Multiple Auction

[maddumageayeshsfern_0]

Can I list same product for multiple times at the same time under auction method?

Thank you.

[ckimodog]

If you're listing multiples, you'll want to list at a fixed "Buy it now price."  Also require immediate payment in the check box.  Then where it states Quantity, put in the amount of the item you'd like to sell.  You will also have to adjust shipping costs for more than one item purchased.  

[tsme35 · Accepted solution]

NO, you can list an auction for 1st one, once it gets a bid you can list a 2nd one. Honestly not very smart as it could spread out the bids and you get less, its called supply and demand. Best to do one at a time or as above, do fix price and do Quantity

[divwido]

No, you cannot.  eBay will pull the items and ban you as that is against the rules.

[nobody*s_perfect]

Yes, you can set up several auctions all for the same item, if you have multiples of that item.  

But eBay will only show one listing, until it gets a bid and then it will show the second auction and so on. Here's the help page about the policy:

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/duplicate-listings-policy?id=4255

When you have multiple active auctions for the same item, the selling price will be lower because your buyers weren't competing against each other. It's better to set up one auction, and then wait until it's over before starting the next one.

[caldreamer]

EBAY does not allow "duplicate listing" for the same exact thing.   

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@caldreamer wrote:

EBAY does not allow "duplicate listing" for the same exact thing.   

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That's true for fixed price listings, though with a few exceptions. 

However that's not true for auction-format listings. The policy linked above states, "It is possible to have multiple auction-style listings for identical items, but there are restrictions, and only one listing without bids will be visible to buyers at a time. Once the first listing receives a bid or ends, the next listing will appear."

[soh.maryl]

How many of this "product" do you have? If you have only one, then please don't list it multiple times.  

[anuglobalstore]

No you cannot. eBay doesn't allow duplicate listings.

[tsme35]

That's ebay's policy but they don't enforce it, I can't put their ID's on the board but I know a half a dozen that do fixed price duplicates(2 up to 10 at a time) and 2 for a fact on auctions every week, called ebay and pointed it out. Was told against policy yet after years still doing it.

[itscalledapostingid]

I only clicked on this thread to read wrong answers. I knew there would be a few.

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@itscalledapostingid wrote:

I only clicked on this thread to read wrong answers. I knew there would be a few.

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Including the one selected as the Solution.

[tsme35]

How's that wrong, its the same you said, except you posted the link.

[nobody*s_perfect]

He said, "you can list an auction for 1st one, once it gets a bid you can list a 2nd one."  But actually you don't have to wait to list the second one. The policy says that you can list them all at the same time (which was the OP's question).

[tsme35]

Its in the 2nd paragraph:

"It is possible to have multiple auction-style listings for identical items, but there are restrictions, and only one listing without bids will be visible to buyers at a time. Once the first listing receives a bid or ends, the next listing will appear."

 Which doesn't make sense if:

"To ensure buyers see a wide variety of options from a variety of sellers, we don't allow more than one fixed price listing of an identical item at the same time, from the same seller."

 And like I said before, ebay is not policing this policy, I could give your 5 ID's I report just today.