eBay Listing promo update - lots more news

Last night I blogged about the two day "store to core" listing promo.  As the community has digested this one there have been some very ugly details that have come to light:

1. You will be charged the full listing fee and then given a credit in September.  Many sellers point out that eBay hasn't been stellar with billing issues and there's some risk here. 

2. (and this is a biggie)  If you are using one of eBay's certified solution providers (CSPs - many call them PSPs still), then these listings will be created OUTSIDE of those systems and have to be dealt with manually.  This can cause all kinds of chaos as inventory counts get out of sync, invoices don't go out, etc.

Bottom line: Think very carefully before taking advantage of this promotion.  While it looks good on the surface, once you start peeling the onion, well, I'll let the metaphor speak for itself.

Comments

[ayliss]

I do it in this ways, for unique products, when send to auction, store ends, then either list for 5 days auction or relist the ended store list before Aug 22.
For multiple products, send quantity 1 to auction, if it doesn't sell, then add the quanity in store list.
And print a list of the items move from store to auction, keep track if ebay give credits in September.

[Chuck]

As I have stated before, what is eBay thinking! I can't believe that anyone who has half a brain doesn't see through this promotion as well as the last few "moves" they have made.

Chuck

[RadioComputerSupply]

One more thing.... If you use the default 7 days ending and your item does not sell, you then will be turning it back into store inventory after the 21st at the higher listing and FVF. Example a $25 item that is placed back into store inventory after 21st will cost .10 + 7% FVF vs .02 + 5%.

So if it does not sell by end of day 20th better end early (or set it for less days) and move it back into inventory to save .08 + 2% at least for the first 30 days.