About eBay discount codes

Every eBay offer on this page is checked before it goes up, and re-checked while it is still being advertised. Below is how to use one, what usually stops a code working, and the small print worth reading before you pay.

How to use a code at eBay

1. Press Show code on the offer you want. The code is copied for you and eBay opens in a new tab.
2. Get your basket — or your booking — through to the payment step as usual.
3. Paste the code into the promotional-code box and apply it before you confirm — most sites will not add one afterwards.

Check three things before you pay

• The minimum spend. Plenty of offers only open up above a set total, and the box simply refuses the code below it.
• What is left out. Anything already reduced is the usual exception, and a handful of brands and gift cards are often excluded too.
• The end date. Where eBay has published one, it is shown on the offer; where it has not, the checked date is the better guide.

Why a code sometimes will not work

Almost always a condition rather than a broken code: one code at a time, a first-order offer used on a second, a region the promotion does not cover, or an account that has already redeemed it. It is worth reading the offer’s terms before giving up on it — where two offers apply, the larger one is not always the one that survives the basket rules.

Frequently asked

Can I use two eBay codes at once? Rarely. eBay applies one discount at a time, so where two offers overlap, use whichever leaves you paying less.

How often is this page updated? Continuously. Each offer carries the time it was last confirmed, and anything that stops working comes down rather than sitting here.