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Seller Update: January 8, 2009
Get a head start in 2009 with these seller specials running now:
50% off auctions-the whole month of January. Ring in the New Year with "quick turn" auctions. Get 50% off Listing Fees all month for 1- and 3-day Auction-style listings. It's a great way to sell single quantity and unique items and get a quick visibility boost in Best Match search.
PowerSellers: Double your discounts with free shipping: Free shipping works to boost sales and DSRs, buyers love it, and best of all double PowerSeller discounts are extended through March.
Get free Subtitle on all listings with free shipping. Offer extended through March.
List books, music, movies and DVDs, and video games for just 15˘--and get free Subtitle. This special offer on Fixed Price listings in these hot categories is extended through March.
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NEW! Say goodbye to negative Feedback due to customs
We've taken steps to help protect sellers who ship globally from negative or neutral Feedback due to customs delays or customs fees. We'll now remove negative or neutral Feedback as long as your listing includes a clear message to buyers and the negative and neutral clearly calls out customs was the reason for the Feedback.
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Important: make sure your listings are up to date
For Books, Music, DVDs & Movies and Video Games listings: Remove any references from your item descriptions to shipping charges that exceed the maximums. Listings in violation are now being taken down.
Make sure your shipping charges reflect the new carrier rates: by January 5 for UPS and by January 18 for USPS.
Remove any references to checks and money orders from your listing descriptions. Starting January 15 these listings will be taken down.
If you are shipping globally, add customs "disclaimer" text to your description to help protect your Feedback.
A return policy and handling time must be specified in your listings by mid-March.
Save time by making any needed updates to your listings at once. See the Seller Checklist for details and options for bulk editing.
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January rate changes announced by USPS® and UPS®
We update the rates in the shipping calculator at midnight on the day the changes take affect-January 5 for UPS, January 18 for USPS.
Good news: USPS® is introducing a new, smaller Priority Mail flat-rate box for the same rate as a flat-rate envelope. The new box will be available in listing flows starting in late January.
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