• Outside-of-eBay offer - Listing an item on eBay and then being paid outside the Bay system through the eBay Web site.

• Unreasonable postage or handling costs - Listings with low prices but unreasonably high postage or handling costs.

• Listing with additional purchases - Listing an item that requires or offers an additional purchase. For example: travel certificates that require the holder to buy or pay for something (such as a hotel room for seven nights) as a condition of receiving the benefit of the voucher (such as free or discounted airfare).

• Listing choices of different items - A listing where a seller lets buyers choose among a selection of completely different items. In general, sellers can offer a choice of sizes, colours and configurations of a particular item within a listing. However, a listing may not offer buyers a choice of completely different items. 

• Avoiding multiple item listing charges - Listing a single item and offering additional identical items for sale to multiple buyers in the item description or proposing that buyers indicate the number of items they want for the same price as the item in the listing.

• Email address, phone number or domain name in the title, subtitle or item location - Listings with an email address or domain name in the title. Exception: This will be permissible only in listings that are offering a domain name for sale.

• Catalogue sales - Listings catalogues from which buyers can directly order items isn't allowed. In this case the seller offers the catalogue for low bid prices and completes the sale outside of eBay for items found in the catalogue. Old (from which you can no longer place an order) or collectible catalogues are allowed. See the complete catalogue policy for more details.

• Avoiding Reserve fees - Canceling bids and ending a listing early because the seller's desired price hasn't been met.

• Extending listings - Sellers indicate the listing duration when they create their auction-style or Fixed Price listing. When the seller submits the listing, the duration is fixed. eBay may on rare occasions (for example, as the result of a site outage) extend the duration of an listing. Extension of listing duration by a seller, either manually or using automated tools, isn't allowed. Extending a listing for any reason is not only a form of fee avoidance, but also negatively affects the finding experience for buyers.

To report a listing that circumvents eBay fees through an offer outside of eBay, unreasonably high postage or handling costs or a catalogue sales violation, contact us with the item number.

To report a listing that a seller ended early in breach of our reserve fee avoidance policy, contact us with the item number you would like us to review.

Although there are legitimate reasons for ending a listing early, eBay will investigate sellers who abuse this option.

Note: Posts made in eBay’s Want It Now area must also comply with this policy. Want It Now posts that violate this policy may be removed. Repeated violations may result in suspension. You can report breaches of this policy within the Want it Now feature from the Want It Now Policies page.

Listings that avoid fees can provide a poor buying experience and can put sellers who pay all their eBay fees at a disadvantage. Further, these listings undermine the trust and legitimacy of eBay’s marketplace.