Listing fees The fine print

eBay Motors vehicle listings are those within the Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, Powersports, and Other Vehicles categories.

You can list vehicles in auction or fixed price formats.

Note: The fees are charged in the currency you chose to sell your items. Listings fees for items listed in Canadian Dollar will be chagred in C$ and listing fees for items listed in US Dollars will be charged in US$.

Listing fees

Basic fees

You'll pay an insertion fee and a successful listing fee to list a vehicle on eBay.ca Motors. Other fees (such as PayPal fees and optional listing upgrade fees) may also apply.

The successful listing fee is charged when you receive your first bid on a listing without a reserve price or when your reserve price is met. There's no additional fee charged after the vehicle sells.

You may be charged a successful listing fee if:

• You receive a bid on an auction-style listing without a reserve price

• You receive a bid that meets your reserve price on an auction-style listing with a reserve price

• A buyer clicks on the Buy It Now button in a listing offering a fixed price

• You accept an offer from the buyer through the Best Offer feature 

The amount of the successful listing fee depends on the final bid amount, as shown in the tables below. For listings ending with Buy It Now, the final bid amount is the Buy It Now price.  For listings ending with acceptance of a Best Offer, the final bid amount is the Best Offer price.

There's no additional fee charged on the actual sale of the car after the vehicle sells. However, you’ll be charged a successful listing fee regardless of whether you carry out the sale with the buyer.

*A calendar year starts on January 1 and ends on December 31.

Each time you submit a listing or relist an item, it counts as 1 listing.

You're eligible for the pricing above if you've submitted 6 or fewer listings in each of the previous calendar years. When you've submitted 7 or more listings in a single calendar year, you're considered a high-volume seller. Once you become a high-volume seller, you're permanently a high volume seller and high-volume seller fees apply.

Examples:

Seller A has never listed a vehicle on eBay.ca. He lists 2 cars between January 1 and July 30. One car does not sell, so he relists it. It does not sell again, so he relists it a second time. When the next calendar year starts on January 1, Seller A will have a history of 4 listings, and will be eligible for the fees available to low volume sellers.

Seller B has also never listed a vehicle on eBay.ca. He lists 6 different cars between January 1 and November 30. He is charged zero insertion fees for these cars. When he lists another car on December 15, he's no longer considered a low-volume seller and fees for high-volume sellers apply because he has more than 6 listings in a calendar year. When the next calendar year starts on January 1, he'll be considered a high-volume seller and will be charged insertion fees to list.

*A calendar year starts on January 1 and ends on December 31.

Each time you submit a listing or a relist an item, it counts as one listing.

When you've submitted 7 or more listings in a single calendar year, you're considered a high-volume seller. Once you become a high-volume seller, you're permanently a high-volume seller and high-volume seller fees apply.

Examples:

Seller A has never listed a vehicle on eBay.ca. He lists 2 cars between January 1 and July 30. One car does not sell, so he relists it. It does not sell again, so he relists it. When the next calendar year starts on January 1, Seller A will have a history of 4 listings, and will be eligible for the fees available to low-volume sellers.

Seller B has also never listed a vehicle on eBay.ca. He lists 6 different cars between January 1 and November 30. He's charged zero insertion fees for these cars. When he lists another car on December 15, he's no longer be considered a low-volume seller and fees for high-volume sellers apply because he has more than 6 listings in a calendar year. When the next calendar year starts on January 1, he'll be considered a high-volume seller and will be charged insertion fees to list.

Note: For pricing information on Buy It Now, 10-day listings, 21-day listings and scheduled listings, see the Optional feature fees section of this page.

When you list a Parts & Accessories item on eBay, you're charged an insertion fee. If the item sells, you're also charged a final value fee. The basic cost of selling an item is the insertion fee plus the final value fee.  Other fees (such as PayPal fees and optional listing fees) may also apply.

The basic fee structure depends on the type of listing—auction-style or fixed price format—you use.

The basic fee structure depends on the type of listing—auction-style or fixed price format—you use.

Optional feature fees

You can choose to add optional features to increase the chance of selling your item.

Questions?
What if my item ended without a winning buyer?
How do I revise my item price?
What should I do if a buyer doesn't pay?
How do I pay my selling fees?

The fine print

• If your seller account is suspended for any reason, any balance on your account immediately becomes due and payable. eBay reserves the right to immediately charge any amount that you haven't previously disputed to your billing method.

• Listing fees don't purchase exclusive rights to web pages on eBay. eBay may, in our sole discretion and without consent from or payment to sellers, place third-party advertisements on any web page within our site.

• Insertion fees and optional feature fees are charged at the time of listing and are nonrefundable.

• Fees apply to each listing you create. If you create identical listings—listings with an identical title, listing format, and bidding activity—only one will appear in search or browse results. To view all listings, click a link at the bottom of the search or browse results page.

• Good 'Til Cancelled listings renew automatically every 30 days until the item sells or you end the listing. Insertion fees are charged every 30-day period.

• Your listing fee subtotal appears in the "Your fees so far" section at the bottom of the Create your listing form and again under "Review your listing."

• When you submit your listing, it might not appear immediately in a keyword or category search. This can take several hours. Therefore, eBay can't guarantee exact listing durations.

• You can see your recent account activity for the last 4 months by viewing your Account Activity page.