Transaction Fees

[poki_cards_101]

Is it just me or the transaction fee's are quite high? Some one from the same country bought an item from me and the total was like 110 for him, but the transaction fee for me was 17.85$ Does'nt that seem like alot? (16%)

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

You are paying fees (usually 13.5%) on the purchase price PLUS the shipping fee* PLUS the buyer's import fees including sales taxes /VAT plus any promotional fees** you may have opted into.

The customer's ENTIRE payment.

So a sale of $100 plus import fees of 15% ($15)plus shipping of $15 makes a total payment of $130 and your 13.5% fee is calculated on that.

Fees of $17.55 while if it were only on the $100 purchase it would be $13.50.

*for international sales, the fee is calculated on the first domestic shipping price

** if you opted VOLUNTARILY to pay a Promoted Listed premium at even the 2% mimimum, your fees would be not 13.5% but 15.5% on the ENTIRE payment or $20.15

[mrdutch1001]

Fees are what they are...eBay provides the fee structure so any seller has that knowledge BEFORE listing any items. eBay is no different than any other large global selling site >there are fees...so if you wanna play in eBay's sandbox, you gotta pay!

https://www.ebay.ca/sellercentre/selling/seller-fees