Sellers already have the ability to offer discounted postage rates when a buyer purchases multiple items. In the next week or so, you'll see the following improvements to this feature:

• Extended merchandising: Buyers looking at your items will be encouraged to take advantage of your combined postage discounts by making multiple purchases from you. We're also making it easy for them to window shop during the buying process and view your items where your discounts apply.

• Different discounts for different items: Sellers will have the flexibility to set different discount postage rules for different items. For example, you can set discount rules for your cricket ball sales that are different from your discount rules for your cricket bat sales. Since the postage costs can vary greatly from item to item, this gives sellers much more flexibility.

• Promotional Postage/Shipping: In contrast to offering postage discounts per item, Promotional Shipping allows you to set a special postage rate on all of your sales that meet some criteria. For example, you could choose to offer "Free postage when you spend $25!" or "Buy 3 items and postage is only $5!" This is a great new marketing tool for sellers to consider as part of their strategy.