mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
southern*sweet*tea wrote:
lookng2015 wrote:
They are if they're actually using a free listing promo to list "placeholders" but as dk said, I'm also not convinced these megasellers eBay WANTS here actually pay any upfront fees to list anyway.I would imagine these megasellers have contracts, and don't pay regular store fees or listing fees. Megasellers are, after all, speshul and not subject to the regular rules, written and unwritten, that the rest of us lowly serfs are.
Yes.. lowly serfs have no idea of the special deals that the megas can cut with eBay. It obviously isn't written out in eBay *policies* where the serfs can read of it. Many believe the megas push the limits on their speshulness here though. 
@mistwomandancing wrote:
@southern*sweet*tea wrote:
@lookng2015 wrote:
They are if they're actually using a free listing promo to list "placeholders" but as dk said, I'm also not convinced these megasellers eBay WANTS here actually pay any upfront fees to list anyway.I would imagine these megasellers have contracts, and don't pay regular store fees or listing fees. Megasellers are, after all, speshul and not subject to the regular rules, written and unwritten, that the rest of us lowly serfs are.
Yes.. lowly serfs have no idea of the special deals that the megas can cut with eBay. It obviously isn't written out in eBay *policies* where the serfs can read of it. Many believe the megas push the limits on their speshulness here though.
Absolutely.
We are special....but they are speeeeeeshul 
@lookng2015 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@lookng2015 wrote:
They are if they're actually using a free listing promo to list "placeholders" but as dk said, I'm also not convinced these megasellers eBay WANTS here actually pay any upfront fees to list anyway.Oh, I didn't know that, thank you. Would you please post a link to that policy so that I and others that may not know can read it. Thanks again!
I'm sure you're perfectly capable of finding the policy on using placeholders all by yourself, but thanks for playing.
I did try before I asked you. I was not successful. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it just means I was unable to locate it. Your assistance would be appreciated.
@lookng2015 wrote:
https://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-no-item.html
"Not allowed
Blank or placeholder listings, including:
Listings to be fill in at a later time.
Incomplete listings that are created to take advantage of a temporary discount on eBay listing fees.
Listings that promote an item or a service that's for sale outside of eBay. (See our policy about avoiding eBay fees.)
Thank you so much.
@sidemouse wrote:
@2010byandsel100 wrote:why would you keep a 'placeholder' for 2 million listings?
and different prices ranging from 10K down to $500 and lower (got bored after 45+ pages)?
What's even sillier is they could simply use the "out of stock" seller function which would hold their place without them having to spam up the results, unfortunately some old dogs they don't learn new tricks.
I don't think it is that simple. I don't use the OOS function myself. I understand it, I just don't like it. For me, I choose to close my OOS listings then I will Relist or Sell Similar them when I get more stock in, whichever is the best option for that particular listing.
Some seller prefer to just skyrocket their price so that they leave the listing active.
It is just all in what the seller prefers, not necessarily and "old dog learning new tricks." The seller may just not like the OOS option Ebay has.
