eBay Deals Price Match: online marketplace launches scheme to rival Amazon, John Lewis and more
eBay is introducing a price match to take on Amazon, John Lewis and other shopping giants. Here's how it works.
eBay is introducing a price match pledge to take on Amazon and John Lewis.
The price match will apply to 20,000 new items included in its Deals Programme and is set to go live later in July.
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How will it work?
Much like the John Lewis 'Never Knowingly Undersold' pledge, eBay Deals price matching works by giving shoppers who find the same product for less (you'll have to verify it of course) a voucher for the difference in price that can be used towards the purchase of the item.
For an item to be included in the scheme it must be new, identical and currently in stock, both on eBay and at least one of the following competitors:
- Amazon.co.uk;
- Currys.co.uk;
- Johnlewis.com;
- Argos.co.uk;
- Tesco.com;
- Asda.com.
A range of departments are involved in the scheme, including electronics, homeware and fashion. You can find them on the eBay Deals page.
Postage is not included in the price match.
What do I do until then?
If you need an item sooner, you can try doing an advanced search, finding auctions that end late at night or setting alerts. Find out more in: 26 eBay buying tips, tricks and tools.
Those who are more interested in selling can get clued-up with our bumper guide explaining how to make money on eBay.
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The only people winning with this approach are the likes of Ebay and Amazon. As someone who runs a small business and attempted to sell via Amazon (who take 15% of your sale price for the privilege) I can say from experience that the small trader will end up reducing margins to the point where they can't make any money at all. We were finding that Amazon decided to sell the items we sold (once they had monitored our sales and discovered that particular goods sold well) and we just couldn't compete as we were already giving up 15% to them anyway. We switched to Ebay where costs work out around 10% of sale price. Now with this price match against Amazon, just what hope does the small trader have in competing?
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07 July 2017