Auction Fees

Note - Fees pay for the right to sell an item(s) on UpperBid® Online Auctions. You do not purchase any exclusive rights to a Web page on UpperBid® Online Auctions. UpperBid® Online Auctions may, in our sole discretion, and without your consent or payment to you, place third party advertisements on any Web page within our site.

Insertion Fees
There are currently no fees to list your item for sale at UpperBid® Online Auctions, unless you choose to list a reserve auction or select special listing features. Insertion Fees are waived on regular listings, but not on reserve auctions. The fees for the different types of auctions:

• Regular Listings
  The Insertion Fee is FREE.

• Reserve Price Listings
  When you list a Reserve Price Auction, you will be charged a Reserve Price Auction Fee, which is based upon the reserve price. Reserve Price Auction Fees are fully refundable. At the end of the auction, if your item sells, the Reserve Price Auction Fee is refunded to your account.

• Multiple Item Listings
  The Insertion Fee is FREE.

• Additional Reserve Price Auction fee (fully refunded if item sells):

• Instant Purchase Insertion Fees:
  The Instant Purchase feature is FREE for sellers.

Fees for additional listing options
When you list your item for sale, you can choose several listing options to promote your listing. Make it stand out and get more bids! These options also have non-refundable fees.

• Title Enhancement
  You can put the title of your item in boldface text or color in the listing pages.

• Featured Auctions
  Showcase your items and give them more visibility with either:
  1. A Featured Auction listing, with your item appearing in the Featured Auctions section. It could also be randomly selected to appear in the Featured display area on the main UpperBid® Online Auctions Home page, in the Featured Items section of the category index page, and on the main category page.
  2. A Category Featured Auction listing, with your item appearing on the first page of listings in the category of your choice. Your featured item may also be selected at random to be displayed in the Featured Items section of related category index pages.

• Gift Icon
  The Gift Icon appears next to your listing title on the listing pages to show bidders that your item makes a great gift!.

• Gallery Listing
  Featuring your items in the Gallery section where buyers browse by images.

Final Value Fees
At the end of an auction, you will be charged a Final Value Fee based on the final sale price (final value) of your item:

• Regular and Reserve Auctions (when the reserve has been met)
  The final value is the closing bid. Remember, there is no Final Value Fee charged if the reserve is not met.

  You will not be charged a Final Value Fee if:
  

  • There were no bids on your item
  • If there were no bids that met your reserve price for your Reserve Price Auction