Depop Draws Sellers With Cyber Week Listing Sweepstakes
Etsy-owned Depop is hoping to draw new sellers to the platform with fee free sales and a chance to win $1000 just for creating new listings.
The Cyber Week List to Win Prize Draw runs from November 23 - 25, with each item listed counting as one entry for qualifying sellers.
Depop List to Win Prize Draw Terms and Conditions
The promotion is open to legal residents of the US, UK and Australia, who are aged 18 years or over.
Entrants must have a Depop Account in good standing and the following users will be excluded from the promotion/not eligible to enter: (i) any user who has received an abuse warning from Depop against them in the two (2) calendar months preceding the Promotion Period; and (ii) any user whose account has been suspended for any reason, in the two (2) calendar months preceding the Promotion Period.
- To enter: For a chance to win a prize, list an item on the Depop app or website between:
- 12:00 AM (EST) on 23 November 2024 and 11:59 PM (EST) on 25 November 2024 for US Participants;
- 12:00 AM (GMT) on 23 November 2024 and 11:59 PM (GMT) on 25 November 2024 for UK Participants; and
- 12:00 AM (AEST) on 23 November 2024 and 11:59 PM (AEST) on 25 November 2024 for AUS participants.
The prize: The winners will receive the following:
- US Winners: $1,000 USD cash prize;
- UK Winners: £1,000 GBP cash prize; and
- AUS Winners: $500 AUD cash prize.
The prizes will be paid to each winner via Paypal, and any potential winner will be required to hold a valid PayPal account (in their own name) in order to claim the prize.
View full terms and conditions here.
The promotion also reminds US and UK sellers they'll only pay the payment processing fee, but no commision, since fees were shifted to buyers earlier this year.
Liz Morton
The fee structure changes and Black Friday/Cyber Week promos show consumer to consumer (C2C) reselling marketplaces are feeling pressure to appeal to sellers, not just buyers, as competition for in demand non-new in season goods, pre-loved fashion, and collectibles heats up.
Live selling platform Whatnot is also flipping the script on traditional Black Friday sales, offering a one day 0% commission promotion and opportunities for shows to be features across the site to kick off the holiday shopping season.
Liz Morton
Are you seeing other marketplaces offer Black Friday/Cyber Week incentives for sellers? Let us know in the comments below!
I had a customer open THREE separate INAD cases back to back in Feb. She told a bunch of falsehoods in her comments on the case and refused to provide pictures to back up what she was saying, so I called her out on in it with proof that her statements were untrue.
Even though I knew she was trying to scam me, of course, I approved the returns [all 3] and provided a pre-paid shipping label.
She never sent anything back. I got 3 messages from eBay's system saying "We've closed your buyer's return because we have no record that they shipped the item back to you."
However, eBay's system counted all of them against me in my Service Metrics, causing my "Item not as described returns" rate to be: 0.98% even though the buyer was an obvious scammer and didn't return the items.
I didn't have to refund her since she never shipped anything back so there's not a problem there and eBay did remove her feedback, but eBay still counted the cases against me in my 'service metrics' percentage making me look bad in comparison to my peers.