eBay UK announced that "Classified Ads" are now available on eBayMotors.co.uk, in the Cars, Motorcycles and other vehicle categories, as well as in select Business, Office and Industrial categories on eBay.co.uk.

With eBay's Classified Ad format, sellers and buyers do not complete the transaction online through eBay. Instead, sellers can use Classified Ads to advertise their items for sale on eBay and generate multiple leads. The Classified Ads appear on the site alongside regular Auction-style and Buy It Now listings. Any seller can use the Classified Ad format.

eBay UK also announced it is changing the default sort for categories with Classified Ads from "Time: ending soonest" to "Price: lowest first," "because price is the most common way for sorting vehicles listings in the wider market."

In February, eBay.com (US) had rolled out the Ad format beyond the real estate category, where the feature had been available exclusively for years (http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m02/i24/s02).

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