eBay.com offers international visibility for 5c

July 1, 2008

eBay.com are offering international site visibility for just 5c from today until 4th July. With the upgrade, normally priced from 10c to 40c, items listed on eBay.com also show in the search results of eBay UK. The usual sorts of exclusions apply: the offer isn’t good for Motors, Real Estate and SIF, and other listing fees apply as normal.

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International Site Visibility launches, breaks

May 20, 2008

This post was written in May 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

eBay’s new International Site Visibility feature launched today, and hundreds of eager sellers were keen to add it to their existing listings and reap the rewards of extra visibility on eBay.com.

Sadly, eBay’s system didn’t want to play, and many sellers who tried to add in the new feature were greeted with this error message:

You recently revised the following eBay listing(s) that included the international site visibility option:

[item number and title]

Unfortunately, as a result of that revision, your listing no longer appears to comply with all of our local policies for the following eBay site(s):

1. EBAY_AUTOS

Your listing for [category?] is not allowed.

We have removed international site visibility from your listing. Please note that the fee for this feature will not be credited back to your account.

If you’re able to revise your listing to make it eligible again for international site visibility, you can add it back to your listing at no extra charge.

If you have any questions about local listing policies, please contact Customer Support for that site by clicking “Contact Us” on any Help page.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Regards,
eBay Trust & Safety

(Emphasis mine.) Happily, Pink Rona has now posted on the PowerSeller Board that the items are visible on .com despite the message; anyone who finds their item not showing up as expected should contact Customer Support “and your fees will be refunded once investigated.”

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