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EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by mateuszf »

mateuszf wrote: post #21
Jsarokin wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting to see this move by eBay - we've found that high fees for casual sellers is a huge pain point. By focusing their fee structure towards power-sellers they also happen to be alienating a large group of casual sellers. We're trying to solve this problem (among others) with our product SellSimple. Free app, free postings, and 5% if it sells. Check it out, would love to know what you think: http://sellsimple.c…

Do you handle Bitcoins? If not then I can imagine it could get you lot of attention.

Unfortunately no. How about other HN + BitCoin users?

Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by Nursie »

anigbrowl wrote: post #2

If you were looking to dirupt eBay's business model, you couldn't pick a better time. While considering a price adjustment on a high-value item I'm selling, I went to their fee calculator to explore some other price points. I was mystified to see not only the fee I expected of ~$55, but a 'New Fee' of $123. Thinking I'd made a mistake, I explored further, and noticed that as of April 16, casual sellers who don't have…

Is gumtree a thing in the US?

Worked very well for me in Australia and was mostly free (you only pay for 'premium' listings). You did have to sell locally and usually actually meet the people you were selling to, but it did seem to work.

Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by blowski »

Kequc wrote: post #50

Sure ebay has always charged huge fees for absolutely nothing other than having a recognised domain name. Their software is terrible they've just been around forever. They don't actually do anything, their terrible software keeps churning out money for them because they were in the space first. This entity encompasses Paypal too, another very terrible service that simply won't ever go away. Allow my distain for other…

Actually, for some people, spending time looking around for a new service, deciding which service to use, learning to use that new service, configuring it for whatever you need, etc, is a LOT of work.

If your whole business is pointing to eBay, or all your friends and photos are currently on Facebook, you've got to tell everyone that you've just changed URL.

There's a lot of cost in changing. Sometimes the cost of staying with a service outweighs the cost of changing. You shouldn't assume otherwise.

My Nan has never changed her gas or electric provider in the UK ever since energy utilities were privatised 20 years ago. Sure, she's probably wasted thousands of pounds and she knows that, but she's happy. Meanwhile, we've changed provider about 10 times - and I honestly can't say that the savings have brought extra happiness.

Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by cyberroadie »

Nursie wrote: post #52
anigbrowl wrote: post #2

If you were looking to dirupt eBay's business model, you couldn't pick a better time. While considering a price adjustment on a high-value item I'm selling, I went to their fee calculator to explore some other price points. I was mystified to see not only the fee I expected of ~$55, but a 'New Fee' of $123. Thinking I'd made a mistake, I explored further, and noticed that as of April 16, casual sellers who don't have…

Is gumtree a thing in the US? Worked very well for me in Australia and was mostly free (you only pay for 'premium' listings). You did have to sell locally and usually actually meet the people you were selling to, but it did seem to work.

Gumtree is owned by eBay

Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by lewisflude »

shoply wrote: post #41

Open a shop with us on Shoply.com. Quick, simple, easy. Benefit from our marketplace and existing traffic. We're a startup and exist to democratise commerce and help sellers showcase and sell their products. No fees whatsoever for all HN affiliated sellers. hit us up at support@shoply.com and we will upgrade your account for free forever.

Something is going to replace eBay but somehow your landing page doesn't entirely convince me that Shoply is going to be that thing.

Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by Kequc »

dcc1 wrote: post #46

I was planning all this week to make a classified site for bitcoin sales and exchanges with 0 fees, its up to buyers and sellers to deal between themselves, making money on related advertising instead and maybe seller verification what do people think of that idea?

I don't think people are willing to trade bitcoin for anything other than currencies right now, since the value of it is so unstable. By the time the item you bought arrives you may realise that you hugely over or underpaid for it. I just don't think people would go for it yet.

Also, no chargebacks on bitcoin. So, there is going to be a huge amount of scams. You need to at the very least set up an intermediary between all parties. This will effectively double shipping cost and delivery time on all sales.

Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by Nursie »

cyberroadie wrote: post #54
Nursie wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is gumtree a thing in the US? Worked very well for me in Australia and was mostly free (you only pay for 'premium' listings). You did have to sell locally and usually actually meet the people you were selling to, but it did seem to work.

Gumtree is owned by eBay

Indeed it is, which surprised me when I found out because it's a free service that (in my use-case) directly competes.

Re: EBay is about to increase its seller fees to 10%

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Post by Diamons »

anigbrowl wrote: post #2

If you were looking to dirupt eBay's business model, you couldn't pick a better time. While considering a price adjustment on a high-value item I'm selling, I went to their fee calculator to explore some other price points. I was mystified to see not only the fee I expected of ~$55, but a 'New Fee' of $123. Thinking I'd made a mistake, I explored further, and noticed that as of April 16, casual sellers who don't have…

We're sort of indirectly competing with eBay. Thoughts? http://theboxngo.com
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