Note: This is specific to users of the UK EBay but hopefully similar promotions are available where you are.

EBay usually charges 10% of the final transaction fee for each sale. This can mount up pretty quickly.

However, Ebay often release promotions which allow you to sell for a maximum fee of £1 so it’s worth waiting. The site allows you to create drafts of your item so you can get everything prepared ahead of time if you prefer and the just hit the button once the promotion has been enabled.

I receive E-Mails whenever these promotions becomes live. These need to be activated and will then become active for the duration specified.

The active offer in my promotions list

At the time of writing the specific details of the promotion are as follows:

Applies to Final Value Fees on up to 100 listings. Maximum fee per sold listing. Zero insertion fees apply. Item must sell within the first listing period. Private sellers only.