Fees Are Going Up & No More Shipping Supplies
Summary: In a discussion about Canada's new 3% Digital Services Tax (DST), wilsonharborsales notes that the tax, along with other taxes, will likely be passed down to consumers. lotzofuniquegoodies expands on this by mentioning that such taxes, often hidden in charges, are a burden on end-users and not truly absorbed by companies like Google, highlighting Google's significant ad revenue. ypdc_dennis points out that eBay has been covering the DST, while Amazon charges it directly to sellers, impacting their fees. mrdutch1001 shares experiences with additional platform fees on other sites. Meanwhile, ericsells75 expresses disillusionment with selling due to the increasing costs and plans to stop acquiring new inventory.
One way or another, these tax increases will be passed down to the Canadian consumer.
7 comments
ericsells75
·1 year agoThis is honestly going to be my last year selling i think. I haven't aquired new inventory in awhile. I'm just sort of liquidating more or less what i have. I'm just too disheartened by all of the negative changes. I sell on other platforms as well and they are just as bad. There is very little money left to be made on my chosen items.
intimewithmusic
·1 year agoIt's beginning to not feel a lot like Christmas
intimewithmusic
·1 year ago"All these taxes, and tariffs and fees are making me thirsty" ... George Costanza
ypdc_dennis
·1 year agoThe DST fee is the one impacting eBay. The other items you mention have little impact.
eBay has been covering the DST expense up to now.
Over on amazon they have been charging the DST as a separate fee direct to sellers. On average adds an extra .45% to AZ seller fees.
mrdutch1001
·1 year agoon my other selling site, Canadian sellers are charged a 1.15 % "Regulatory Operating fee" plus the 6.5% on the item price, plus 6.5% on the shipping, plus processing fees, plus GST taxes on the fees....so not quite so bad as eBay and still worth my while for maintaining a presence on that site...
lotzofuniquegoodies
·1 year ago@wilsonharborsales
The DST started out at 2.5% in Oct 2024. Bumped to 3.0 in Jan 2025. It seems like at every turn we are being nickel and dimed in extra fees. They are like a tax on a tax. And as you noted they ALWAYS get passed on to the end user...us...even when it is stating they (ebay and others) are absorbing that fee. Very hard to believe. Hide it in a charge on something else.
The DST (Digital Service Tax) fee, effective October 1, 2024, will be set at 2.5% for ads served in Canada. Applied to corporations making 20 M in revenue during a calendar year. Its purpose is to help Google cover the costs associated with complying with the new tax legislation.
Basically a VAT for the perk of promoting our listings to get supposedly additional eyes. And a way for users(us) to help alleviate any strain on large corporations bottom line.
mrdutch1001
·1 year agoThe only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes!