eBay listing

eBay accepts 1 business type we measure. Here is every one, with what Google showed instead, so you can see where a listing would and wouldn't be found.

• Online stores

  0/4

  Not in the top 10 of any of these searches. Directories of any kind held 8% of the top-10 spots.

  Directories

  Facebook Pages 1/4, Instagram 1/4, Etsy 1/4

  Other sites

  amazon.com, reddit.com, handmade.com

  Searches: “handmade jewelry online”, “best sustainable clothing brands”, “buy organic skincare online”, “best online gift shops”

Bars show the searches where it made the organic top 10. "Directories" lists the tracked directories that did rank for the same searches, with their hit count. How we measure

Who can list

• Online stores

Census audience: sellers, retailers · Worldwide

Pricing

Free + paid options

• Up to 250 zero-insertion-fee listings per month (more with an eBay Store), then $0.35 per listing in most categories. Final value fee on sale: most categories 13.6% of total sale up to $7,500 + 2.35% above, plus $0.30 per order (<=$10) or $0.40 (>$10); category rates vary (e.g. 15.3% books/media). Store subscriptions and optional listing upgrades cost extra.

Approval

Editorial review. Self-serve: sellers create listings themselves; eBay help notes listings may be hidden until fixed (e.g. unclear size values) or face a policy review. No pre-approval timeframe stated.

Link attribute

No link to your site. We checked a live listing on Oct 20, 2026: ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/links-policy.

eBay's Links policy: listings 'can't contain links that direct customers to a site other than eBay, even if the link is not clickable' (exceptions: other eBay pages, product videos, approved freight services, legally required info). eBay item/search pages returned 403 to curl, so no individual listing was inspected.

Sources

• ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees
• ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/links-policy
• ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/creating-listing
• ebay.com/sl/sell

Prices and rules change; the linked pages are the authority.

1. 1

   Prepare your details

   • The community's own rules, read before posting
   • An account with some genuine history
   • A post that is useful on its own, not just a link
   • Product URL, short description and images

   Our standard checklist for this kind of site (community and consumer site), not a list published by eBay.

2. 2

   Open the submit page

   ebay.com/sl/sell
3. 3

   Approval: editorial review

   Self-serve: sellers create listings themselves; eBay help notes listings may be hidden until fixed (e.g. unclear size values) or face a policy review. No pre-approval timeframe stated.

4. 4

   Check the watch-outs

   4 things to know before you post.

1. 1

   Etsy

   Marketplace

   In Google's top 10 for 1 search for online stores (best #8).

   PaidTranco #326

2. 2

   Faire

   Marketplace

   Accepts online stores. Not in the top 10 of our searches for these types.

   PaidTranco #11,223

3. 3

   Craigslist

   Marketplace

   Same kind of site. Not in the top 10 of our searches for these types.

   Free + paidTranco #793Nofollow link

4. 4

   Udemy

   Marketplace

   Same kind of site. Not in the top 10 of our searches for these types.

   FreeTranco #1,898Dofollow link

5. 5

   AppSumo

   Marketplace

   Same kind of site. Not in the top 10 of our searches for these types.

   PaidTranco #38,661Dofollow link

6. 6

   Shopify App Store

   Platform app store

   Accepts online stores. Not in the top 10 of our searches for these types.

   PaidTranco #170 (host)Dofollow link

7. 7

   Product Hunt

   Launch platform

   Accepts online stores. Not in the top 10 of our searches for these types.

   FreeTranco #4,308Nofollow link

8. 8

   StackSocial

   Deal marketplace

   Accepts online stores. Not in the top 10 of our searches for these types.

   Cost unknownTranco #74,830Nofollow link