Using the wrong free listing promo

[rushcomics]

I got two free listing promos at the same time.  Rarely happens but occasionally it does.

Free 100 listings! (Ends tonight)
Free 500 listings! (Ends Thursday)

Silly me... I activated both of them.  I never imagined when I used 100 listings it would hit my Free 500 listing promo first.  Sighs.  I guess those Free 100 listings are destined to be lost.  I could have listed 600 items, but alas, will only be able to list 500, because I don't have 600 ready to go right now. 

Why wouldn't it use the one that ends first, first?

[greg5000]

Sorry this happened to you. 

You would think with proper logic, the 100 would have been used first.  Is there a place to select the promo code when you're creating active listings?

[juahump_35]

Hello, 

sorry to hear about the story of you, i want to get the promo of active listing, can you provide me one.?

[greg5000]

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@juahump_35 wrote:

Hello, 

sorry to hear about the story of you, i want to get the promo of active listing, can you provide me one.?

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This happened to the OP, not me.  

You'll have to contact eBay to inquire about listing promotions.  These are randomly given out.

[rushcomics]

I think based on past sales, they decide who to allot free promos to.  

[greg5000]

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@rushcomics wrote:

I think based on past sales, they decide who to allot free promos to.  

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I'm sure there's an algorithm they use and that's most likely one of the criteria.

[luckythewinner]

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@rushcomics wrote:

I got two free listing promos at the same time.  Rarely happens but occasionally it does.

Free 100 listings! (Ends tonight)
Free 500 listings! (Ends Thursday)

Silly me... I activated both of them.  I never imagined when I used 100 listings it would hit my Free 500 listing promo first.  

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The same thing happened to me on my selling accounts.

Although I have Turbo Lister and had plenty of listings ready, I ran out of time and missed the last 80 on the last account. 

Note to future self - don't active the second promo until you've used up the first one 🙂

[membersinceaug2001]

I had this happen, too.  I just crammed all 600 into one day.

[agun2355]

Lucky you! I wish I had a problem like yours. The only free listing promo I have received this month is for 50 auction listings even though I never run auctions. I now have no free listings left and had to end my listings to avoid insertion fees. My reward for being a top rated power seller who sells 25 to 30 items a month from an average of 80 to 90 listings is to be set up for a sleazy fee trap. While I've not yet made a final decision I will, in all likelihood, keep a much smaller number of listings here and seek other venues for my remaining inventory.

[luckythewinner]

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@agun2355 wrote:

My reward for being a top rated power seller who sells 25 to 30 items a month from an average of 80 to 90 listings is to be set up for a sleazy fee trap. While I've not yet made a final decision I will, in all likelihood, keep a much smaller number of listings here and seek other venues for my remaining inventory.

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You could always create another selling account. You get 50 free with each one.

[agun2355]

  I could but would be paying more in fees on the new account than on my current top rated account. Given that I am a small seller splitting my inventory over two accounts would likely result in having the top rated discount on neither. I have been very wary of ebay fees since they raised the final value fee on dvd and cd sales, a large chunk of my business, from 10 to 12 percent. Prior to this I had, naively perhaps, viewed my relationship with ebay as a partnership, now I view it as adversarial. I will not be maneuvered into paying higher fees.

  In any case the point I am trying to make in contrasting my situation to that of the OP is that it is not a smart business practice to give some sellers more free listings than they need whilst cutting off sellers who have been doing well. This is the sort of inefficiency that will eventually sink ebay.