I Need Help to Understand eBay Charges

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  ozhunter on 29/10/2015 - 18:58

  The basic cost of selling an item on eBay.com.au =

  • Insertion fee (if applicable)
  • Feature fees (if used)
  • Final value fee (if sold)

  Also Paypal fees if buyers pay with Paypal. Selling Manager Pro is optional, you can use Selling Manager for free.

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

  I have tried to understand eBay's charging strategy,

  I guess insertion fees are to prevent people from spamming ebay with crap. Final value to take a percentage of when/if the item sells. Paypal is now a separate company, but buyers love to use it for purchase protection, which I assume comes out the profit from their fees. Other features are optional, if you choose to use them.

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  scrimshaw on 29/10/2015 - 19:04

  +4

  The only way you can reduce final value fees and not have to pay the expensive 9.9% FVF fee is to become a store.

  http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/fees.html#upgrades

  And here is a table showing the differences in fees paid between a regular user (without a store) and the Basic store, Featured Store and Anchored store
  http://imgur.com/UhjTUcN

  Now the next question is how much does it cost to become a store?

  Fees for eBay Stores subscriptions are as follows

  Basic Store
  $19.95 / month

  Featured Store
  $49.95 / month

  Anchor Store
  $499.95 / month

  And here are your store benefits
  http://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/ebay-for-business/about-stor…

  My analysis is that you are a regular ebayer with no store, and you're selling a large number of goods and are also paying roughly $10 a month for Selling Manager Pro. If you pay $19.95 a month for the Basic Store package you will get Selling Manager Pro for free… so it might be worthwhile subscribing for a Basic Store package which essentially only will set you back an extra $10 a month.

  However, the in the longer term you will get reduced final value fees. between 9.5 percent and 6 percent depending on which category you sell. And you also get 200 free listings per month (as opposed to just 40 per month).

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    sparkles on 29/10/2015 - 21:17

    Good summary scrimshaw. Another bonus of a store is that you can have GTC (Good Until Cancelled) listings. This basically means at the end of 30 days the item relists itself. I find this saves me time and makes the whole process less tedious. Combine this with the slightly lower FVF fees and 200 free listings (as opposed to 40) I find having the Basic Store more convenient. It's more "set and forget". I kind of wish I'd switched to a store sooner.

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      altomic on 30/10/2015 - 07:12

      Yeah, that's really helpful. I've been selling on eBay for years and did not know this.

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  spellegrino on 29/10/2015 - 23:55

  i need help understanding their fees to ;)

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    DeafMutePretender on 30/10/2015 - 01:53

    +1

    their fees to do what? ;)

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  GOFYS on 30/10/2015 - 21:08

  Thanks everyone. I read lots of Ozbargain forum posts, but you guys have been a real help. i will focus on basic store.
  What'a FVF mean…sorry, I'm newish to ebay.
  Still wonder why Paypal charges 3% while everyone else, looks like even AMEX now, can manage 2%.
  That's 50% more!

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    scrimshaw on 30/10/2015 - 21:52

    FVF is final value fee. The basic 9.9% fee you pay to ebay.