What and how to change to be able to list the 250 items per month without the fee

[accent3407]

I have been selling for about 6 months. I have sold 49 items and have currently 550 items listed. I have only listed maybe 70 items this month, June. I am now getting assessed the .35 cent fee at this day in June. 

I was unaware of this fee being assessed with no where near 250 monthly listing.

I have been reading in the seller hub, it seem it has something about my items being automatically relisted each month will count toward the 250 monthly cap without a fee.

What drive this? If I sold everything every month there would be no discussion I would guess.

Is it how the items were originally listed? Mine have have always been a buy it now pricing. I don't allow offer generally but have a few times. There are no auctions. My items are all automotive, most always one of a kind and few have more than one or two quantity. 

How do I change my listings to be able to list more without the added fee? 

[ittybitnot]

@accent3407  
All fixed price listings "renew" automatically each month  and count towards your allowed 250 each month.  You don't get to add another 250 each month in addition to the ones that automatically 'roll over' and are counted again.  Selling one, does not open an "empty spot" where you can add another to 'take its place' so to speak.  

You can pay eBay more and get a "store subscription" that will allow more listings for the subscription fee.  You pay that chosen fee whether you use them all or not, and whether you sell anything or not.  So you will have to decide if that will be monetarily beneficial for you.  You can pay this extra rent month to month, or sign up for a yearly subscription, but the latter will require a penalty to close it down early should it not work out.  

You can read more about it here and decide what is best for you.  

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/ebay-stores/ebay-stores?id=4071&st=3&pos=1&query=eBay%20Stores&int...

[caldreamer]

You do NOT get an additional 250 "free listings" every month (you only get 250 TOTAL). You currently have 550 items listed (250 will relist for free, anything over that you have to pay 35 cents).  

If you want to get more free listings, you can pay extra for EBAY store.

[kensgiftshop]

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@accent3407 wrote:

How do I change my listings to be able to list more without the added fee? 

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You can subscribe to a basic store for somewhere around $20 a month or stay under 250 listings a month..

[chapeau-noir]

@accent3407   It's just 250 free listings a month - that's it. You're paying way over the odds now with all of your listings. 

A basic store would make good economic sense for you. It also comes with some benefits, like the ability to do sales, etc. 

[accent3407]

Can you cancel some of your currently listings to gain "space"? Cancel listings that have never gotten a look.

I have better items that may sell better, I thinks.

[gator08041971]

I haven't looked at your items listed, but I do use a number of variation listings, which allows me to list multiple similar items in one listing.

Currently have over 500 items listed for sale, but only 52 listings.  But with variation listings, again they need to be about selling similar items in similar condition, not random items in various condition.

For example, I have several listings for refurbished HDDs, and each listing is by brand and size. 

Keep in mind too, your selling account has a larger item and value limit.  Currently mine is 5 million items or 5 million dollars, which ever I were to reach first.  (not likely with what I'm selling, but still its a limit)

[ittybitnot]

Can you cancel some of your currently listings to gain "space"?

@accent3407 

No.  You can cancel some before they renew and count AGAIN.  But if already posted and counted towards the 250 per this month, deleting them now will not open up more "space".   If you have 500 fixed price listings, ALL of them are set to auto renew sometime during the month.  Next month, when you get 250, you will get 250 'renewals' at no charge, and pay for the other 250 even if you add nothing else.  

[bdmh-enterprises]

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@accent3407 wrote:

Can you cancel some of your currently listings to gain "space"? Cancel listings that have never gotten a look.

I have better items that may sell better, I thinks.

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Once you've crossed the point of maintaining over 350 listings for more than a month, it's financially beneficial to pay for a basic store.

[accent3407]

this is good information, thanks to all that have helped.

If I delete a listing before it renews, this will gain a space to relist in that spot?

I guess when I started listing there were no thoughts given to that items possible sale potential. I do not have a crystal ball to tell if an item many or many not sell of course.

How do you list an item not to incur the monthly fee? Fixed price, auction, allow offers?  

I am overthinking this as most things I do. I just want to maximize my selling potential and still stay in the required guidelines. 

[stainlessenginecovers]

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@accent3407 wrote:

How do you list an item not to incur the monthly fee? Fixed price, auction, allow offers?  

I am overthinking this as most things I do. I just want to maximize my selling potential and still stay in the required guidelines. 

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Do as others suggested. Sign up for a Store. Otherwise, you either need to 'delete/end' listings before they relist or pay the piper. 

Bottom line- you list, you pay. 250 a month free INCLUDING anything that RELISTS. 

Figure it out. 

[mamacassidy]

@accent3407 

As others have said, you need to look at getting a Basic Store. It's between $20-$30 a month depending on whether you do month-to-month or annual subscription.

So if having a store gives you hundreds of additional "free" listings and just one of those listings sell for over $30, then the store pays for itself.

You also get additional perks, but for me, it all comes down to the fact that I sell much more than the $30 store fee every month with the store than I would if I just had 250 listings.

[nyr134]

@accent3407 @writes: If I delete a listing before it renews, this will gain a space to relist in that spot? 

Deleting a listing does not gain you a space for a new listing without a fee. You currently have 539 items listed, so you need to delete at least 290 of them to open up capacity for a single new listing without incurring a fee.  (That is oversimplifying because you will have sales that reduce your listing quantities and your renewals don’t all happen at the same time.)

At your present amount of items you are paying about $100.00 in listing fees each month.  eBay loves you.

[reallynicestamps]

I'm not good at math, but I understand that if you have 300 or more listings, a Basic Store is more economical than having 301 listings, of which only 250 are Free.
The "free" 1000 listings with the Basic Store are paid for by a monthly subscription fee, so technically they are cheaper not actually free.

But as mentioned there are other benefits to a Store like slightly lower fees and a quarterly coupon for branded shipping supplies.
https://www.ebay.ca/sub/subscriptions

[worldcoinauctions]

You can track your free listings on your overview page in the seller hub. I look, see how many I have left for the month and check how many will renew before I list more.