Last year, eBay ran a free listing day on December 26 (I think, or maybe it was January 2). Does anyone know if it will happen again this year?
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Just have to check . They do it at the last minute usually.
What they do is track when their listing count is set to hit it's minimum. Then they do their 7 day free listing day 7 days before that day.
Because that dip happens on a different day each year they wait until late december to plot it out and then decide when to have the free listing day.
They usually announce it somewhere around 5pm-7pm the day before.
Here is where you can check:
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml
They'll post there once they decide so if you checked daily at 8 or 9pm or first thing in the morning you'll know.
These are just my own opinions of how they do it but I've been around for 5 years of these or more and that seems to be how it goes.
My guess is for the 27th or 28th, or the 22nd or 23rd
Because that dip happens on a different day each year they wait until late december to plot it out and then decide when to have the free listing day.
They usually announce it somewhere around 5pm-7pm the day before.
Here is where you can check:
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml
They'll post there once they decide so if you checked daily at 8 or 9pm or first thing in the morning you'll know.
These are just my own opinions of how they do it but I've been around for 5 years of these or more and that seems to be how it goes.
My guess is for the 27th or 28th, or the 22nd or 23rd
Turned out to be a 10-cent listing day on the 27th. I started 63 auctions, asking ridiculously high prices on about half the items and reasonable prices on the rest. Sold a couple of high-priced items and many of the reasonably priced; total sales of about $325 (bid price only).
Considering the listing fees would have been over $35 on a "regular" day, I am happy with the results. Didn't have time to prepare listings for everything I wanted to sell (some old records, for example), but waiting one more year won't matter ...
Considering the listing fees would have been over $35 on a "regular" day, I am happy with the results. Didn't have time to prepare listings for everything I wanted to sell (some old records, for example), but waiting one more year won't matter ...