If you're looking for tips and tricks on creating a great listing – check out our seller guides.
Listing types
Auction
- Sellers can set a start price and specify a reserve. A Buy Now can also be added.
- Members place bids – bids will begin at the start price, and may need to reach a reserve price. If a Buy Now is added, this can be selected at any time, until the bids exceed the Buy Now.
- If the reserve is met, the highest bidder is the winner. If the Buy Now is accepted, the auction will close right away.
Classified
Classified sales happen off-site, and are used for property, motors, certain machinery and animals.
- Sellers create a listing and set an asking price.
- Interested members contact the seller directly.
- Once an agreement has been reached, the seller withdraws the listing.
Services
- Advertisers set up a listing to offer services.
- Members contact advertisers directly.
- Members can review their experience.
Multiple Quantity Listings (MQL)
- Select 'Buy Now only' when creating a listing.
- Enter the amount you have in the 'Quantity available' box.
- When creating a listing, on the 'Price & payment' page, select 'Buy Now'.
- Enter the Buy Now price, leave 'Start price' and 'Reserve' empty.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, and enter the quantity to the listing.
- To list a Multiple Quantity Listing, head to our desktop or new-look site.
- To list a Multiple Quantity Listing, head to our desktop or new-look site.
If sellers have more than one of the same item, they can set up an MQL. These are Buy Now only, and shipping can be charged per order or per item
- Select 'Buy Now only' when creating a listing.
- Enter the amount you have in the 'Quantity available' box.
Listing length
| Listing length | |
|---|---|
| General Marketplace | Up to 10 days |
| DVD catalog | Up to 14 days |
| Motors car listings (from 3 May 2019) | Up to 90 days |
| All other vehicles | Up to 14 days |
| Jobs | Up to 30 days |
| All property for sale/lease | Up to 30 days |
| Flatmates wanted/all property for rent | Up to 14 days |
| Services | Up to 90 days |
If a bid is placed within the last two minutes of an auction, it will auto extend by two minutes.
Check out the listing length for members who are part of the trial group for listing 10+ cars a year.
For Motors car listings, the maximum duration is 14 days for members who have listed seven or more cars in the previous 12 months or are Dealerbase users.
Viewing a listing
You can offer viewings for Property and Motors listings.
We don’t offer viewings for Marketplace listings, as there is a potential for trades to be completed offsite – feedback can’t be given, and buyers aren’t covered by Buyer Protection.
Expired listings
You can search for expired listings on our desktop site by selecting the down arrow to the right of the magnifying glass on the search bar and select 'Search expired listings'.
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The ins and outs of all the listing types and lengths we have across site.
