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Everyone has a few things that they don't use anymore, so we're giving you the perfect opportunity to make a profit from your unwanted items.

If you've never listed an item for sale before on eBay.co.uk, we'll refund the insertion fee for your first five listings, plus, we'll let you add a Gallery picture to those listings for free. This also applies to members who have not listed since 28th Feb 2005.

This is a real opportunity to start selling successfully; listings with Gallery pictures usually sell for 20% more than listings without.


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When Is It?
Monday 2nd May 2005 00:00:01 - Sunday 8th May 2005 23:59:59

What's Included?
  • This promotional offer applies to all members who registered on www.eBay.co.uk before 30th April 2005 and who have never listed an item for sale on www.eBay.co.uk. It also applies to members who have not listed since 28th Feb 2005.
  • Eligible members will receive an insertion fee credit for the first five items listed for sale on www.eBay.co.uk during the promotional week
  • Members will also be re-credited for a Gallery upgrade for their qualifying listings (normally charged at £0.15) where this is selected (but please note the Gallery upgrade is not the same as the Gallery Featured upgrade which is charged at the normal price)
  • All insertion fee levels are included
  • Listing in two categories is included
  • Auction and Fixed Price (Buy It Now) formats are included. Please note the additional information for Auction with Buy It Now format, as below.
  • All categories, including Motors and Properties, are included
  • If any qualifying item ends during this promotional week without a sale and is re-listed afterwards, the seller will be eligible for a re-list credit if the re-listed item sells successfully.
What's Excluded?
  • If a sixth item is listed during the promotional week, that listing and any subsequent listing will not be included in this promotion.
  • Any item listed during the promotional week but scheduled to start after the promotion has finished will not qualify for the promotion.
  • Multiple-Item Auction format listings (also known as Dutch Auctions) are excluded.
  • Shops Inventory Format listings are excluded.
  • Identical listings that do not comply with our Duplicate Listings policy are excluded.
  • If you revise an eligible listing created during the promotional week at a later date (i.e. after the promotion finishes) and further insertion fees become payable as a result of the revision, you will be charged the normal insertion fee.
  • If your item is in the Auction with Buy It Now (BIN) format, please note that the Listing Upgrade fee of £0.06 for using the BIN feature will still be charged
Further Information?
  • Members will be charged at the time of listing but will be re-credited by June 10th 2005. The memo on qualifying items will read ‘Start Selling Week Credit'.
  • Only the basic eBay insertion fee and the Gallery fee (where Gallery has been selected) 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 other listing upgrade fees such as "Bold" or "Highlight". See the full details about eBay fees.
  • Any use of Gallery Featured is not included in this promotion and will be charged at the normal price of £15.95
PayPal is an eBay company that enables anyone with an email address to send and receive online payments safely, easily and quickly.

How to Offer PayPal in your eBay Listings:
When listing in eBay's Sell Your Item form, select PayPal as a payment option under section 4 - "payments and postage". Follow these steps:
Go to the "Seller - Accepted Payment Methods" section
Tick the box under the PayPal logo and enter the email address registered with your PayPal account in the "payment will go to" box
Go to the bottom of the "Seller - Accepted Payment Methods" section and click "Edit Payment Address and Preferences"
Log in to your account again to view the "Payment Preferences" page. Under "PayPal Preferences", there are two tickboxes:
  • "Offer PayPal on all my listings"
  • "Tell my buyers that I prefer PayPal payments"
Tips: You may tick both options. The selected message(s) will appear automatically in all your listings
Click Submit and continue with the Sell Your Item form.