Ebay fees
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Hi Why is no one complaning about all the fees. ebay makes up.. Store fees. Promotional fees. Ad fees. Final valus fees. IF you don't perform, performance fees. Listing fees.. Their ad fees should be for item only you are selling. not the total. That includes shipping and taxes. This means Ebay is double and sometimes triple charging. If your charging "X" on shipping they are charging a fee of that. means X becomes less. Ebay is charging taxes then fees on the taxes.?? Guys and Gals wake up smell the coffee. Drill down in your selling item.. view all that charges..I have to cancel my sale sometimes because i would loose money on it.
reallynicestamps
·4 months agoFWIW - selling on eBay since before there were Stores or even Billpoint.
I have always, even in 1998, assumed that fees were about 20% of selling price.
Usually it is lower, but I don't list anything under $10, if only because there is a flat fee of 40c on every transaction.
That's 4% of a $10 sale right there. Then 13.5% is another $1.35
Without sales tax and without shipping, my fee will already be 17.5% of my $10 gross.
And looking at that, I may have to stop selling $10 items and raise my minimum to $15. Food for thought.
snoopwiz
·4 months agoI have to cancel my sale sometimes because i would loose money on it.
With all respect, if you keep cancelling sales, for any reason other than "buyer requested" you may not have to worry about fees at all from eBay.
grann-4629
·4 months agoYou need to search for a Time Machine on eBay, buy it, then go back about 30 years to make your wish come true. This is 2026 and everyone takes a cut these days.
lovebugvintage
·4 months agoThe ebay fees have become absolutely ridiculous - fees on top of fees. I have noticed I am paying more than 25% in fees on some items. Ebay is no longer a viable option for sellers.
mrdutch1001
·4 months agoand if "Ebay is no longer a viable option for sellers." ...then why do you still maintain an eBay store and still list items on eBay???
I do not pay any fees other than the "necessary" final value fees and taxes...and for me that is NOT 25%!
mrdutch1001
·6 months ago"Why is no one complaning about all the fees. ebay makes up.. Store fees. Promotional fees. Ad fees."
OP is a long time eBay seller and is asking this??
Now that's the Joke of the day!LOL!!
reallynicestamps
·6 months agoI have to cancel my sale sometimes because i would loose (sic) money on it.
Either your prices are too low or your items are not a good fit with mail order.
Bulky, heavy items are not compatible with Free Shipping. Nor are international sales.
And when you cancel an order, eBay will give you a Defect . Defects can mean higher fees, restrictions to the number and value of listings, or the cancellation of a selling account.
BTW - check the shipping fee on that Herbie Mann CD. I think you have a typo.
reallynicestamps
·6 months agoEBay charges their (usually 13.5%) fee on purchase price + shipping fee+ sales tax.
This is the industry standard, and has been since Diner's Club began operations in the mid-50s.
The fee is charged on the payment and not on how the payment is broken down.
EBay handles the payment of sales taxes for sellers in over 200 jurisdictions in the US alone, plus Canadian, Australian, UK, and EU VAT/GST assessment and forwarding.
Sellers have the OPTION to subscribe to a Store and the OPTION to choose among various levels of Store.
Stores include a set number of listings and reduced final value fees. There are a few other perks to a Store.
A Store is not worthwhile unless the seller has at least 300 different listings, until then the Free 250 Listings plus another 40-50 at 35c each is cheaper.
Store sellers also often get Free Promotions of thousands of listings. These are usually used before the set number of Store Listings.
Sellers have the OPTION to increase that fee by using Promotional Listings. This is another name for advertising.
Sellers have the OPTION to set that PL fee at any thing from 2% to 100%. EBay makes suggestions which are good for eBay, not necessarily for the seller.
joseph_5866
OP6 months agothen all you can do is File a complaint. where does that get filed???
grann-4629
·6 months agothen all you can do is File a complaint. where does that get filed???
Probably in the round file on the floor beside the desk.