New promo to get you into a store

[neatjerseys]

I just got this promo to try to entice non store eBayers into signing up for a store. They are offering a 20% discount from your final fee. Dont you already get this from being a power seller? (As long as you meet the requirements)

I am getting more and more requests to open a store lately. Personally I dont need to, and I dont want to. I do wonder how long before EBay makes it a requirement.

http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/2014/11_04_FVF.html

[pjcdn2005]

You get a 20% discount off of item fvf if you are a top rated seller..not powerseller.

The promo that you are looking at doesn't give 20% off of all final value fees, it is only saying that if you sell high priced items the maximum fee you will pay for fvf will be $200 rather than $250. The promo benefits very few sellers.

[Anonymous]

If eBay WANTS us to save $$$ in final value fees, then give us the free promos to list them and reduce $$ in final value fees!!  Not this worthless idiot promo that a high percent of sellers cannot have!  Duh to eBay!!

[rose-dee]

As much as having a store has been advantageous for me personally, I recognize that there may be no benefit to it for many sellers. 

However, I suspect what eBay wants -- and the reason they're promoting stores -- is a steady, reliable stream of subscription income that makes their accounting simpler.  

The stupid fee incentive is just that -- stupid.  It's only of any value to someone with a lot of very expensive articles to sell, and only for a limited time anyway.  You'd have to be selling a lot of goods worth $2300 or more each to make it worthwhile.  But I imagine a lot of sellers will read it the way you did and think they'll get 20% off all fees.

Don't fall for it if you're not interested in having a store and not selling things like diamond jewellery, etc. No one will force you - at least not yet. 

[dipmicro]

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@Anonymous wrote:

If eBay WANTS us to save $$$ in final value fees, then give us the free promos to list them and reduce $$ in final value fees!!  Not this worthless idiot promo that a high percent of sellers cannot have!  Duh to eBay!!

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don't give bait to fish that is already in your basket. ebay wanting us to save is a good one 🙂

[gillian1023]

http://ebay.ca/promo/2014/stores/11_04.html

This is the promo that neatjerseys is talking about. Not the $200 cap on fvf. 🙂

[femmefan1946]

You'd have to be selling a lot of goods worth $2300 or more each to make it worthwhile.

And just as Paypal introduces the 180 day returns.

[pjcdn2005]

That's not the same promo as the link mentioned in the first post.