Starting Tuesday, January 28, 2003 between 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second on January 28, 2003) and ending 23:59:59 PT Thursday, January 30, 2003 (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds) eBay will be holding eBay Penny Gift Days. You can use eBay's Gift Services to showcase your gift. The Gift Services fee for Regular auction-style and Fixed Price listings will be $0.01 on the U.S. site www.ebay.com.
***All other fees (insertion fees, reserve fees, final value fees and all other optional feature fees*) will still be charged. If you choose to List in 2 Categories the fee for Gift Services will be $0.02. Listings created prior to January 28, 2003 but scheduled to start between January 28-30, 2003 will be eligible to receive the promotional fees.What is not included?
EBay Motors, Sothebys.com, Live Auction, International, Professional Services, Real Estate and Stores Inventory listings.
The promotional fee does not apply to listings with a start date prior to January 28, 2003 - including those listings revised during the promotional period. The promotional fee also does not apply to listing created between January 28-30, 2003 and scheduled to start after January 30, 2003.
This is a great time to advertise extras like Gift Wrapping/Gift Card, Express Shipping and also offering to ship directly to the gift recipient.
What are eBay Gift Services?
You can use eBay Gift Services to Attract More Buyers
1) EXPOSURE - Gain more exposure for your Gift items. Gift items can be filtered and viewed in category and search listings. Plus, stand out on search and listings pages with a cool gift box icon - easily identifiable by buyers.
2) DIFFERENTIATION - Differentiate yourself by offering additional gift services that buyers are looking for through the Gift Services search. Buyers can search by: a. Gift Wrap/Gift Card b. Express Shipping c. Ship to Gift Recipient
3) PROMOTION - Gift Services will be promoted in eBay merchandising and the Gift Center; drawing more prospective buyers to your gift items!
4) SPECIAL OFFER - As a special introductory offer, Gift Services are going to be available at launch through the end of the year for just $0.25!
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