Ebay Fees

[coveredbridge1957]

Newbi  to Ebay Do you get charged fees when your product does not sell. I got a bill for over $50. and I have only sold about a little over $200. No Store.just keep on relisting??.Only allowed 100 listing ( sucks )

[tobyshitzu]

You are going to be killed on fees listing like that at .50 each.  You could have listed in auction + BIN format for free (50 on .ca, 50 on .com) or saved a little with a store subscription to get the fee down to .20.  Or not listed things that have little chance of selling  or too low price to make sense at .50 a listing

[tobyshitzu]

Oh  I suppose you got a lot of that up with free insertion listings during the promo which would be fine.  Though you must have paid in listing fees to have a $50 bill on $200 sales.

[femmefan1946]

You can list up to 50 items as auctions for free on eBaydotCA. You can list another 50 auctions free on eBaydotCOM. (If you do this, put those dress patterns which can be mailed letter rate/flat rate into dotCOM and leave the bulkier things for dotCA and Calculated Shipping.)

But those listings are only for a week, so you may find is too high a price. 😉

Since you have over 54 items, look into reducing your listing costs by opening a Store. Not only does this allow you a better way of organizing your stock, but your listing cost drops to $16 + 20 cents an item monthly. (Or less.) You may find Fixed Price/ Good Til Cancelled is your best bet for this.

You can also get a break on the cost of pictures in some categories.

As a rule of thumb, selling on eBay will cost you about 20% of your sales. So $50 on $200 is in the ball park.

[coveredbridge1957]

Thanks for your reply on ebay fees. I will have to changes my ways, ( I sure like your little woof )

[coveredbridge1957]

Thanks to femmefan 1946 to that is good advise I will change my ways or end up owning ebay more then I make