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Do you always include all the essential information about your item in your listing?
Using Item Specifics offers you an easy way to give buyers all the important details about your item, bringing you more bids and sales!

What’s more, on Thursday 19th May 2005, sellers will be eligible for a 5p insertion fee if they use Item Specifics when listing in any of the 42 categories in which Item Specifics is available.
Please check the Terms and Conditions to find out which categories have Item Specifics.

Sellers who use Item Specifics in their auction-style or auction with Buy It Now listings on Thursday 19th May 2005 will be eligible for a reduced insertion fee of just 5p per item.

Please note that at the time of listing the normal insertion fee will be charged, but sellers with qualifying listings (those with Item Specifics) will receive a credit to their accounts by 30th June 2005. See below for list of applicable categories.
Thursday 19th May 2005 between 00:00:01AM and 23:59:59PM (BST)
  • In order to qualify for this promotion, listings must be listed in one of the following categories, and make use of the Item Specifics functionality on offer:

Books, Comics & Magazines
Antiquarian Books (Pre-1940)
Audio Books
Children's Books
Educational/ Textbooks
Fiction Books
First Editions
Non-Fiction Books
Magazines
Clothes, Shoes & Accessories
Boys' Clothing
Girls' Clothing
Men's Clothing
Men's Shoes
Women's Accessories
Women's Bags
Women's Clothing
Women's Shoes
Women's Underwear & Swimwear
Computing
Desktop PCs
Drives/ Storage
- CD/ DVD Drives
- Hard Drives:
  Internal/ External
Laptops
Monitors
PDAs
Printers
DVD, Film & TV
DVDs
Videos: VHS/ PAL (UK
Other Formats
Mobile & Home Phones
Mobile Phones
Music
Cassettes
CDs
Records
Other Formats
PC & Video Gaming
Nintendo
PC Games
Sega
Sony Playstation
Sony PS2
Sony PSP
Vintage Gaming
X-Box
Photography
Digital Cameras
Digital Memory

  • Only qualifying auction-style listings (those in which the seller uses the Item Specifics functionality) in British Pounds Sterling on eBay.co.uk will qualify for 5p insertion fees. All auction format start prices are included in this promotion.

  • Any qualifying listing previously scheduled to go live on Thursday 19th May 2005 will qualify for the 5p insertion fee promotion.

  • If any qualifying listing closes without a sale and is re-listed afterwards, the seller will be eligible for a re-list credit in line with eBay's standard re-list policy.

  • Items can only be listed in one category to be eligible for this promotion

  • Items listed as Auction with Buy It Now format will be included in this promotion but the Buy It Now Listing Upgrade Fee will still be charged at £0.06 per listing.

  • Fixed Price (Buy It Now) listings are not included in this promotion.
  • Items listed in Automotive (eBay Motors, Cars, Classic Cars, Motorcycles or Other Vehicles) and Properties categories.
  • Multiple-Item Auction format listings (also known as Dutch Auctions).
  • Identical listings that do not comply with our Duplicate Listings policy.
  • Shops Inventory Format listings.
  • Any item listed on 19th May 2005 but scheduled to start after the promotion has finished will not qualify for the promotion.
  • Only the difference between the normal insertion fee and the 5p promotional rate will be credited; all other eBay selling fees will still apply including, but not limited to, final value fees, optional reserve price fees and all listing upgrade fees such as "Bold" or "Highlight". See details about eBay fees.
  • Item Specifics does not include the New/Used Attribute· Any item listed in two categories will not be eligible for this promotion
  • If you revise a qualifying listing created on 19th May at a later date, you will be charged the normal insertion fee, not the 5p promotional fee.
  • If your item qualifies for this promotion, you'll see on the Sell Your Item form that the normal insertion fee has been applied, but you will be credited by 30th June 2005. The invoice memo on the qualifying items will read "Item Specifics Promotion Credit".
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