How do I sponsor my listings as a business seller?

[originalabstractcanvas]

Getting really annoyed with not being able to get a proper answer for this!

I am an above average private seller on ebay. I have started listing original art canvasses. Problem is they get buried under a million sponsored listings so have very few views.

I therefore feel I must promote/sponsor my listings too. I've found it very hard to get to the bottom of how I get this facility. Help sections say its a dropdown on the My Activity section. I have no drop down of promote listing only the regular ones. I then read I might only get this facility added if I sell a certain amount of goods? Well I dont as I'm a normal ebay private seller thats just trying to now sell a few pieces of art.

So I go onto chat with ebay, who, after lots of asking colleagues suggest that I need to be invites to promote. I ask them, do I need to set up a shop (minimum package £25 a month) to get access to the ability to sponsor listings and they say YES. So I've just done this and still can't see any facility to promote/sponsor listings?! Argh!!!!!!

[john1297576]

Why can't you do what I have just done, HELP & CONTACT > https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/listings/listing-tips/promoted-listings?id=4164&st=12&pos=1&quer...

If as you say there are a lot, how do you think that paying an extra fee is going to get you to the top of search listing.

I would have thought that most people sort by New Listings or Ending soonest. That is the only way you would ever get to the top of any list. You can't compete with sellers with 1000s of Listings.