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March 06, 2008

New listing policy for major charity events and free ticketed events ***

This has got to be a step forward for the credibility of EBay

Steve H

We’ve recently been working with a number of charities in the UK to look at how they can benefit from the resale of event tickets on eBay.co.uk through our eBay for Charity programme.

As a result, we’ll soon be applying the following special conditions on the sale of tickets for any concerts or events where 50% or more of the proceeds from the original ticket sales are going to charity:
At least 20% of the final sale price for those events covered by the policy must be donated to the charity involved (or in some cases, to other relevant charities) through our eBay for Charity programme
Sellers of these tickets will need to be registered with eBay for Charity
One-day and three-day listings will not be allowed

We’ll also be banning the sale or resale of tickets for events for which all the tickets are free, such as awareness-raising events and free concerts.

We’ll be applying the new conditions some time in the next few weeks. We’ll be asking event organisers and charities to apply for their events to be covered by our new policy and will keep you updated on which events the policy will apply to.

Thanks for your support. We look forward to raising more money for good causes with you.

Regards,

The eBay Team

Posted by Steve Haddock at March 6, 2008 11:21 PM