mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
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The 6.29 FVF you quoted above ALREADY includes the 30 cent per transaction fee. You should not include the 30 cent fee as it will mess up your calculation. The 30 cent fee is charged on all transaction no matter how much the sale prices was for. So on a 30 dollar sale it has more impact to the percentage than it does on a 300 dollar sale. So to get a true percentage leave it out.
$5.99 divided by $31.12 [28.75 + 2.37] = 19.25 %
So the regular FVF is likely 13.25%, if you add in the 6% penalty fee for falling below standard, that equals 19.25%.
Ebay would have sent you an email notifying you that your evaluation showed you are Below Standard and that the penalty fee was going to be charged on all of your sales. You need to check your emails.
Also something I encourage ALL sellers to do is to review their Seller Dashboard at a minimum of Weekly. That way you will see if you have any problem areas brewing. I really encourage you to make this part of your daily or weekly process so you can be proactive instead of reactive.
@reallynicestamps wrote:Unless you are using Free Shipping (including your shipping costs in your sellingprice) your fee is probably right.
30c servicefee- not refundable.
13.25%on selling price - 3.88
13.25% on sales tax- $0.32
13.25% on shipping - $1.70
How much did you charge for shipping?
The transaction was Free Shipping.
@isaiah53-57 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
The transaction was Free Shipping.
Another Gold Nugget from Mam that is just more misconstruing and misunderstanding of the post being responded to...
I didnt ask what the shipping was in the transaction - I asked what the OP paid for shipping...
There is NO SUCH THING as free shipping! - If the seller paid $10 to ship this item, then he/she sold an $18.75 item.
OMG, really. We weren't talking about any transaction but the one the OP created this thread to talk about.
That transaction was free shipping and it does matter. It is exactly why when the OP presented the numbers related to this specific transaction they did not have a separate amount for shipping. They just had the product price and the sales tax price for the total transaction that was paid by the buyer AND in turn the amount that the seller was charged their FVF on.
What the OP paid for shipping has absolutely NOTHING to do with the FVFs they paid to Ebay. I am unsure why you think the COST [not what the buyer was charged] of shipping has to do with anything regarding FVFs.
However you are right I did misunderstand your question " Does that $28.75 include the shipping cost?" I assumed something that I really should not have done. I thought you were asking how much the buyer paid for shipping above the $28.75. That is most certainly my bad. But it didn't occur to me that you would think that the actual cost of shipping had anything to do with FVFs paid to Ebay. I should have asked you for clarification and I'm sorry I made that error, I will try to be more careful in the future. Sincerely. 😍
Thank you for trying to school me on what Free Shipping is, but I've been clear on that since the day the site allowed it in 2011.
@isaiah53-57 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@isaiah53-57 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
The transaction was Free Shipping.
Another Gold Nugget from Mam that is just more misconstruing and misunderstanding of the post being responded to...
I didnt ask what the shipping was in the transaction - I asked what the OP paid for shipping...
There is NO SUCH THING as free shipping! - If the seller paid $10 to ship this item, then he/she sold an $18.75 item.
OMG, really. We weren't talking about any transaction but the one the OP created this thread to talk about.
That transaction was free shipping and it does matter. It is exactly why when the OP presented the numbers related to this specific transaction they did not have a separate amount for shipping. They just had the product price and the sales tax price for the total transaction that was paid by the buyer AND in turn the amount that the seller was charged their FVF on.
What the OP paid for shipping has absolutely NOTHING to do with the FVFs they paid to Ebay. I am unsure why you think the COST [not what the buyer was charged] of shipping has to do with anything regarding FVFs.
However you are right I did misunderstand your question " Does that $28.75 include the shipping cost?" I assumed something that I really should not have done. I thought you were asking how much the buyer paid for shipping above the $28.75. That is most certainly my bad. But it didn't occur to me that you would think that the actual cost of shipping had anything to do with FVFs paid to Ebay. I should have asked you for clarification and I'm sorry I made that error, I will try to be more careful in the future. Sincerely. 😍
Thank you for trying to school me on what Free Shipping is, but I've been clear on that since the day the site allowed it in 2011.
You are misconstruing, assuming, and misunderstanding ALL OVER AGAIN - Where did I say anything about the amount the seller paid in shipping having anything to do with the FVFs?? - The Final value fees are $6 and change REGARDLESS of what the seller paid to ship - What I did imply, is the effect on profit and the overall affect the FVFs have on the transaction ARE based on how much the seller paid to ship - Wow - do you even read anything you respond to??
Well you didn't, but the actual cost of shipping has nothing to do with the concerns the OP came here with and has no bearing on how much FVF are. I am sincerely sorry that I have again upset you.
You may want to review this post as it explains what the OP's issue is.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Ebay-charging-20-fees-for-sales/m-p/34210710#M2336045
The OP has voice no concern over their profit, however their concern over the amount in FVF they paid certainly does have an affect on that. I did read what you said no matter how much you protest. The cost of shipping simply has nothing to do with what the OP came here about. Maybe you misunderstood something, IDK. But there is no need for a conflict.
