eBay for The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

When you buy and sell items on eBay, you support The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund through a unique opportunity to help us in our continued preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community in the United States.

Selling?

Designate any amount from as little as 10% to as much as 100% of your proceeds to the The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Buying?

Look for items benefiting non-profits (designated with the Giving Works icon) and then look for The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Why list your item?

MissionFish, a nonprofit organization specializing in online charitable auctions, developed Giving Works for eBay. Although items are posted through MissionFish, they appear with all other listings on eBay. Giving Works items are marked with a charity ribbon icon so buyers know they are supporting a good cause. Buyers tend to trust charity sellers more and these items often sell for more than non-charity listings. In addition, Giving Works items appear in three locations instead of just one: the eBay category you select when listing your item, the eBay Giving Works category, and the MissionFish nonprofit homepage.

How does it work?

     •  While listing an item on eBay, select the option to donate a percentage of the sale.
     •  Select "The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund" as the benefiting nonprofit organization from the database, using the MissionFish popup window.
     •  Choose a percentage of the final value of the item to donate to our programs.
     •  Complete the item listing on eBay.
     •  The item is listed with the eBay Giving Works charity ribbon icon, along with The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's name as the benefiting nonprofit organization.
     •  The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is notified of the listing.
     •  When the listing ends, the buyer pays the seller, and the seller ships the item to the buyer.
     •  The seller pays the donation amount to MissionFish.
     •  MissionFish holds the donation in escrow until the refund period expires, then distributes the funds to The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and provides a receipt for tax deduction purposes to the seller for the gift.

How to get started...

     •  To browse items for which a percentage of the sale proceeds will benefit our programs, click on the eBay Giving Works icon below or go to the eBay Giving Works website at http://givingworks.ebay.com/ (do not use "www") and search for "The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund"
     •   To list an item for sale, click on the MissionFish icon below or go to the MissionFish website at http://www.missionfish.org/. 
     •  Click on the "For Sellers" tab at the top of the page. All of the information you need about the program is right here.
     •  When you're ready to begin, click on the "Getting Started" tab on the "For Sellers" page for detailed instructions.