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Selling · Guide 3 of 3

Run an auction, or take offers

Choose auction or fixed price in the Listing Composer, and let buyers make offers with limits you set.

What you'll end up with

A listing on eBay that's either an auction with a starting price and an end date, or a fixed-price listing where buyers can make you an offer, and eBay accepts or declines it automatically at the limits you set.

Steps

  1. Press List on eBay on the item's Workshop card, or open the item and scroll to eBay listing (the full walkthrough).
  2. Under Format, choose Auction or Fixed price.
  3. For an auction: set the Starting price (£) and choose a Duration (1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 days; 7 to start with). Add a Buy It Now (£, optional) price if you want a buyer to be able to end it early. eBay needs it to be at least 40% more than the starting price.
  4. For fixed price with offers: set the Price (£), tick Allow offers, and optionally fill in Automatically accept offers of (£) or more and Automatically decline offers below (£). Both must be below the price, and the accept amount can't be lower than the decline amount.
  5. Publish as usual. If eBay objects, Stashery tells you in plain words what to change.

Good to know

  • An auction sells one item. The quantity is fixed at 1. To sell several of the same thing, use fixed price.
  • No reserve price, and no offers on an auction. Both are left out on purpose.
  • A live auction can't be changed from Stashery. Once it's live, Live Listings shows its bids and end time instead of a Reprice button. To change it, go to eBay.
  • Changing your mind on a draft is fine. Switch format and Stashery rebuilds the draft on eBay's side, because eBay won't switch an existing one.