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reed
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 Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:45 am Post subject: Yahoo Auctions Offers Free Listing to Some Sellers |
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| Last summer I found out that Yahoo had a "secret" program that allow sellers to list auctions for free and just pay a final value fee of 5%. This explains why some sellers have 100s of auctions starting at high values but hardly any sales. I tried to sign up for this program this week and was told it is no longer available to new sellers. |
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beckem
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Yahoo Auctions Offers Free Listing to Some Sellers |
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| Reed wrote: | | Last summer I found out that Yahoo had a "secret" program that allow sellers to list auctions for free and just pay a final value fee of 5%. This explains why some sellers have 100s of auctions starting at high values but hardly any sales. I tried to sign up for this program this week and was told it is no longer available to new sellers. |
It's somewhat academic as long as Yahoo refuses to promote their auctions. If they started promoting their auctions again,
the 5 cent listing fees would be a bargain.
I've never paid a cent to list on Yahoo. I received $1.00 in credit for each positive feedback I had from eBay. Something like $500+ in credit and I never used it up. Yahoo is so slow I don't even bother listing for free.
I would rather list with a site that atleast makes an effort. |
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weborg
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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Location: Minnesota
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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I gave up on Yahoo, especially now since they display ads on auction searches--ads that feature competitor products. Not worth the effort.
Chris
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Pac-n-Seal.com
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Location: Suffolk, Virginia
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'm with beckem on this one!
We had/have a couple of thousand $ in credits with Yahoo and have some stuff listed there, but sales are not all that impressive.
If I was the one that had to do the listings, I doubt I would bother even with all the credits we have there.
It's almost as if they "cycle" stuff on and off too. We won't have any sales for a while, then out of the blue we get several - one right after the other. Weird!
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reed
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:12 am Post subject: Yahoo |
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| We stopped listing there just after 9/11. Prior to that we did pretty well on Yahoo! In fact, we were buying on eBay and selling on Yahoo! I appreciate your insight because now I will not bother to go back on. |
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HourglasNtiques
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Does anybody know if they're still giving credits for eBay feedback?
~ Evelyn
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webmz
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:14 pm Post subject: ebay feedback for $1 credit? |
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| I'm also interested in hearing about this.. |
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