Any idea why ebay is giving away so much free money lately?

[Fballguy]

15% Coupon yesterday...10% eBay bucks today. They're dong wonders for my collection...but not my wallet.

Edit...And now another 15% coupon today as well. 10% eBay bucks on the app.

I wish there was more to choose from on Ebay right now. I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel on items.

[Peter_Spaeth]

What's the code on the coupon and is it capped?

[Leon]

My gut tells me that if we whittle down to the real reason, ebay might have good bottom line numbers but not top line. Give away a little margin for sales ....and yes, probably to try to please analysts and therefore shareholders. Regardless if that is the answer or not, the answer is always Money.

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by Leon

My gut tells me that if we whittle down to the real reason, ebay might have good bottom line numbers but not top line. Give away a little margin for sales ....and yes, probably to try to please analysts and therefore shareholders. Regardless if that is the answer or not, the answer is always Money.

Managing earnings... trying to get people back to eBay

[jfkheat]

In addition to the buyer promotions, eBay is giving promotions to sellers too. A couple weeks ago I got one where the final value fee was capped at $20. I sold a $1000 card and paid $20 in fees.
James

[Jantz]

Ebay is also allowing some sellers the promo to list 100 auctions with no listing fee.

If an item is listed and it doesn't sell, it doesn't change your total. So if 50 of your 100 auctions don't sell, well then list 50 more auctions free.

[Luke]

There's another 15% promo today as well? I'm guessing that was a typo, but I hope not

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by Luke

There's another 15% promo today as well? I'm guessing that was a typo, but I hope not

It is on limited sellers so does not apply to everything

[jburl]

Some sellers also have a promo for 40% off final value fees for items that sell over $500.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by kmac32

It is on limited sellers so does not apply to everything

How do you know which sellers have it?

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How do you know which sellers have it?

There are between 100 to 150 sellers per category-- it covers many fixed price and mid to high level sellers.

Make sure you enter "PSPRINGBF" at checkout--- I believe this one can be used twice over the next three days ending April 1st at 8 AM.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by kmac32

It is on limited sellers so does not apply to everything

Mine applied to everything in the sports card and memorabilia dept.

[Fballguy]

I guess I didn't scroll down far enough on the details page and as luck would have it, the seller I just sent $300 to was on the list. All good.