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"quitting selling here and going else where to sell"
Many sellers have done that already - more so if the shipping charge is a high percentage of the total transaction.
The FVF is calculated on the shipping charge of some transactions already. Check the announcement for details.
"The fee should be 9%"
It varies by category. I Pay 11%
Also, the FVF charged on shipping charge is not subject to the 20% rebate given Top Rated Sellers.
"sounds like you will be going elsewhere to sell too? "
NO (no ifs and buts about it. The answer is NO).
I am now semi-retired. I have ended selling from my website at the end of last year, and reduce the number of listings in my eBay store by more than half already (now offering Canadian stamps only instead of worldwide).
I will absorb the extra cost (typically $0.22 added fees on a transaction under $25 where I have charged $2.00 shipping for years). I do not expect to change my pricing or policies. If I have 1,000 transactions a year where I pay the extra $0.22 in fees, I will not go broke. The majority of my transactions already offer free shipping and will not be affected negatively by the changes.
The change in fees really hurt two types of sellers (not me):
1) sellers selling only low priced items (under $3 for example)
2) sellers selling items where the shipping charge is a very high percentage of the total transaction.
eBay never stated it publicly but it is my understanding they simply want to get rid of those types of transactions. Let's face it - eBay makes no money on $2 or $3 transactions. The cost of maintaining the site cannot be justified by charging next to nothing to list and getting next to nothing when something sells. It is a business decision on their part, and one that will cost them very little even if 10% of sellers walk somewhere else, assuming there is somewhere else to go to sell low priced items. 😞
On the brighter side, FVF are being reduced across the board (1% or 2% depending on categories) offsetting some or most of the FVF on shipping charge for many sellers.
When one stops for a minute to look at all the changes objectively (easier said than done) most Canadian sellers are affected negatively by the high value of the Canadian dollar much more than the fee changes at eBay. And there is little we can do about it.
It is worth taking a few minutes, regularly, to review eBay's checklist of changes (even I do get confused with all the changes from time to time):
http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/news/Checklist2011.html
Sellers are affected differently depending on:
1) What they sell (categories)
2) How they sell (fixed price or auction)
3) where they sell (different sites sites)
4) seller status (TRS)
5) with or without an eBay store
"Pierre this may not affect you much"
As I stated earlier, I expect to ship about 1,000 shipments this year where $2.00 shipping charge will be charged to buyers. That represents an extra $220.00 (1,000 x $0.22) in fees to eBay. The FVF charged on shipping is NOT eligible for the TRS discount.
Other shipments are sent with "free shipping" where no extra FVF will be charged.
"That's not the best way to fight sellers that charge very high shipping costs to avoid ebay fees, "
???
eBay wants to charge fees on the total amount of the transaction, like its major competitors.
When the rules were changed, eBay decreased the percentage charged for Final Value Fees. Some sellers did benefit by the lower FVF being charged while others end up paying higher fees.
Based on the items you sell, YOU ARE NOW PAYING LOWER FEES than you would under the old fee system!
What exactly do you want? eBay to return to the old system where they will charge you higher fees?
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