If you just want to revise your listing, you don't always need to end it. For listings that have more than 12 hours left to run and haven't received any bids, you can revise almost everything. You can remove the Buy it Now price or reserve price, change the duration of the listing, or add listing upgrades.
If the listing already has one or more bids, then you can still add upgrades, or add to the description. You add more pictures too, if you want to. Once the listing gets into its last 12 hours, however, what you can do becomes far more limited, even if it has no bids: you can only really add to the description.
It's a very bad idea, by the way, to cancel one listing and ask bidders to bid on another listing for the same item instead. The chances are they'll be annoyed with you, and won't bother.
The Item is No Longer for Sale.
Perhaps you sold the item to someone else, you lost it or it got broken. Whatever happened, if you no longer have the item to sell, you should remove your listing ? in fact, this is just about the only situation when eBay allow you to.
However, you need to make sure you get the listing removed quickly ? if you leave it to the last 12 hours, eBay will refuse to let you remove it, whatever has happened. This might seem cruel, but it's there to stop people from backing out in the last few hours because they want to try again for a better price.
So How Do I End My Listing Early?
You can do it at this page: http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EndingMyAuction. Just type in the item number and hit ?Continue?.
Now, be very careful. The option you almost certainly want to choose is ?Cancel bids and end listing early?, NOT ?Sell item to high bidder and end listing early?. You'll be asked to choose a reason why you ended the listing, and then it will end. Your bidders will be emailed to let them know what happened.
Note that ending a listing early because it looked like it wasn't going to get a good price is against the rules, and eBay could come after you and get upset.
Speaking of breaking the rules, if you're selling software on eBay, did you know that there are special rules that apply to you? Plenty of sellers have no idea, and are being caught out every day ? that's why our next email will explain the rules clearly for you, just in case you need to know.
One day, for whatever reason, you might decide you want to end one of your auctions early. Before you do, though, you should carefully consider the ramifications of doing so because cancelling auctions can upset eBayers and upsets eBay, and there might be another way to get the result you are looking for. You will also still get charged the Insertion Fee, so keep that in mind.
I Want to Change my Listing.
If you just want to revise your listing, you usually won't have to end it. you can revise almost any listing that has more than 12 hours remaining and hasn't received any bids. You can remove the Buy it Now price, remove the reserve price, change the duration of the listing or add listing upgrades.
If the listing already has at least one bid, then you can still add upgrades or make a change to the description. You can even add more pictures too, if you want to. Once the listing gets into its last 12 hours without a bid, what you can do becomes far more limited. You can only really make a change to the description in this case. And when the auction is in the last 12 hours and you have a bid, then you can't even change the description.
By the way, it's a very bad idea to cancel a listing and ask your bidders to bid on another listing for the same item instead. Chances are they'll be annoyed with you and probably won't bother.
The Item is No Longer for Sale.
Perhaps you sold the item to someone else, you lost it or it got broken. Whatever happened, if you no longer have the item to sell, you should remove your listing. In fact, this is just about the only situation when eBay allows you to do this.
However, you need to make sure you remove the listing quickly because if you leave it to the last 12 hours, eBay will refuse to let you remove it, no matter what your reason for wanting to remove it is. This might seem like cruel and unusual punishment, but this rule is there to stop people from backing out in the last few hours just because they want to get a better price.
So How Do I End My Listing Early?
You can do it by going to this page: http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EndingMyAuction&guest=1 and simply type in the item number and hit the Continue button.
Be very careful at this point. The option you almost certainly want to choose is 'Cancel bids and end listing early' and not 'Sell item to high bidder and end listing early'. You'll be asked to choose a reason why you ended the listing and then your item will be cancelled. Any bidders you have will be emailed at this point to let them know what happened.
Remember that ending a listing early because it looked like it wasn't going to get a good price is against the rules, and eBay could come after you and get upset.
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