Ebay £1 offer

[wjwren]

I've got a few things to sell and was going to use ebay. A year ago I used to get £1 selling offers but they don't seem to appear these days. Does anyone else get them?

[JDiz]

make sure marketing emails are on, I get 80% off fees ones regularly

check hotukdeals for links to the offers too

[BlindedByTheLights]

EBay is a very expensive way to sell these days unfortunately

[otherman]

BlindedByTheLights said:

EBay is a very expensive way to sell these days unfortunately

They still charge 10%, as they have done for years.

[blingybongy]

Try Vinted.
You can sell pretty much anything on it.

[Lagom]

JDiz said:

make sure marketing emails are on, I get 80% off fees ones regularly

This! Sign up to be contacted for offers from eBay, I get offered the 80% off once a month.

[towser44]

I had a £1 selling fees with zero insertion fees for 1,000 items last weekend. Only available for 3 days though.

[markymarkthree]

I get the 80% off every 2 weeks and every now and then £1 listing. I wait for the £1 listing to sell the stuff that i know will do very well.

[r3g]

I've been patiently waiting for free listing days for a long time now. I got them when I signed up a new account about a year ago and sold a ton of stuff, but unfortunately reached the monetary limit and wasn't able to sell it all. Ever since then I've received the "max variable 80% off fees" 3 day promotions but I've ignored them all hoping that they do the free one again, but doesn't look like it's going to happen. Can anyone tell me if they offer the free one again, or will it always be 80% now? Presumably if you sell more stuff, they reduce it further, to 60% and so on ?

[K87]

I am put off selling items on eBay because of the reported practice of passing your details to HMRC who accuse you of being a business seller even if you are just selling off a few household item.

In 2022 I had to pay tax on what I had sold and was charged £5000 advance tax for 2023-2024 tax year based on what they thought I might sell in this tax year. It was only after a long and frustrating phone call that they accepted that there were no projected sales, I was warned that they 'would be watching'.

[shtu]

r3g said:

free listing days?

Most things are free to list these days, it's the final value fees that get regualr discounts.

£1 max - a rare beast, and useful for really high value stuff.
80% off - that's a monthly event.
70% off - if you don't qualify for the 80% off, you can usually find that.

https://www.hotukdeals.com/search?q=ebay%20fees

[nickfrog]

BlindedByTheLights said:

EBay is a very expensive way to sell these days unfortunately

Not IME. Very good value for the size of the audience, convenience and yield. Obviously only list at 80% off.

[Grumps.]

I get loads of £1 offers and I don’t even sell that much

Maybe 5 items a year.

[anonymous-user]

K87 said:

I am put off selling items on eBay because of the reported practice of passing your details to HMRC who accuse you of being a business seller even if you are just selling off a few household item.

In 2022 I had to pay tax on what I had sold and was charged £5000 advance tax for 2023-2024 tax year based on what they thought I might sell in this tax year. It was only after a long and frustrating phone call that they accepted that there were no projected sales, I was warned that they 'would be watching'.

https://www.gov.uk/check-additional-income-tax

You don’t pay tax if selling ‘a few household items’

[wjwren]

r3g said:

I've been patiently waiting for free listing days for a long time now. I got them when I signed up a new account about a year ago and sold a ton of stuff, but unfortunately reached the monetary limit and wasn't able to sell it all. Ever since then I've received the "max variable 80% off fees" 3 day promotions but I've ignored them all hoping that they do the free one again, but doesn't look like it's going to happen. Can anyone tell me if they offer the free one again, or will it always be 80% now? Presumably if you sell more stuff, they reduce it further, to 60% and so on ?

I've just signed up for a new account so we will see.
You can't get the £1 offer via hotdeals etc as it is specfic to your account so if you haven't been chosen then it's pointless.

[fiesta1066]

Ebay is expensive, im surprised they dont hae more £1 offers as im sure FB marketplace and vinted have taken a big slice of their profits. Wasnt FB going to start charging for using Marketplace?