Online Auctions - Ebid Auctions

Auction site Ebid have many auction opportunities.

Auto-extend Auctions

If the seller has this turned on it will extend the length of the auction by 60 seconds if there is a bid within the final 60 seconds of the auction. This option is only available to Seller Plus+ users.

Featured Auction

If the seller selects this method then the item will be at the top of the relevant section for 30 days. Featured listings cost from zero to 1.00 in your local currency, however the final value fee is zero.

Gallery Auction

Gallery auctions are only for seller + status. The listing of Gallery auctions is free, they get a thumbnail and up to 5 free pictures. When a Gallery auction is successful then a 2% final value fee is incurred. Gallery auction is the most popular auction type. Gallery auctions can have a run time of 3+ days.

Free Auctions

Free auctions are only for seller + status. The listing of free auctions is totally free, but you do not get a picture thumbnail on the results page, but you still get up to 5 free pictures. If a free auction sells then it incurs no final value fee. Free auctions can have a run time of 3+ days.

Platinum Auctions

Platinum auctions are only for seller status. There is a listing fee of £0.05 or 0.05 in local currency normally. The platinum auction gets you a thumbnail picture and if it sells you pay a final value fee of 3%. Again platinum auctions can have a run time of 3+ days.

Standard Auction

Standard auctions are only for seller status. There is no listing fee for standard auctions, and like the free auction above, no gallery picture is shown in the results. If a standard auction is successful then a final value fee of 3% is charged. Run time of standard auctions is 3+ days.

Run-til-sold

Run til sold auctions do exactly what it says, the stay on eBid until the item sells, however they appear near the bottom of search results. Run-til-sold auctions do not have a countdown time.

On first bid

On first bid auctions do what you would imagine, they only start after the first bid has been placed, minimum duration of on first bid is 3 days.