GTC renewal question - July changes

[beardedbovine]

Starting July 1st GTC listings are changing from 30 day renewals to monthly renewals. We may have to wait until July to find out the answer to my question, but...

Say a listing was created on December 15th. Renewing every 30 days, that listing would have renewed last on June 13th.

Come July... will it renew on July 13th since it last renewed on the 13th (June)? Or will it renew on July 15th since it was created on the 15th (December).

[luckythewinner]

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@beardedbovine wrote:

Come July... will it renew on July 13th since it last renewed on the 13th (June)? Or will it renew on July 15th since it was created on the 15th (December).

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My guess would be that the ending date of the current listing was determined on June 13th.  

[mam98031]

It should be determined by the day in June that you either created and posted the listing or the date it renewed in June.  At least that is what I think.  Not sure if it is right, but it would be the easiest for Ebay to figure out and go forward from there.

But no matter what it is, come July GTC will only renew once per calendar month.

[beardedbovine]

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@mam98031 wrote:

It should be determined by the day in June that you either created and posted the listing or the date it renewed in June.  At least that is what I think.  Not sure if it is right, but it would be the easiest for Ebay to figure out and go forward from there.

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But that would be very confusing for sellers to look at the Start Date column and know it's only good as a renewal reference for listings created July 1st 2019 and later, and all listings created before July 1st have a random end date.

[nobody*s_perfect · Accepted solution]

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@beardedbovine wrote: ... Say a listing was created on December 15th. Renewing every 30 days, that listing would have renewed last on June 13th.

Come July... will it renew on July 13th since it last renewed on the 13th (June)? Or will it renew on July 15th since it was created on the 15th (December).

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In July, it will still do the regular 30-day renewal, i.e., the 13th.

Starting in August, that listing will renew on the date it was created, i.e., the 15th of every month.

https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2019-spring/marketplace-updates.html

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@beardedbovine wrote:

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@mam98031 wrote:

It should be determined by the day in June that you either created and posted the listing or the date it renewed in June.  At least that is what I think.  Not sure if it is right, but it would be the easiest for Ebay to figure out and go forward from there.

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But that would be very confusing for sellers to look at the Start Date column and know it's only good as a renewal reference for listings created July 1st 2019 and later, and all listings created before July 1st have a random end date.

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The announcement was quite clear and even gave examples. In July, older listings will renew after 30 days as usual.  But then starting in August, they will renew on the same date as they were originally created, not on some random date.

EXAMPLE: Listing created prior to July 1, 2019

A Good 'Til Cancelled listing that was created on January 30, 2019 and has renewed every 30 days (i.e., March 1, March 31, April 30, May 30, and June 29), will renew on July 29. When it renews on July 29, subsequent renewal dates will be set based on the day the listing was created (January 30), using the new monthly calendar schedule. Thus, the next renewal dates will be August 30, September 30, October 30, and so on.

https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2019-spring/marketplace-updates.html