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

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Post by nilsimsa »

e40 wrote: post #77

The elephant in the room is this: ebay is all but impossible to use for big ticket items. I tried to sell a camera (>$1000) and after two months of agony and several failed auctions, I pulled out of ebay and immediately sold it on craigslist. Why? Fraud. The first time, I didn't set the option to only sell to established users. I got bids from people with minutes-old accounts that I knew were fraudsters waiting for t…

Many years back I was trying to sell my ipod on ebay. I restricted to the US only because I didn't want to deal with overseas shipment. The winner goes on to tell me that he is on a short trip to the US and to ship to his hometown in Nigeria. Feeling a scam going on, I worked with ebay to get the auction voided to resubmit. By the time that was done, Apple released a new ipod and the value of my old one plummeted.

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

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Post by anigbrowl »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #73

YES!!!! The new price changes are actually going to save me money. Plus they're still cheaper than AMAZON. FYI: I sell on both Amazon and eBay. On ebay I pay for "Buy it Now" listings ($0.50 insertion) and 11% final value fee. So for me the cost is going to drop by 1% and .50 cents. eBay is doing this to compete and catch up to Amazon. Auctions are a fad on their way out, and "buy it now" is where it's all at. Store…

I would love to know what has an 11% FVF, because I can't find it in their fee calculator. I agree that the new fees work out slightly better if you don't have a store and if you are selling items under $90. On the other hand, eBay lets you charge precise amounts on shipping but it takes the same commission that it does on the FVF. So if shipping an item costs $20 you'll end up paying $22 - $20 to the shipper and $2 to eBay.

I actually prefer Buy It Now to auctions, but I don't agree that they're a fad on their way out. Perhaps that's because I tend to trade high value rather than commodity items. I don't sell on Amazon and have no opinion about their fee structure; looking at at my own sales history it seems like eBay was about the same or very slightly more up to now, but Amazon will be significantly cheaper going forward, at least for anything over about $100.

EDIT: for my items, the fees are higher than eBay. YMMV. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1...

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

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Post by anigbrowl »

e40 wrote: post #77

The elephant in the room is this: ebay is all but impossible to use for big ticket items. I tried to sell a camera (>$1000) and after two months of agony and several failed auctions, I pulled out of ebay and immediately sold it on craigslist. Why? Fraud. The first time, I didn't set the option to only sell to established users. I got bids from people with minutes-old accounts that I knew were fraudsters waiting for t…

I have actually done OK with that up to now, and have defended them for it before - but I've been using eBay a long time, set fairly restrictive terms, and trade specialty rather than general consumer items, so I'm generally dealing with knowledgeable counterparties.

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

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Post by vinhboy »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #73

YES!!!! The new price changes are actually going to save me money. Plus they're still cheaper than AMAZON. FYI: I sell on both Amazon and eBay. On ebay I pay for "Buy it Now" listings ($0.50 insertion) and 11% final value fee. So for me the cost is going to drop by 1% and .50 cents. eBay is doing this to compete and catch up to Amazon. Auctions are a fad on their way out, and "buy it now" is where it's all at. Store…

I just started selling on Amazon, but I break out in sweat thinking about how the hell I am going to handle returns. Amazon is known for their Costco style return policy. How do they expect a small time dealer like me cater to people's retail whims?

Also, my first time on Amazon, someone from a US military base in a foreign country ordered my product. Crap. I have never had to ship anything out of the US.

With eBay I can specify no returns + US shipping only. My experiment with Amazon is probably over. I like how fast things sell, but I think eBay makes more business sense for small timers.

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

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Post by zengr »

anigbrowl wrote: post #36
zengr wrote: post #26

Wait, what? The title is completely misleading. It's not an absulute increase from 9% to 10%. The fee earlier for all the sellers was 9%, now for ebay store owners (which mind you is a lot) get rates like 4%, 6% etc based on what items they are selling. So, ebay is actually giving great price to sellers who sell at scale (now they can open an ebay store, which is definitely a good deal!). They are just trying to prom…

The fee earlier for all the sellers was 9% This is not true. It was pretty much the same as the store owner structure with a range of fees for different categories. Don't you think that I checked my facts before posting? You can verify this for yourself using the link below; for example, on a musical instrument selling for $1000 you save $0.50 in insertion fees but your final value goes from $63 to $100. For cameras…

I am refering to this table here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

http://i.imgur.com/arqYfh6.png

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

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Post by anigbrowl »

zengr wrote: post #97
anigbrowl wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fee earlier for all the sellers was 9% This is not true. It was pretty much the same as the store owner structure with a range of fees for different categories. Don't you think that I checked my facts before posting? You can verify this for yourself using the link below; for example, on a musical instrument selling for $1000 you save $0.50 in insertion fees but your final value goes from $63 to $100. For cameras…

I am refering to this table here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html http://i.imgur.com/arqYfh6.png

OK, but keep scrolling on that page and you'll see it's a lot more complex, with different fee schedules for different item categories in the table immediately following if you want to offer a Buy It Now option.

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

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Post by ChrisNorstrom »

anigbrowl wrote: post #92
ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #73

YES!!!! The new price changes are actually going to save me money. Plus they're still cheaper than AMAZON. FYI: I sell on both Amazon and eBay. On ebay I pay for "Buy it Now" listings ($0.50 insertion) and 11% final value fee. So for me the cost is going to drop by 1% and .50 cents. eBay is doing this to compete and catch up to Amazon. Auctions are a fad on their way out, and "buy it now" is where it's all at. Store…

I would love to know what has an 11% FVF, because I can't find it in their fee calculator. I agree that the new fees work out slightly better if you don't have a store and if you are selling items under $90. On the other hand, eBay lets you charge precise amounts on shipping but it takes the same commission that it does on the FVF. So if shipping an item costs $20 you'll end up paying $22 - $20 to the shipper and $2…

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

It in the Fixed price listings—basic fees, under "All other categories". It's 11%.

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

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Post by anigbrowl »

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #99
anigbrowl wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love to know what has an 11% FVF, because I can't find it in their fee calculator. I agree that the new fees work out slightly better if you don't have a store and if you are selling items under $90. On the other hand, eBay lets you charge precise amounts on shipping but it takes the same commission that it does on the FVF. So if shipping an item costs $20 you'll end up paying $22 - $20 to the shipper and $2…

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html It in the Fixed price listings—basic fees, under "All other categories". It's 11%.

OK. I didn't think to consider the special case of items under $50 earlier.
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