No item listings policy

Allowed

• One listing if you have only 1 item (quantity of 1) to sell

• Two or more listings if you have multiple items (quantity of 2 or more) to sell, provided your listings comply with our Duplicate listings policy.

  For example, if you want to sell 2 Beatles vinyl LPs, you can create 2 separate listings - one for each album.

Not allowed

• Two or more listings for the same single item (the seller has only a quantity of 1).

  For example, if you only have 1 Beatles vinyl LP to sell, you shouldn't have 2 listings for that single item.

Allowed

Listings that offer physical items, services (such as home improvement services) or digitally downloaded goods

Not allowed

• Intangible items or items that buyers can't confirm they’ve received.

• Items where the value is placed on something intangible. For example, listings that offer someone's 'soul' or a container that claims to have someone's 'soul' aren't allowed.

• Listings without an item or service for sale.

• Listings that are out of stock but left active, often with a drastically increased price to prevent purchases. See the out-of-stock option for Good 'Til Cancelled listings.

• Listings that tell people to contact the seller for info, including buying the item outside of eBay. See our policy on avoiding eBay fees.

Not allowed

• Blank or placeholder listings, including:

  • Listings to be filled in at a later time.

  • Incomplete listings that are created to take advantage of a temporary discount on eBay listing fees.

• Signposts or listings primarily meant to direct a user to a seller's Shop or other listings.

• Listings that promote an item or a service that's for sale outside of eBay. See our policy about avoiding eBay fees.)

Restricted

To make sure buyers don't confuse a test listing with an actual listing, follow these guidelines:

• Use the Everything Else > Test Auctions category only.

• The word 'test' must appear in both the listing title and the listing description.

• You can only have 10 test listings at a time.

• Listing fees apply to all test listings.

For test Feedback left or received for a test listing, follow these guidelines:

• Create an account that you can use to leave or receive Feedback for a test listing. Don't use the account you have for buying or selling. If we see an account that breaks this rule, that account may be subject to suspension.

• Make sure the test Feedback is used for testing purposes only. (If something looks amiss, we may remove test Feedback to avoid problems.)

Not allowed

• Listings that serve as want ads, where you post that you're looking for an item.

• Trades - listings that tell buyers you'll accept a trade or a partial trade as payment.