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!
much too complicated now for a few pounds a year in sales
They just "killed the golden goose". I imported my 1500+ eBay items to there since it was free. Turned out just to be a lot of work for (maybe) 3 sales a month.
The total fees were higher there before this new $20 a month cost structure, even though they claimed otherwise. When one factors in the 3.49% + 49 cent PayPal processing fees so one can get paid, there went a good chunk of profit.
Now they have boosted their commission to 11%, and still claim that the cost to sell there is less than eBay's. And remember that this does not include payment processing. WHY?? Makes no sense at all.
On eBay, for $27.95 a month, I sell over 100 items there every 30-31 days. Makes ZERO SENSE to pay a site $20 to make just a couple of sales. Since they now allow 50 "free listings", I have trimmed my offerings back to just below that amount. Also had to raise all my prices accordingly to absorb the extra selling costs.
The people who run the show here obviously didn't realize that eBay sellers who imported their listings gave the site a great depth of product, which would attract more buyers. Now that will be gone, because NO ONE will pay them $20 monthly for little to no sales.
The site also has technical issues that they refuse to fix. It was a decent resource to enable the occasional sale, but they will soon be stacked onto the eCommerce trash heap of companies that THOUGHT they could compete with Amazon and eBay. Etsy may also suffer the same fate soon, as many sellers are also leaving their site due to high fees, website issues, and poor management.
Basic eComm rule here: When you do not carry any inventory, and sellers are solely responsible for supplying your site with the goods offered, DON'T BITE THE HAND WHICH FEEDS YOU!!!