mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@cat20sew wrote:
I got the special promotion of 100 free listings and activated it but I’m not getting those free listings. Instead they are using up my monthly 50 free listings. That never happened before. So I can’t use the special promotion they are offering. The offer will end before I get to use it.
You always need to make sure you read further down on any invitation you get. You need to read the requirements for qualifying to use the listings. Not all promos are the same. They do vary. So to me it sounds like the listings you were posting didn't qualify for the promo you received.
@upgradedendmills wrote:My fees can approach 20% very easily, but I love it when I get a high invoice because it is a good indicator that I have made decent money over the last month. I don't think you are willing to accept how much your "principles" are potentially costing you. If I were listing old radio/TV tubes I would not want to have a single one that is not listed at the same time as the others. Those listings will feed off of each other and lead to cross sales. There are auction sites that charge a noninal one time fee for unlimited listings for life and have low,low FVF's. I have experience with one of these, have paid the fee a few years ago, and don't use. Has absolutely nothing to do with principles, only with sales.
Why are your fees that high? Do you used promoted listings a lot? Do you use listing upgrades? 20% on Ebay is pretty high.
@upgradedendmills wrote:Sorry, Mam'. My fees themselves are 11.9% with eBay and PayPal. My cost of selling when sales are down is easily approaching 20% because of my store cost. It varies day to day but I never worry about it. Very seldom use promoted listings, I prefer just running 2 or 3 day sales when I feel like it. My niche market can be very profitable even with minimal sales but has to be viewed over the long term. My sales over the last couple of months would make most people give up or make drastic changes. I won't do either.
Because of my business plan or lack of one it can be difficult to try to give advice to others. I am cold and insensitive to silliness most of the time so it is hard to help others. You have a knack for this and do well at it, I hope other posters appreciate the effort you put into trying to help them.
That sounds a bit better. For me I don't really consider my store fee when I'm looking at this information as there are benefits with the store that help pay for the store costs.
We all need to structure our little businesses in the way that works best for us. I've never believed that this is the same for everyone. We are a diverse group of people which makes our needs and reality quite diverse as well.
