Michael Jones

Amazing news! On May 16, all sellers can list Auction-style with Buy It Now FREE—to catch those buyers who need their items fast. Pay zero insertion fees, even for your high-ticket items.

This offer applies to Auction-style listings on eBay.com, eBay Motors Parts & Accessories and eBay Canada. Most categories are included. This Promotion starts on Wednesday May 16, 2012, at 00:00:01 PT and will end on Wednesday May 16, at 23:59:59 PT. All existing selling limits (as well as category and item limits) still apply, and may exclude and prevent certain sellers from creating the maximum number of listings—50,000—in this promotion. See terms and conditions for full details.

Enjoy the savings!

Sincerely,

Michael Jones
Vice President,
Merchant Development

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Greg Pedone

Been looking for a way to thank those who serve or have served our country? Now you can buy or sell on eBay and support our servicemen, servicewomen, veterans, and their families through the eBay Giving Works “Honoring our Heroes” campaign.

From now until midnight PST June 3, you can give to our veterans, servicemen and women and their families—even service dogs—when you buy items that have designated 10% to 100% of the sale price to any of the participating nonprofits, including the USO, Blue Star Families, US War Dogs Association, and more. Or simply buy anything on eBay.com and donate to these organizations when you check out.

Sellers: For any items you list by midnight PST June 3, when you pledge to donate from 10% to 100% of an item’s final sale price through eBay Giving Works “Honoring our Heroes”, we’ll credit back your insertion and final value fees by the same percentage you pledged. Donating 50% of your item’s final sale price? You’ll get back 50% of your fees. If you give 100%, you’ll get full credit on these fees. View a step-by-step tutorial on creating an eBay Giving Works listing.

Visit the Giving Works page for a full list of participating organizations and turn your listings into a force for good with eBay Giving Works today.

Sincerely,

Greg Pedone
General Manager,
eBay Giving Works

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Kristine Chin

Parts compatibility—an easy, efficient way for you to list parts that fit many vehicles—has come to ALL eBay Motors Motorcycles categories! This means that you can create one listing describing a single part and add an extensive list of motorcycles that part is compatible with—saving you both time and money on insertion fees. Listing with parts compatibility also helps get your relevant items in front of buyers via search—both on eBay and via off-site search engines like Google and Yahoo!.

Best of all, listing with parts compatibility is a snap—view our tutorials to learn how to get started.

Sincerely,

Kristine Chin
Head of eBay Motors

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Michael Jones

Amazing news for sellers with an eBay Stores subscription: from May 7–13, you can list Auction-style for FREE. Pay zero insertion fees, even for your high-ticket items!

Both current and new eBay Stores subscribers are eligible for this offer, so if you’ve been considering opening an eBay Store, now’s a great time! For as little as $15.95 a month, an eBay Stores subscription offers discounted Fixed Price insertion fees and final value fee rates, free pictures, and powerful marketing tools to help boost your sales.

This offer applies to Auction-style listings (with the exception of 1-day listings) on eBay.com, eBay Motors Parts & Accessories and eBay Canada. Most categories are included. This Promotion starts on Monday May 7, 2012, at 00:00:01 PT and will end on Sunday, May 13, at 23:59:59 PT. All existing selling limits (as well as category and item limits) still apply, and may exclude and prevent certain sellers from creating the maximum number of listings—50,000—in this promotion. See terms and conditions for full details.

Enjoy the savings!

Sincerely,

Michael Jones
Vice President,
Merchant Development

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Kristine Chin

Parts compatibility—an easy, efficient way for you to list parts that fit many vehicles—is coming this month to all eBay Motors Motorcycles categories.

This means that you can create one listing describing a single part and add an extensive list of motorcycles that part is compatible with—saving you both time and money on insertion fees. Listing with parts compatibility also helps get your relevant items in front of buyers via search—both on eBay and via off-site search engines like Google and Yahoo!.

For sellers that want to get a head start, this functionality is available now in the following categories:

• Motorcycle Parts—Exhaust (category number #35573)
• Motorcycle Parts—Body & Frame—Seats (category number #35566)

Ready to give it a try? View our tutorials to learn how to get started.

Sincerely,

Kristine Chin
Head of eBay Motors

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If you sell in any of these categories, take action now to update your existing listings. You’ll also be required to list all new items with the catalog in these categories whenever there’s a product match.  Listing with the catalog helps buyers find your items faster, so find out which of your listings should be listed with the catalog and update your listings today. See the full list of electronics categories required to list with the catalog.

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• May 1 deadline for uploading tracking to achieve or keep Top-rated seller status
• To be a Top-rated seller, tracking information needs to be uploaded to eBay within your stated handling time on 90% of transactions with US buyers. Start uploading tracking by May 1 to make sure you qualify by June 20.
• Last chance for extra savings! Until May 31, current Top-rated sellers get a bonus 5% discount off final value fees—along with their current 20% discount—for all listings with 1-day handling and a minimum 14-day returns window with a money-back refund option. Add those services to your listings now for the greatest savings, and to make sure you’re ready when they are required for Top-rated seller discounts starting June 1.
• Check Selling Reminders on the My eBay All Selling page or the new Listing Improvement section of the Selling Manager summary page to see which listings need to be updated to meet these new standards, and then easily edit those listings in bulk.
• On June 1 the sales volume requirement to be a Top-rated seller goes down to $1,000 annual sales. Track your progress toward these new requirements in your Seller Dashboard.

• The 3-day and 7-day returns windows and “Merchandise credit” and “Exchange” options will be retired for new listings and relistings as of May 2. Update your listings with a 14-day or longer returns window now. Note: if you are a Top-rated seller, this will be required for your listings to qualify for the 20% final value fee discount starting June 1.

• USPS® First-Class service will be reclassified from Expedited to Standard as of the first week in May. Be sure to add another service to your listings if you want to offer expedited shipping.

• Updates in the following categories will occur on May 1: Clothing, Shoes & Accessories, Coins, Computers & Networking, Consumer Electronics, eBay Motors, Home & Garden, Toys, and Jewelry & Watches (Category adjustments in Watches only). We encourage you to include all required and suggested item specifics in your listings. Find out how your listings are affected.

• Starting May 1, the maximum standard final value fee for Auction-style listings will increase from $100 to $250. At 9% of the final sale price, the change will increase final value fees only on sales over $1,111 per listing. This change applies only to sellers who do not have an eBay Stores subscription.

• Motors Parts & Accessories and Vehicles: As of May 2, some listing features will be retired: Border, Highlight, Featured Plus!, and Listing Icon in Parts & Accessories and Motors Home Page Featured in Motors Vehicles. On June 4, 2012, these features will no longer be visible in search results.

• Motors Vehicles: As of May 2, you can find your vehicle in the eBay vehicles catalog, simply by entering the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) when listing.

• Start now to update your pictures to meet the new picture quality standards coming this fall. Your listings will benefit immediately and you’ll be all set when the new requirements go into effect—so be ready to load up when pictures are FREE for all sellers in July. Check out the NEW eBay Photo Center for tips on how take and edit pictures to help sell your items.

• Best Match, eBay’s default sort order, will begin looking at more information from your listing—including your item description—to rank search results. Item specifics, product codes like UPCs and ISBNs, brand, part numbers, and other descriptors will be increasingly important to get your listing found by more interested buyers.

Get details on all the 2012 Spring Seller Updates and use the Seller Checklist to stay on top of important dates. Update your listings quickly and efficiently with bulk editing tools.

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Michael Jones

Amazing news! From April 26-28, all sellers can list up to 5,000 items in the Fixed Price format for FREE. Pay zero insertion fees, even for your high-ticket items.

Listing in Fixed Price is a great way to catch buyers who need their items fast, so if you’ve never tried this format, there’s never been a better time!

This offer applies to Fixed Price listings (3, 5, 7, 10, or 30 days, or Good ‘Til Cancelled) on eBay.com, eBay Motors Parts & Accessories and eBay Canada. Most categories are included. This Promotion starts on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 00:00:01 PT and will end on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 23:59:59 PT. All existing selling limits (as well as category and item limits) still apply, and may exclude and prevent certain sellers from creating the maximum number of listings in this promotion. See terms and conditions for full details.

Enjoy the savings!

Sincerely,

Michael Jones
Vice President,
Merchant Development

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Once USPS First-Class Package service is reclassified, eBay will automatically update all listings that specify First-Class Mail as a shipping service as offering Standard shipping, not Expedited. Be sure to update any listing with a different service if you want to continue offering an Expedited shipping service. You can update your listings quickly and efficiently with bulk editing tools. And don’t forget: with eBay Labels, you can purchase discounted postage, get FREE Delivery Confirmation ^TM on USPS® Priority ® Mail, Express Mail®, and First-Class Package service, prepare multiple shipments, print up to 50 shipping labels at one time and more. Plus, tracking info is emailed to buyers and automatically uploaded to My eBay. If you’ve never tried it before, there’s never been a better time—check it out today!

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Tune in to eBay Motors “modJOBS2” and follow the transformation of a Yamaha V Star 950 cruiser into a one-of-a-kind custom bagger over eight webisodes. Host Jessica Prokup faces a challenge from her friend, actor/motorcyclist Hal Sparks, to build a custom bike that will be unveiled at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles and then auctioned on eBay to benefit the National Motorcycle Safety Fund. Season highlights include celebrity bike builder Jay Lossa and a ride with Last Comic Standing winner Alonzo Bodden to the infamous motorcyclist hang-out, Rock Store.

But you can do more than just watch the action. From “modJOBS2”, you can:

• Enter once daily at “modJOBS2” for your chance to win a Yamaha V Star 950 cruiser
• Get the inside scoop on everything you need to ride farther, safer, and smarter
• Find videos and tips on bikes, riding, and choosing your own motorcycle
• Connect with other riders online

Watch episode one now and stop by each week for more awesome content. Check it out today!

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