In the next few days, we will introduce several new features for eBay Stores sellers. Soon you will be able to:

• Make changes to your Stores Inventory listings in bulk – You’ll be able to make an edit and apply it to as many of your Stores Inventory listings as you’d like.



• Easily change the format of your listings – It’ll be easier to change a Store Inventory Format listing to an online auction or Fixed Price format. Likewise, it will also be easier to move your online auctions or Fixed Price format listings back to Store Inventory Format.



• Use the new “Format” Column in My eBay – Store sellers will now see a Format column in My eBay to help you keep track of the listing format you chose for each item (you can always customize My eBay to hide this column if you prefer).

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In the next few days, we will be updating several of our site emails, such as End of Auction notices and Bid Confirmations. These emails will soon have a more consistent design intended to make it easier for you to quickly find the most important information.

In addition, these emails will now include a standard user greeting consisting of your first and last name and User ID. This should better help you determine whether an email is actually from eBay. Learn more about the user greeting.

Please note: the “From” and “Subject” fields in some of these emails are also changing slightly. If you have rules set up within your own email client to filter emails based on either the From or Subject fields, please see our discussion thread on the Auction Listings board that includes details about which emails will be affected to help you update your rules.

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Announcing the winners of the 5 and 10 Birthday Giveaway contest!

The results are in! Congratulations to $5000 Grand Prize winner, renae1131. In addition, we have two $500 Secondary Prize winners, labretonne2002 and intreppidd.

In addition to our Grand Prize and Secondary Prize winners, we also gave out an iPod Mini every day of the contest. The winners of these daily giveaways were; krispy041575, ve6sdb, augustuscaesarv, relention, djdcsd, kimberley1117, hedgy905, tomx4411, otaku-gamer, jouslare and zobratuck.

Please join us in congratulating these lucky contest winners.

Learn more about the 5 and 10 Birthday Giveaway contest.

 

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*** 5 cent Listing Day - August 25, 2005 ***

eBay is having a 5 cent Listing Day for Canadians! It all starts Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 00:00:01 EDT (12:00 AM plus one second on August 25, 2005) and ends that same day Thursday, August 25, 2005 23:59:59 EDT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

Insertion fees for Auction-Style and Fixed Price listings will be reduced to 5 cents. This discounted price will be good for all Canadian residents listing on eBay.ca, eBay.com or eBay Motors. Listings created prior to the promotion and scheduled to start during the promotional period of August 25, 2005 will be eligible for the promotional fee. Please note the discounted fees will not be immediately reflected on the site. You will see a credit to your seller's account in September.

Items re-listed on August 25 that match the above eligibility will qualify for the promotion. Canadian residents who registered on other eBay sites will still be eligible, provided your registered address is Canadian.

Motors vehicles, Business and Industrial Capital Equipment, Store Inventory Format and Real Estate Ad Format listings will not be included in this promotion. The promotional rate does not apply to listings revised during the promotional period. The promotional rate also does not apply to listings created during the promotion August 25, 2005, but scheduled to start after the promotion ends.

For more details, including detailed eligibility and exclusions, click here.

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In the coming weeks, we will be updating several of our site emails, such as End of Auction notices and Bid Confirmations. These emails will now have a more consistent design intended to make it easier for you to quickly find the most important information.

In addition, these emails will now include a standard user greeting consisting of your first and last name and User ID. This should better help you determine whether an email is actually from eBay. Learn more about the user greeting.

Please note: The "From" and "Subject" fields in some of these emails are also changing slightly. If you have rules set up within your own email client to filter emails based on either the From or Subject fields, please see the discussion thread on eBay.com's Auction Listings board that includes details about which emails will be affected to help you update your rules.

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Special Lower Pricing for Vehicle Insertion Fees – Ending August 17, 2005

The recent eBay Motors limited time vehicle listing promotion will be ending on August 17, 2005.

At 00:00:01 on August 17, 2005 EDT, eBay will be ending the limited time vehicle listing promotion of C $19.99 or US $14.99 for Canadian resident Sellers. Vehicle listings will return to regular listing fees for Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, Powersports and Other Vehicles categories. For more information please read our fees page

 

Regular Insertion Fees (Reinstated starting August 17, 2005)
 

Credits towards the present Motors Vehicles promotion will be applied within 60 days to the Seller’s account for listings up to August 16^th, 2005 at 23:59:59.

Normal final value and listing upgrade fees will be applied to eligible transactions.

Listings created on or between March 1, 2005 and August 16, 2005 will be eligible for the promotional fee. The regular insertion fees will begin 00:00:01 EDT on August 17 (one second after midnight).

For more details, please visit our fees page.

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