Auto relist not available

[robreb2012]

I have been selling for 11 years. I have always listed auction style 7 days. Last November when selecting sell similar (In the create listing page the little tab that said auto relist went away. So now after listing my item ends in 7 days (I have used all of my 250 listings) Everything I am selling has ended in the first week of the month and I have no free listings left,

[downrightspecialkids]

Auto relist or not, you will pay for the relisted item. Whether you manually relist or sell similar or it's done automatically, it counts as one of your 250. 

[lacemaker3 · Accepted solution]

@robreb2012,

The option to automatically relist an auction-format listing if it doesn't sell, up to 8 times, is only available for "new and occasional sellers". eBay doesn't define exactly what that means, but if you don't have the relist option available anymore, then you aren't considered a new or occasional seller any more.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/relisting-items?id=4147

You're correct, that the automatic auction relists did not count towards your free-insertion-fee listings each month. The automatic renewing of a fixed-price, good-til-canceled listing does count, but not if the listing is an auction-format.

I took a look at your sales, and it looks like all of them sold for the opening price. There were a few that got 2 bids, but they were from the same bidder. In that case, you would be better off to use fixed-price listings, and they will automatically renew once a month, on the same day as they were started. That way, your items would stay available for purchase without using more than one free-insertion-fee listing each month.

Your other option is to open a basic-level (or higher) store, in order to get more free-insertion-fee listings, but most of them are for fixed-price format only, so you would still want to start using fixed-price listings.

[kensgiftshop]

Looking at your sold items, you're only getting 1 bid.

If you're having to relist so many items, why not do away with auctions and list as a fixed price?

[robreb2012]

It appears I am no longer considered an occasional seller so the feature went away. However in the beginning of February I was ill advised on how to handle. I followed their direction and now I will sit out the month of February because I relisted 250 items auction style. I have no free inserts left. I will be relisting fixed price with the option of make an offer.

[robreb2012]

yes it appears I should have done this then I would have 250 active listings. I followed supports direction and it cost me a time out with nothing active