Thursday, July 20, 2006
Taking Advantage Of Ebay
Today and tomorrow Ebay is offering 20 cent listing fees. One can save quite a bit by taking advantage of Ebay discount days. The best discount they offer is money off the actual listing fee. They offer other discounts, but I normally do not use most of their other bells and whistles so I never take advantage of them.
One problem with other discounts is they are usually ongoing. For instance if you choose to decorate you page with Ebay graphics and they cost 50 cents (I do not know how much they cost, this is just an example) but are offer today only for 10 cents. WOW! Great deal. However if you item does not sell and you renew the auction and forget to cancel the graphics, you will be charged the full 50 cents this time. If you are running a lot of auctions this could add up quickly.
So, for me the extras are seldom worth the price because a large percentage of my auctions do not sell the first time around. This means I have to either renew and pay the price or spend a lot of time cancelling the option in every auction I relist.
