Listing and selling multiple items Using auction-style listings Using fixed price listings Requirements The fine print Displaying the quantity of multiple items

You can sell multiple items in a single listing if you have more than one identical item to sell.

Listing and selling multiple items

You can list multiple identical items in one listing.

If you sell your items at a fixed price, buyers can purchase one or more items immediately by clicking the Buy It Now button in your listing.

If you create an auction-style listing, buyers specify the quantity they want when they place a bid. However, they have to wait until the end of the listing to find out if they’ve won any of the items.

Using auction-style listings

If you’re not sure of the value of your items, consider an auction-style listing.

When you sell multiple items together in an auction-style listing, multiple bidders can win. All bidders pay the same price per item, each paying an amount equal to the lowest winning bid.

Here’s how it works:

1. Create your listing, and enter the quantity you want to sell and your starting price.

   For example, if you have 10 bags to sell that you’d like to sell for at least £5.99 each. You list them as a quantity of 10, and a starting price of £5.99.

2. Bidders enter their bid per item and the number of items they want.

   During the auction, you can click the History link in the listing to see the current winning bid. The bids that are winning show the price these bidders would pay if the auction ended immediately. On the Bid History page, all winning bids show the same price per unit--the lowest winning bid. To place a winning bid (a bid that wins at least some items), a bidder would need to exceed this price.

3. When the listing ends, the winning bids are selected in order of bid price per item.

   • A bid for 5 units at £12 per unit is ranked above a bid for 10 units at £11 per unit.

   • Winning bidders will pay a price equal to the lowest winning bid.

   • If two bids have the same price per item, the earlier bid is given priority.

     Example:

     For a listing with 10 available items and 2 bidders:

     • Bidder A bid for 8 items at £6 each.

     • Bidder B bid for 3 items at £7 each.

     In this case, the lowest successful bid is £6. So the outcome of this listing is:

     • Bidder B wins 3 items at £6 each.

     • Bidder A wins 7 items at £6 each.

Using fixed price listings

A fixed price listing is the simplest way to sell multiple items. With a fixed price listing, you specify a Buy It Now price for each item. Buyers can purchase your items until your quantity is gone. When selling multiple items at a fixed price, it pays to choose a longer duration, such as 10-day, 30-day, or Good ‘Til Cancelled.

Tip: If you often sell the same items, find out how listing them together at a fixed price can improve your standing in search results.

Requirements

To create a fixed price listing, you need to meet the listing requirements outlined in the following table:

The small print

• In a fixed price listing, you need to sell your items for at least £0.99 or €1.00 each.

• In an auction listing:

  • Bidders cannot lower their "total bid value" (the bid price per item times the number of items on which they're bidding) when they raise their bids.

  • Winning bidders have the right to refuse partial quantities. A bidder who wins some, but not all, of the quantity he or she requested doesn’t have to buy any of the items. In the example above, Bidder A bid on 8 items, but won only 7. Bidder A can refuse to complete the purchase.

Displaying the quantity of multiple items

If you have more than 10 of the same item to sell, you can choose to show the quantity available as “more than 10”, or show the actual number of items available.