01-07-2010 05:10 PM
01-08-2010 09:28 AM
01-08-2010 09:47 AM
I just noticed that EBay fees since January 1st have been 21%,
01-08-2010 09:55 AM
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01-08-2010 10:00 AM
01-08-2010 10:07 AM
01-08-2010 10:09 AM
If you think eBay's fees are high, try opening a physical store in a decent location. You'll get crazy buyers there too.
I have to agree with this. All stores have operating costs and all retailers have some crazy arsed buyers occasionally. Trick is to keep both to a minimum.
I also think that 21% in ebay (and pay pal fees I hope you mean to include) is pretty good in my as far as cost of selling fees go. If I sell a $1000 bucks, that means I get to keep almost $800. Yay me!!
You can use a fee calculator to help make sure what you are selling is worth selling on ebay, too.
First thing is they are if not the only game in town, at least the biggest, by far.
Even a B&M doesn't get as much daily traffic as ebay. And traffic is the biggest key to selling. You can't get people to look at your stuff, you can't sell it.
You could always find other sites and list on them, then compare which was more profitable over all. Its a good experiment. Good luck!!
01-08-2010 10:50 AM
The cheerleaders are going to pick apart everything you said in original post.
01-08-2010 11:31 AM
01-08-2010 12:15 PM
No. I don't need to look at anybody's auction to justify what I have said. My statement applies to many listings, free postage or not.
If you were offended, then perhaps you are the loudest cheerleader?
01-08-2010 12:43 PM
01-08-2010 12:44 PM
01-08-2010 01:09 PM
01-08-2010 02:17 PM
The total amount of fees/commisions/postage/etc involved in a single transaction could easily add up to 21% of the sale
10-15% is about right, depending on the average value of an auction sale over a given period. The higher the value, the lower the %-age. Once you start throwing all all the available bells and whistles, of course, the %-age goes up. Postage is not a fee, and only an expense if you use the incoming money from the buyer as an income center which is a convoluted accounting technique that will distort all your %-ages.
For example, the item you paid $1.00 for, sell for $10.00 and has $5.00 postage has a real value of $10.00, not $15.00. If you use postage as a fee or expense, you have $6.00 out of $15.00 or 40%, not including listing fees, PayPal's cut etc. No need for a PhD in Math here.
The cheerleaders are going to pick apart everything you said in original post. You must speak to them in the same language that eBay uses in all their documentation, or else they wont understand why you don't get it.
People who regulalrly post on the P/T Board try very hard to help others work out difficulties and understand the rules of the game. Apparently, you don't realize that to understand the rules, you have to understand the language. Your comment is akin to people who live in France speaking French and then you complaining they don't understand when you ask for directions in English. That's not cheerleading and I think your comment inappropriate.
01-08-2010 02:40 PM