from CA$0.55 to CA$0.30: fantastic news for all sellers, and perhaps especially those who sell lower priced items where those transaction fees… Read more
eBay Canada names new country manager
April 25, 2008
eBay Canada have officially named Andrew Sloss as their new country manager. Sloss was previously head of marketing for eBay.ca, and has been acting country manager since September last year. Prior to joining eBay Canada in 2002, he had spent five… Read more
Display eBay in your own time zone
November 23, 2007
I’m easily confused and anything that makes my life easier is a good thing. That’s why I like the myTimeZone Firefox add-on that displays times from eBay sites around the world in local time that makes sense to me. Normally if I visit eBay.com… Read more
eBay.ca speaks Franglish
October 5, 2007
eBay Canada in English language has always had duplicate content in French. Today something has gone awry and parts of the English language site such as the help section are displaying in French as well. The announcement suggests visiting… Read more
Month long cheap listing with gallery for eBay.com and ebay.ca
August 29, 2007
Philipp Justus has just announced a month long cheap listing promotion for eBay.com. The promotion is duplicated on eBay Canada and runs from August 29th to September 30th. The promotion which is based on the last eBay.com cheap listing day… Read more
Free listing on eBay.com, .ca tomorrow
August 14, 2007
Sellers on eBay.com and .ca need to get listing: there’s a free listing day on both sites tomorrow. Items with a start or BIN price of less than US$10 or CA$12 which use Gallery, will have their insertion fees waived. Though unusually generous -… Read more
Lower FVFs for Canada too
June 19, 2007
The reduction in core FVFs announced by Bill Cobb last week is valid on eBay Canada too. The eBay Live! speech was very careful to make it crystal clear that his announcements related only to the .com site, but it seems that eBay’s President for… Read more
Auctions only on eBay please!
May 30, 2007
Both the UK and Canada have Cheap Listing days on 31st May, the one difference being the UK announced theirs three days prior but Canada got less than 24 hours notice. The UK is aiming for low start (sub 99p) auctions, and we expect most of the… Read more
Safeguarding Member IDs launched on eBay.com and eBay Canada
January 8, 2007
Following the implementation of Safeguarding Member IDs in Australia and the UK last November it is now to be rolled out in the US and Canada. Bidders ID’s will be hidden when bidding rises above $200 in the US and C$220 in Canada. Rob Chesnut… Read more
CLD 20c Listing day on eBay.com 21st Nov
November 21, 2006
Controversy still rages regarding the 5p two day listing period on eBay.co.uk. With a fix delayed until Tuesday morning, sellers are still reporting they’re unable to list at the promotional price. Meanwhile a 20c listing day is announced on… Read more
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