Subscription store

Question

Hello, I am relatively new to eBay selling. I have 300 items and am thinking about upgrading to a subscription store. Is there a way to upgrade to the Basic store (1000 items) and still keep my current store name?

I have tried setting up the Basic but when I enter my store name it says it is already in use.

comics-scifi-collectibles · Answer

@the_real_smith_mart Your store name is the same and already taken because you have an active store subscription. You are just UPGRADING your store subscription.

You can upgrade at any time during the subscription period without penalty. The upgrade terminates the terms of the old subscription and triggers the beginning of a new subscription period.

http://pages.ebay.com/stores/subscriptionterms.html

Excerpt below:

You can change your subscription at any time, including:

Changing your Stores subscription level
Changing your subscription duration

When upgrading your Stores subscription (changing your Stores subscription level to one with more benefits, or changing from a monthly subscription to a yearly subscription of the same subscription level):

Fees for your current subscription for the current invoice month are prorated and the unused portion of your current subscription is credited back to you. Your upgraded subscription fee is also prorated for the current invoice month and your upgraded subscription is treated as a new subscription.
Your free-insertion-fee listing allotment from the plan being canceled ends immediately. (Any unused free-insertion-fee listings from your previous subscription allotment donâ€™t roll over.)
You receive upgraded Stores benefits immediately. You receive your full allotment of free-insertion-fee listings for the new upgraded subscription immediately. Each calendar month thereafter, you receive the applicable allotment of free-insertion-fee listings.
Your upgraded Subscription Start Date and renewal date is reset based on the date you change your subscription.
An early termination fee isnâ€™t charged if you upgrade your Stores subscription with the same or higher subscription duration.