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Yahoo Auctions Offers Free Listing to Some Sellers

 
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reed



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:45 am    Post subject: Yahoo Auctions Offers Free Listing to Some Sellers Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Yahoo Auctions Offers Free Listing to Some Sellers Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:12 am    Post subject: Yahoo Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anybody know if they're still giving credits for eBay feedback?

~ Evelyn
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:14 pm    Post subject: ebay feedback for $1 credit? Reply with quote

I'm also interested in hearing about this..
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