The major improvements to the way Buy It Now and Shops work on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie announced in August are now here.

Our new Buy It Now means sellers can list as many identical items as they want in one listing, for 30 days, and all for a single flat fee.  The more items that sell from that listing, the higher the listing is likely to appear in search results.

If you sell lots of Buy It Now items, our new Shops are designed to give you the opportunity to offer even more stock on eBay, and to enjoy a lower upfront cost - as low as 1p on eBay.co.uk and 2c on eBay.ie depending on what level Shop subscription you choose.

We'd like to remind you that if you've pre-registered your interest in a Shop you’ll need to log in and complete your Shop registration before you start loading up your inventory.  We've also introduced changes to the qualifying criteria for Feature and Anchor Shops so that the best opportunities are open to the sellers offering the best service. Please check to make sure you've met these criteria.

To make the most of these changes, if you haven’t already done so, follow these four essential steps:

1. Sign up for the right Shop and get even lower insertion fees
2. Take advantage of cheaper multiple-item and Good ‘Til Cancelled listings
3. Get the best placement in search results with good products, great prices and Featured First
4. Keep delivering great service to buyers

To find out how to take advantage of these changes visit: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/buyitnow08 (eBay.co.uk) or http://pages.ebay.ie/buyitnow08 (eBay.ie).

We realise that there may be some technical issues with the merging of the two fixed price formats which means a SIF listing created before 25th September may incur a charge when gallery is added or when single listings are turned to multiple-item listings. We'll credit these charges in the next invoice cycle for sellers affected by this.

You may also notice that some of the Feature Pricing is displayed incorrectly in eBay and third-party tools. The correct pricing will be charged at the end of the transaction. We're working hard to make sure that the correct pricing will be displayed. To see the correct fees please visit http://pages.ebay.co.uk/pricechange08/index.html (eBay.co.uk) or http://pages.ebay.ie/pricechange08/index.html (eBay.ie).

We’re also awaiting updates to Turbo Lister to go live later today. We will keep you updated on the progress of this.

Regards,

The eBay Team