Buy It Now Overview

What is Buy It Now?

Buy It Now allows you to buy or sell your items instantly at a set price.

Buyers: Purchase items immediately - no bidding or waiting. It's the fastest, most convenient way to get the item you want.
Sellers: Sell items at the price you want without waiting for your listing to end. Example: Set the price for your item at $50 and sell it for $50.

How does it work?

Sellers: Choose from two Buy It Now options and make faster sales.

Listing with a Buy It Now feature

Fixed Price only (no bidding)

When you add a Buy It Now feature to your listing

Buyers will have the option to buy your item instantly OR place a bid on your listing.
The Buy It Now feature will only be available when there are no bids on the item. As soon as a bid is placed, the Buy It Now feature disappears and your item will sell via auction.
You can sell only one item per listing.

When you list an item at a set price

Buyers purchase your item immediately at the price you set.
The Fixed Price feature will not disappear.
You can sell more than one item at the same time - saving you time and money!

Requirements

Any member with a seller account can sell one item using Buy It Now.
You need to have been registered for at least 15 days and have a feedback rating of 5 or more to sell multiple items using Buy It Now.

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