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Free listings

If you're a private seller, or a business seller with an eBay Shop subscription, you get a number of free listings every month. This means you can list items for sale in most categories with no listing fee – you'll only pay a listing fee if you've used up your monthly allocation. Keep in mind that other fees may apply, for example if you choose to add upgrades to your listing.

The number of free listings you receive depends on whether you are a private seller or a business seller, and whether you have an eBay Shop subscription. See our Fees for private sellers and Fees for business sellers articles to learn about free listing allocations.

How it works

We won't charged a listing fee if you still have an allocation of free listings available in a given month. However, you may still need to pay transaction fees when your item sells.

The following will count against your monthly allocation of free listings:

  • New listings
  • Manually relisted items
  • Automatic renewals and relists if you're a business seller
  • Listings that you end early, or we end early
  • Duplicate identical auction-style listings (even if one or more of those listings doesn't appear on eBay immediately)

Terms and exclusions for free listings

Here are some other things you should be aware of:

  • If you're a private seller, automatic renewals of your fixed price listings and automatic relists of your auctions are free (we don't charge a listing fee or deduct from your free listings allocation for the automatic renewal or relist)
  • All existing selling limits on your account still apply, and may prevent you from using your entire allocation of free listings
  • You can't use your free listings in the following formats and categories:
    • Classified Ad listing format (free for UK-based private sellers)
    • Property listings (free for UK-based private sellers)
    • Cars, Motorcycles & Vehicles categories
  • We charge fees for any optional listing upgrades and supplemental services you choose, for example:

To find out more about eBay fees, see our article on fees, credits and invoices.

We won't charge a listing fee if you still have an allotment of free listings available in a given month. However, you may need to pay fees for any optional upgrades you choose and transaction fees when your item sells.

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