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It's been around for a couple of years.
In part it was to bring eBay policies in line with Amazon, who have always charged sellers a fee on shipping.
In part it was to stop the practice of selling items for $1 and charging $99 for shipping, which infuriated buyers and lost eBay money on what was a $100 sale.
The fee is on your advertised (or calculated) shipping. It has nothing to do with how you actually manage the shipping.
I pay it, and mostly I use stamps because: reallynicestamps?
I even pay it when I use Free Shipping* because FS is just adspeak for "shipping costs included in selling price".
If you are using parcel services to ship, you should consider using Paypal labels.
First on some services you get a discount of 5%-17% off PO counter prices.
Second, any label you can buy has a number. In some cases that is a tracking number, which is helpful to you if you get an Item Not Recieved claim.
Some are just invoice numbers for Canada Post's bookkeeping, but those are also useful because they comfort nervous buyers and make dishonest ones think the purchase has been tracked.
I put those numbers into my feedbacks when I have them for just that reason.
If you don't want to do the Free Shipping, consider using Calculated Shipping rather than Flat Rate.
It feels more official. Seriously, this works.
It is more accurate.
And you are charging for packaging and handling. Those charges are in your asking price, whether you realize it or not.
*Free Shipping is a pretty good selling ploy. Especially if your customers are buying on their mobiles (less work for them), but most like the 'bargain' aspect.
