Insertion Fee Question

[optimum_4]

When I list an item and am charged an isertion fee with it as "Good Till Cancelled" and the item doesnt sell in 30 days so it is automatically relisted, am I paying another insertion fee when it automatically relists? If so does this mean that an item that I have in inventory for 1 year accumulates 12 months of insertion fees?

Also if the item was a free insertion, if it doesnt get sold after 30 days does it get an insertion fee when automatically relisted?

[luckythewinner]

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When I list an item and am charged an isertion fee with it as "Good Till Cancelled" and the item doesnt sell in 30 days so it is automatically relisted, am I paying another insertion fee when it automatically relists? If so does this mean that an item that I have in inventory for 1 year accumulates 12 months of insertion fees?

Also if the item was a free insertion, if it doesnt get sold after 30 days does it get an insertion fee when automatically relisted?

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"Good till canceled" simply means that eBay is going to relist it for you automatically every 30 days. It does not change the fee structure in any way. 

Each time it is automatically relisted it is treated like a new listing. It incurs whatever insertion fee (or uses up whatever free insertion it may qualify for) just as you had done it manually. 

It is a tool that offers convenience, not savings. 

[dhbookds]

As lucky says............you get charged a fee or use one of your free listings, if you have any left, when they relist. 

[castlemagicmemories]

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When I list an item and am charged an isertion fee with it as "Good Till Cancelled" and the item doesnt sell in 30 days so it is automatically relisted, am I paying another insertion fee when it automatically relists? If so does this mean that an item that I have in inventory for 1 year accumulates 12 months of insertion fees?

Also if the item was a free insertion, if it doesnt get sold after 30 days does it get an insertion fee when automatically relisted?

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I can see the confusion regarding meaning here.  Good til cancelled just refers to Ebay automatically relisting the item for you, it does not mean there are  no further fees charge for the listing, if there were any.

Fees are accessed independently of the automatic relist and are applicable.

When a promotion or special offer expires, then a fee is generated when appropriate.  

[sam9876]

I would never use GTC.

[castlemagicmemories]

There are those that say that, and those that have used it and switched to 30 day listings as well, and seen greater success.  

It may work for some listings, but not for all listings.  It seems that if it is not working, it sinks lower in visibility.  If it is a quantity listing, that gets sales, then it keeps its' history and visibility, and that works well.  

[newnewnewmann]

"* Good 'Til Cancelled listings renew automatically every 30 days until all of the items sell, you end the listing, or we end your listing. Insertion fees and advanced listing upgrade fees are charged every 30-day period. Good 'Til Cancelled listings count toward your monthly free-insertion-fee listing allotment. Fee amounts are based on the terms in effect when the listing goes live and when it renews."

Ebay Fees

[decosuzy66]

It is absolutely NOT a convenience to me, a small seller with limited free insertion fees.  Month to month my free insertions vary, hence this is a great way for eBay to make a lot of money off of their sellers (kind of like NYC's red light cameras and speed traps!)

To avoid an extra $100+ charge per month, I will now have to cancel all of my listings before the time specified, then relist as I did in the past if I have free listings left.  

I'm hoping that eBay realizes that this is not good for sellers and goes back to how it was....

[twnpopcards]

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@decosuzy66 wrote:

It is absolutely NOT a convenience to me, a small seller with limited free insertion fees.  Month to month my free insertions vary, hence this is a great way for eBay to make a lot of money off of their sellers (kind of like NYC's red light cameras and speed traps!)

To avoid an extra $100+ charge per month, I will now have to cancel all of my listings before the time specified, then relist as I did in the past if I have free listings left.  

I'm hoping that eBay realizes that this is not good for sellers and goes back to how it was....

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Ebay does not care whether it is good for Sellers or not.  All Ebay cares about is will this bring more money into their pockets.  That is why this was put into place in the first place and they count on Sellers forgetting about their listings and having them automatically renew each month.

Even the most recent Promotion was written to confuse Sellers as it stated the listings were only good on 30 day or GTC listings.  I am sure that many Sellers will miss the fact their is no longer a 30 day listing option and  believe that it will end at 30 days which will rack up more fees for Ebay next month, which also just happens to be the last  month of the Quarter.