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About selling to benefit nonprofits
eBay Giving Works is the program that helps sellers list items on eBay to benefit nonprofits. Any eBay seller who has an account in good standing can create an eBay Giving Works listing. The program is administered by MissionFish, a licensed nonprofit organization.
Because charitable fundraising is a highly regulated area subject to numerous state and federal laws, eBay has created very specific guidelines for allowing charitable solicitations. Learn more about the charity and fundraising policy.
eBay Giving Works listings stand out with a nonprofit icon 
. The nonprofit is also described in the listing. Plus, nonprofit listings receive additional visibility through specialized search functionality. eBay Giving Works listings on average tend to sell more often with more bids and at higher final prices.
You can sell to benefit a nonprofit either as a Community Seller or a Direct Seller on the form where you create a listing. If you decide to be a Direct Seller you’ll use the same form as Community Sellers, but you’ll need to register with MissionFish before you create your listing.
Restrictions
For eBay Giving Works listings you can’t list:
In the Real Estate Classified Ads format
Raffle or lottery tickets
For a complete list of restricted categories, see our list of prohibited and restricted items.
The nonprofit’s logo appears in your listing. Therefore the nonprofit you select is able to control this implicit endorsement of you as a seller and of your products. When you create a listing that benefits a nonprofit, that organization is automatically notified. The nonprofit can ask us to cancel your listing if it doesn’t want to be associated with it. If this happens, we’ll credit your insertion fee and you’ll receive a brief explanation of why the listing was canceled. You can relist this item for another nonprofit, or list it outside of the eBay Giving Works program (that is, not benefiting any nonprofit).
Because charitable fundraising is a highly regulated area, we’ve created a charity and fundraising policy with specific guidelines for charitable activity.
Paying your donations
If your eBay Giving Works listing is the first eBay listing you’ve created, you'll be asked to provide a method of payment for eBay fees and donations when you complete the listing form. You can update your donation payment method at any time. If you have overdue donations, or if your donation payment method has expired, you won't be able to create new eBay Giving Works listings until you resolve these issues.
Learn more about managing your donation account.
Paying and receiving credit for eBay fees
Sellers pay standard insertion and final value fees for eBay Giving Works listings. To support your generosity, eBay gives a prorated fee credit to sellers who make a donation from an eBay Giving Works listing. The credit is prorated according to the percentage you committed to donate. (Direct Sellers always receive a 100% credit for these fees.)
MissionFish retains a small portion of each Community Selling donation to offset some costs of their administration services.
Your minimum donation
If your eBay Giving Works item sells, you're required to donate either the percentage of the final selling price that you selected, or $1, whichever is greater. The donation minimum might be different on other eBay (international) sites.
Foreign nonprofits
If you create a listing to benefit a foreign nonprofit, your donation payment method must be PayPal, Visa, or MasterCard. These methods let the nonprofit receive your donation in its local currency. Some charges may apply to international transactions.
Creating an eBay Giving Works listing
To create a listing that supports a nonprofit:In the form where you create your listing, scroll to the eBay Giving Works section.
Select a nonprofit from the options provided or click the Or, select another nonprofit you love
link to search for an organization by name or keyword, state, nonprofit type (such as Education), or cause (such as Helping Animals).
Select a percentage from the Donation percentage drop-down menu.
Read and accept the terms and conditions.
Select the check box below the terms and conditions if you’d like us to pass your contact details to the nonprofit you’ve selected. (Nonprofits are always given your full name.)
Complete the listing form as instructed.
Using Turbo Lister, Blackthorne, and other selling tools
Check with your selling tool provider to learn whether your selling tool offers the eBay Giving Works option.
To use eBay Giving Works through a selling tool:Go to My eBay. You might be asked to sign in.
Place your pointer over the Account tab, and then select Donation Account.
Click the Agree to eBay Giving Works Terms & Conditions link. This will authorize the use of your eBay payment method as your donation payment method. You can change your donation payment method in the Donation Account section of My eBay.
Create your eBay Giving Works listing by following the instructions from your selling tool provider.
Finding a nonprofit to support
Thousands of nonprofits are certified to benefit from eBay Giving Works listings. You can find your favorite in the nonprofit directory by browsing or searching. Here’s how:
In the form where you create your listing, scroll to the eBay Giving Works section under Choose how you’d like to sell your item.
Click the Or, select another nonprofit you love link.
Search for a nonprofit by clicking a letter in the Browse by Name bar, or by entering a name or keyword and clicking the Search button. You can also search by any or all of the following parameters by selecting from their respective drop-down lists:
State: nonprofits based on where they're located (not necessarily where they serve)
Nonprofit
type: specific categories that describe the cause the nonprofit supports
Spotlight: nonprofits that focus on a specific cause
Inviting a nonprofit
If you don't see your favorite nonprofit in the eBay Giving Works nonprofit directory, you can invite it into the program.
Learn more about the benefits of eBay Giving Works for nonprofits.
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