posted on February 18, 2003 09:57:41 AM new
Just received announcement that Ebay UK has a free listing day tomorrow. U must list in Pound Sterling but can add to description that you prefer Dollars. U can use your Ebay US ID to set up auctions.
I checked with PayPal and they will offer conversion and you need to set that up with paypal. No charge to convert if funds deposited in checking account attached to PayPal.
Here's a currency converter I use on my website [http://www.xe.com/ucc/]
I'm posting this to see if anyone lists on Ebay UK or knows of any difficulty. Anyone going to try this FLD?
posted on February 18, 2003 10:49:27 AM new
I have listed on UK.ebay in past when ebay has had a free listing day. One time I had no problems, but on the second offer ebay made you had to accept billpoint payment service which made anyone who was not in the UK ineligible for the free listing day.
I list old inventory & am pleased if anything goes away. During the last UK run my customers were all from the US - mostly newbies who were a little disappointed that their item was not being shipped from the UK. (Strange, they would have paid 3 - 4 times more in shipping for the same thing & the items were low end!)
In the item location field I list in ALL CAPS - US SELLER - US SELLER!! But be prepared for lots of US buyers asking for shipping terms from England.
Be prepared for a long day of cut & paste onto ebay uk's sell your item page, listing auctions one by one. I have never heard of a way to bulk list onto the site - and most of the auction services do not list onto the UK site including auctionwatch.
Despite all the drawbacks, I feel the free listings will help drive business to my other auctions, so I'm willing to do it.
