please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message ebid ltd. type private industry online marketplace founded london england uk 1998 headquarters surrey england uk key people gary sewell & mark wilkinson co founders products online auction hosting electronic commerce pppay website www.ebid.net ebid is an online auction website founded in december 1998 . ebid operates in twenty three countries where it allows sellers united kingdom united states of america canada australia ireland belgium austria italy france germany spain netherlands denmark hong kong india norway new zealand portugal sweden singapore south africa brazil malaysia and lists to buyers in over 100 countries . ebid uses its own online payment service pppay 1 to allow for buyers and sellers to pay each other in euros and pounds sterling although members are not restricted to using this form of payment paypal and skrill moneybookers are also integrated payment methods . sellers and buyers can use any payment method by mutual agreement but this would not be integrated . listing a basic auction on ebid is free and a zero or small percentage final value fee is paid on selling an item . the domain ebid.net has 8 million page impressions a month and attracts around 60 000 visitors a day 15m unique visitors yearly alexa.com ranking . 2 contents 1 membership levels 2 buddy points 3 auctions 3.1 auto extend auctions 3.2 featured auction 3.3 free auctions 3.4 platinum auctions 3.5 gallery auction 3.6 run until sold 3.7 on first bid 4 references 5 external links membership levels edit currently ebid has three membership levels available for new members buyer free for buying only ; seller free but requires credit debit card verification for an occasional seller final value fees are 3 % ; seller plus a subscription based membership aimed at professional sellers with a recurring fee payable every 7 30 90 or 365 days or a one off lifetime payment currently 99.99 or 49.99 if taken within first 24 hours of joining . seller plus members can open up to 5 shops free . for a basic auction seller plus members pay no fee for a gallery one they pay 2 % final value fee . options like bin only auctions & run until sold are also available for free . buddy points edit members can earn buddy points when they buy sell or enlist new members . these points can then be used in buddy auctions to bid on items from ebid t shirts hats and golf umbrellas to cameras monitors kindles and household electrical items . methods of earning buddy points referring a buddy 1.00 point buddies upgrading to seller 2.00 points buddies upgrading to seller 5.00 points making a bid meeting reserve 0.50 % of reserve price max 5.00 points winning by bidding 1.00 % of final bid max 5.00 points purchasing using buynow 1.00 % of buynow price max 5.00 points gaining positive feedback 0.50 % of final bid or buynow price max 5.00 points auctions edit auto extend auctions edit if the seller has this turned on it will extend the length of the auction by 60 seconds if there is a bid within the final 60 seconds of the auction . this option is only available to seller plus users . featured auction edit if the seller selects this method then the item will be at the top of the relevant section for 30 days . featured listings cost from zero to 1.00 in a seller s local currency however the final value fee is zero free auctions edit the listing of free auctions is totally free . basic sellers do not get a picture thumbnail on the results page but they still get up to 5 free pictures . if a free auction sells then it incurs a 3 % final value fee . free auctions can have a run time of 3 days platinum auctions edit platinum auctions are only for seller status . there is a listing fee of 0.05 or 0.05 in local currency normally . platinum auction listings get a thumbnail picture and if it sells a final value fee of 3 % is taken . again platinum auctions can have a run time of 3 days . these listings can be set to auto repost up to 10 times . gallery auction edit gallery auctions are only for seller status . there is no listing fee for standard auctions but unlike the free auction above a gallery picture is shown in the results . if a standard auction is successful then a final value fee of 2 % is charged . run time of standard auctions is 3 days . as with the platinum listing these listings can be set to auto repost up to 10 times . run until sold edit a run until sold auction is one where the item is listed until it is sold . this type of auction appears near to the bottom of the search results . this type of auction does not have a countdown time . these listings show at the bottom of search results so careful thought should be taken when using this type of listing . on first bid edit on first bid auctions only start after the first bid has been placed with a minimum duration of 3 days . references edit money by email person to person payments made simple . pppay.com . retrieved 2012 01 09 . ebid.net attracting 13m unique visitors yearly external links edit ebid main page ebid igoogle search gadget retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ebid & oldid 716881547 categories companies established in 1998internet properties established in 1998internet companies of the united kingdomonline auction websitescompanies based in surreyhidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2009all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 24 april 2016 at 13 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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