What is a boost and how does it work?
Updated October 24, 2026
What a boost does
A boost moves one of your items up in search and discovery results for 3 days. While it runs, the Boosted label appears on the card and on the item page.
The item moves up in the results, with no promised improvement figure.
Where you activate it
Only on your own item page, in the seller tools, with the Boost this item button. The item must be For sale with a price: Offers only items and items not for sale cannot be boosted.
How many boosts you have
- Rookie: 1 lifetime trial.
- All Star: 4 boosts a month.
- Legend: 10 boosts a month.
The monthly allowance counts by calendar month, not by billing period, and unused boosts do not carry over. When you press the button, Colectin uses your plan allowance first and then bought credits. If you have none left, it offers a single boost or a 5-pack.
You can have up to 3 boosted items at a time; with 3 active you cannot buy or activate another boost until one ends.
Bought credits never expire and add to your monthly allowance. In Account settings > Plan & billing, under Boosts, you see your monthly allowance, stored credits and recent boosts. The price is shown on the purchase screen.
Stacking boosts
If you boost an item that is already boosted, the windows do not overlap: the new one starts when the current one ends.
An activated boost is not refunded, including if you take the item off sale, it sells or the account is suspended during the window. If activation fails after it took a boost or a credit, it is returned at once.