Shop Fees Questions

[charlie.browns.attic]

Hello,

I'm considering upgrading to a Basic eBay shop and I have a few questions after reading the relevant Help pages. Any help would be most appreciated. 🙂

1. Is the monthly auction listing allowance 50 in total or 50 plus my existing 1000 monthly allowance? One older eBay help page mentioned it was in addition but another one didn't mention it at all. 

2. Is the 250 Buy It Now listing allowance based on "active at any given time" or "total you can list in a month". For example, if I list 250 Buy It Now listings and then sell an item. Can I list another item (for free) in a given month?

3. Can you add "Best Offers' for free onto the Buy It Now listings? or is there a charge for this?

4. Can I cancel the shop subscription easily and revert to the fees and allowances I currently have?

5. With a Basic shop, can I send out special offers to just the watchers of a listing?

6. Are there any other 'useful' benefits to owning an eBay shop?

Thanks for your time.

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

in that case, unless you are planning on listing more than 1000 items a month there is no reason for you to subscribe to a shop, it would be a waste of money

as a private seller you get 1000 auction or buy it now listings a month,

if you subscribe to a shop you get an additional 50 7 day auction listings and 250 buy it nows

it costs 50p to add a buy it now to an auction style listing whether you have a shop or not

you can cancel a shop subscription at any time, the fees for a private seller with a shop are the same as they are without a shop, so it makes no difference

you can send offers to watchers with or without a shop

there are no useful benefits for a private seller to subscribe to a shop

[pixiesen2012]

before I answer any of those questions I need to know whether you are trading i.e. buying items with the sole intention of selling them

or selling your own unwanted items,

as the answers to your questions are different for business and private sellers.

[charlie.browns.attic]

Thanks for the response. Yes, at some point I'd like to transition to a business seller.

[pixiesen2012]

that isn't the answer to my question! are the items you are currently selling / going to sell in your shop, your own personal possessions or did you buy them to sell?

[charlie.browns.attic]

They're all personal possessions.