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eBay Discount Sites and Tips Please Read

by: zselectronics0055( 440Feedback score is 100 to 499) Top 1000 Reviewer
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There is this really good site that gives up to 25% discount on eBay purchases. It is called Live Search Cashback which is an eBay cashback program. You sign into it prior to using  Buy It Now and it shows up as Microsoft Cashback 25% when you go on eBay from there to make a Buy It Now purchase.

This cashback program only works with Buy it Now and does not apply to the shipping fees that are separate from the Buy It Now price. Because of this, I have a recommendation for the sellers with fixed price listings and auctions that have buy it now prices with fixed shipping prices that want their sales to go up:

Include the shipping in the starting bid (for example, instead of $0.99, add the $15 shipping fee making it $15.99 starting bid) and buy it now auctions and fixed price auctions as well. For example: instead of setting the Buy It Now to $25 and charging $15 for flat rate shipping separately, include the shipping price in that buy it now price which would be setting the Buy It Now price to $40 since it includes the shipping fee and set the shipping cost to free in the listing. This is one of the best ways to attract more buyers and have higher and more successful sales. $25 would be saving the buyer only up to $6.25 and the buyer would be paying the whole shipping fee separate from the buy it now price itself. With the $15 shipping price included in the $40 buy it now price, it would be saving the buyer up to $10 on their purchase (or more if 30% unexpectedly shows up some days). This is the reason why most of my listings will be fixed price auctions with free shipping. The limit for usage is 12 times per ebay account. Once 12 times is up, you will no longer be eligible for this discount.

Another good program which gives good cashback is Big Crumbs which is good for fixed and auction prices! It gives the buyers up to 36% of the seller's fee in which the buyer purchases the item for that seller. For example: 12% of the winning bid or buy it now price being $100 nets a $12 final value fee and 36% of that $12 would be $4.32 cashback the buyer gets. This discount program is ideal for buyers who mainly bid on auctions and win them instead of using Buy It Now and want to save money. Another tip for sellers would be to include the links to these two eBay discount programs so buyers can save money and purchase more items from you! Unfortunately, it doesn't work on best offers. Go to bigcrumbs and register for it and start getting cashback for purchases made on here any other online site it supports! All the cashbacks are credited to buyer's Paypal accounts. It may take a while for them to show up, but it is definitely worth the wait!

If you have any questions about this guide or would like the links to these 2 programs, please feel free to e-mail me and/or check my listings!


Guide ID: 10000000009392348Guide created: 11/13/08 (updated 11/15/08)

 
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