Hi Tea, great news for these items that sold. I just meant that you should keep an eye on how many items will sell and final price in the coming weeks, and compare with BEFORE the change.
Also, I tried a few calculations about having a DSR above 4.8 everywhere (this is exactly what I am trying to do these days, just like you and most Canadian PS here). For the moment I know I have 5% rebate on final value fees. To get another 10% to get eBay's 15% attractive offer, I will have to lower the shipping cost even if I convince each of my buyers to give 5/5 stars on shipping time.
This means I will have to pay shipping material from my own pocket and not make a cent on handling time (and you know just as I know that it is a time wasting process. And time is money here, isn't it?). But that money/time I will lose, is it really going to payback with 15% rebate on final value fees ? Not so sure... And we didn't talk about the constant anxiety related to your DSR. If you have to always keep 4.8 everywhere to feel good working here, I predict you will wake up at night to stress about it.
I am not trying to discourage anyone here, by the way. I am also trying to get at least 4.8 everywhere, this is about perspective I am talking here. Do you best to get it without loosing too much time/money, but the world won't collide if you don't have take advantage of the 15% rebate.
In other words, just take care of not going berzerk with your DSR. You probably wanted to work at home and not have a boss always asking more from you. Just like me, you felt trapped being an employee, and you had the guts to jump from the cliff. You wanted more freedom probably, so take care of not becoming too anxious with it, result could be worst than having a 9 to 5 employee job, with someone else making a lot of money on your back.
Do you best, do not stress !
