As we speak, eBay publicizes the launch of “Listings in Lights,” an immersive show within the coronary heart of London that promotes personal promoting and lets individuals store pre-loved objects throughout luxurious, vogue, house, tech, and toys, from eBay sellers throughout the UK.
Listings in Lights follows final month’s elimination of promoting charges for personal sellers within the UK, making it free to promote throughout all classes aside from motors. With analysis exhibiting that greater than half (55%) of individuals need to make a bit of additional money in time for the festive season, and an enormous two in three (66%) stating they’ve objects at house they need to promote**, Listings in Lights makes it simple for individuals to promote the objects they now not want and fund their Christmas funds. With an estimated 294 million unused objects in UK properties, this might unlock £9 billion in resale revenue, providing a much-needed monetary enhance.
“The festive season can really feel overwhelming, and this 12 months is not any completely different,” stated Kirsty Keoghan, Common Supervisor of eBay UK. eBay eliminated promoting charges to offer patrons entry to a better collection of stock and to simplify the expertise for sellers. Listings in Lights is illuminating the streamlined expertise, making it simpler than ever for sellers to highlight their objects, and for patrons to search out inspiration for everybody on their record.”
Happening at Outernet at Tottenham Court docket Highway on the eighth and ninth of November, the expertise will convey pre-loved stock from sellers throughout the UK collectively, in a stay shoppable gentle set up. Visitors on the Outernet, impressed by the festive gifting solutions, will be capable to scan QR codes to buy merchandise on eBay. To be in with the possibility to have their merchandise included, all sellers have to do is embrace the hashtag #ListingsInLights within the title of their itemizing to see their objects in lights on considered one of London’s busiest excessive streets.
Broadcaster Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv will likely be two of the numerous sellers becoming a member of in on the festivities by itemizing objects they’re seeking to promote, with proceeds supporting akt (the Albert Kennedy Belief), the nationwide LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity.
“I like in search of inside objects on eBay, classic and pre-loved objects particularly, one thing with a earlier life.” stated broadcaster Nick Grimshaw. “This Christmas, to boost cash for charity I’m giving individuals an opportunity to get their fingers on a few of my favorite items, primarily homeware objects but in addition clothes I’ve beloved too. eBay’s Listings in Lights is giving individuals throughout the UK a brand new strategy to prepare for Christmas.”
The way it works:
Starting on the 2nd by means of the sixth of November, individuals throughout the UK are invited to record objects for an opportunity to see their listings promoted on considered one of London’s busiest excessive streets. Sellers want to easily embrace the hashtag #ListingsInLights of their itemizing titles, and have them be on-line forward of the eighth of November (from 2 – 6 November).
On the eighth and the ninth of November, buyers are invited to browse and purchase these unimaginable pre-loved objects, from 11am – 8:30pm on Friday eighth, and 10am – 8:30pm on Saturday ninth on the NOW Constructing, Outernet London, Centre Level, WC2H 8LH.
