Terms and Conditions
When is it?
Between Tuesday the 12th of August 00:00:01 GMT to Wednesday the 24th of September 2008 23:59:59 GMT.
What is it?
From Tuesday the 12th of August to Wednesday the 24th of September 2008, you will pay the same insertion fee to list one item or multiple identical items per listing in eligible categories using Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) or 30 day Shop Inventory Formats. (“Promotional Insertion Fee”). If the listing is in respect of 2 eligible categories, the Insertion Fee will be the applicable Promotional Insertion Fee times two.
What’s included?
- Only a listing relating to identical items (colour variation is permitted. E.g. T-shirts of different colours are treated as identical items. This is the only permitted variation), listed in British Pounds Sterling on eBay.co.uk, as part of a Multiple-Item listing, using the Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) format or Shops Inventory Format listings for 30 Days are included. See the full details about listing items in Shops Inventory Format. Find out more about Multiple-Item listing.
- This includes Fixed Price formats and Shops Inventory Format listings for 30 Days.
- Sellers can list items with any starting price to qualify for the promotion.
- Any listing previously scheduled to go live between Tuesday the 12th of August to Wednesday the 24th of September 2008 will qualify for the promotion.
- Listings in the 'Parts & Accessories' sub category of the Cars, Parts & Vehicles category.
Please refer to the table below for the basic Insertion Fees for listing an item on eBay.co.uk including details of both the regular and promotional Insertion Fees by starting price (for the category-specific selling fees for "Media" products see the “Media” category specific pricing section below):
| Promotional Insertion Fees for multiple item listings in the Fixed Price Buy It Now format | ||
| Starting price per item | Single item Regular Insertion Fee | Promotional Insertion Fee for two or more identical items, within the same listing Insertion Fee |
| £0.01 - £0.99 | £0.10 | £0.10 |
| £1.00 - £4.99 | £0.15 | £0.15 |
| £5.00 - £14.99 | £0.25 | £0.25 |
| £15.00 - £29.99 | £0.50 | £0.50 |
| £30.00 - £99.99 | £1.00 | £1.00 |
| £100.00 or more | £1.30 | £1.30 |
Please see below for more details.
Residential Property
Insertion Fee for Residential Property for Buy It Now-Only items is: £35.00 fixed, irrespective of the quantity of items included in the listing.
| Residential Property for Buy It Now-Only items Promotional Insertion Fees for multiple item listings using Fixed price (Buy It Now) format | ||
| Starting Price per item | Single item Regular Insertion Fee | Promotional Insertion Fees for two or more identical items within the same listing
Insertion Fee |
| £All Prices | £35.00 | £35.00 |
Mobile Phone with contracts
Insertion Fee for Mobile Phone with contracts listings in the Buy It Now format is: £7.95 fixed, irrespective of the quantity of items included in the listing. Note that Shop Inventory format is not available.
Mobile Phone with contracts for Buy It Now listings Promotional Insertion Fees for multiple item listings | ||
| Starting Price per item | Single item Regular Insertion Fee |
Promotional Insertion Fees for two or more identical items within the same listing Insertion Fee |
| £All Prices | £7.95 | £7.95 |
| Promotional Insertion Fees for Shop Inventory Format listings for multiple identical items | ||
| Starting price tranche | Single item Regular (30 days) Insertion Fee |
Promotional Insertion Fees for two or more identical items within the same listing Insertion Fee |
| £0.01 - £4.99 | £0.03 | £0.03 |
| £5.00 - £9.99 | £0.05 | £0.05 |
| £10.00 - £49.99 | £0.07 | £0.07 |
| £50.00 - £499.99 | £0.09 | £0.09 |
| £500.00 or more | £0.11 | £0.11 |
"Media" category specific pricing
- Listings in the "Media" categories (see below for a full list) using Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats are included in this promotion. Please see the table below for the Category-specific selling fees for “Media” products.
| Category-specific selling fees for "Media" products: Insertion Fees for listings (Buy It Now format) | ||
| Starting price per item (Buy It Now-style) | Regular Insertion Fee | Promotional Insertion Fee for Two or More identical items within the same listing |
| £0.01 - £0.99 | £0.10 | £0.10 |
| £1.00 or more | £0.10 | £0.10 |
The Media categories are:
- the "Books, Comics & Magazines" category (excluding the "Accessories" sub category)
- the "DVD, Film and TV" category (excluding the "Accessories/Storage", "Film Memorabilia" and "TV Memorabilia" sub categories)
- the "Games" sub category of the "Video Games" category
- the "Music" category (excluding the "Music Memorabilia" and "Accessories/Storage" sub categories).
What's Excluded?
- Auction-style and Auction-with-Buy It Now Format listings.
- All listings for multiple, non-identical items.
- Apart from the "Parts & Accessories" sub category as detailed in the "What's Included?" section above, all other items listed in any "Motors" or “Commercial Vehicles” categories are excluded from the promotion.
- Identical listings that do not comply with our Duplicate Listings policy. See the full details about our Duplicate Listings policy.
- Shops Inventory Format listings for 90 Days or Good Til Cancelled. See the full details about listing items in Shops Inventory Format.
- Any listing placed during the promotional period but scheduled to start after the promotional period will NOT qualify for the promotion.
- All listings which do not comply with our Listing Policies or Prohibited and restricted Items Policies.
- The eBay re-list policy does not apply to listings for more than one item. Therefore, even if your listing (for multiple items) ends without a winning buyer or results in an Unpaid Item, you will not qualify for a credit by relisting the item.
- This promotion only relates to the basic eBay Insertion Fee. All other eBay selling fees will still apply at their standard rates, including, but not limited to, Final Value Fees, optional Reserve Price Fees and all Listing Upgrade Fees such as "Subtitle", "Bold" or "Highlight". See the full details about eBay fees.
Further information
- If the listing is in respect of 2 categories, the Insertion Fee will be the Promotional Insertion Fee times 2.
- If the item qualifies for the promotion, the "Sell Your Item" form will indicate that the Promotional Insertion Fee has been charged.
- Please note: For sellers listing Shops Inventory Format listings for 30 Days with any tool other than the latest version of the Sell Your Item form (SYI 3.0) the promotional Insertion Fee will not be shown during the listing process. Instead the discount will be reflected in the "View Account Status" section in My eBay, as well as in your next invoice.
General terms
eBay reserves the right to suspend, change or cancel the promotion at any time, in the event of circumstances arising which, in eBay's opinion, make it necessary for it to do so. eBay reserves the right to add additional terms and conditions for certain parts of this promotion.
The decision of eBay regarding any aspect of this promotion is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Must use Buy It Now and PayPal.
