Pricing Items for sale & Fees
Summary: 5star_general_seller suggested that eBay implement a feature where sellers could set a desired amount to receive for an item, allowing eBay to calculate and add any fees and shipping. This idea sparked a debate with other participants who expressed skepticism, noting challenges with such a system and questioning 5star_general_seller's approach to selling. roccotacodad54 and 1786davycrockett debated the feasibility and impact of adding more automation, while 5star_general_seller defended the practicality of their suggestion. Another participant offered a practical workaround by using a fee calculator to set prices effectively.
Instead of me listing an item for x amount of dollars, why cant i simply put how much i want for the item and let ebay compute how much they want the price to be.
For instance,
I have a football, i want $25 for it. I dont care how much it cost to ship, i dont care how much fees the buyer is charged & i dont want any suprises along the way . I simply want $25 for what im selling and anything beyond that is out of my hands.
If swappa continues to expand its wings, along with Mercari steadily growing, Ebay is going to have to make some changes that cater to the seller, sooner than later.
But Ebay can be the one that decides if they want to accept the offer that the buyer makes as im just looking to get my $25 and all else has nothing to do with me nor my wallet.
powell-collectibles
·1 week agoWell, I like the idea. eBay couldn’t tell you exactly how much you’d make but they can give a reasonable relevant range. As long as you have the right class of shipping service and the right weight and dimensions it should be reasonably simple to do. They could show you your net in anything from EIS to selling to a high sales tax, far flung location.
profitweb
·1 week ago · Edited@5star_general_seller
I think that is a great suggestion!!
Submit your suggestion to eBay:
Open a Listing draft (on PC)
In upper right, click the 3 stacked dots to the right of the "?"
Click Your Feedback and submit.
I think suggestions go to die there... but it's worth a shot to submit that idea on the Listing draft. If it's implemented, I'll know who to thank @5star_general_seller
alix-1200
·1 week agoI understand what you’re trying to do — you want to enter the amount you need to receive and work backwards to the listing price.
The difficulty is that the final amount can depend on the category, buyer-paid shipping, sales tax, the fixed per-order charge and whether the listing is promoted.
I’ve been using this US eBay fee calculator to estimate the fees and adjust the selling price:
https://www.feescalculator.info/ebay-fee-calculator-us/
For example, you can keep changing the item price until the estimated payout is close to the $25 you want to receive. It’s only an estimate, since the final transaction details can vary, but it’s easier than trying to calculate every fee manually.
ryry-jj
·3 weeks agoEbay's first and foremost goal is to provide a pleasant experience for the buyer. They never have, nor will they ever care about the seller. Sellers are on their own to figure out all the details, buyers just need to click, "buy it now" and in a few short days the item arrives at their door. When sellers don't care about the details, a BBE is sure to follow.
thief_in_the_night_100_rating_seller
OP3 weeks agoThats why they have less than 3% of the market space.
kensgiftshop
·3 weeks ago · EditedWithout knowing how much the fees will be on the shipping and sales tax, how do you think they could figure out what to price it so you receive $25?
thief_in_the_night_100_rating_seller
OP3 weeks agoWho tells u how much the fees are going to be? Ebay. YOU BUY THE LABELS FROM EBAY, THEY'RE THE ONES YOU PAY FOR THE SHIPPING FEES. You must be a Seller back in vietnam. Classic
kensgiftshop
·3 weeks agoYou won't know how much the fees are going to be until the buyer pays.
The price you pay for the shipping label isn't a fee, it's an expense.
Nope, from the good ole USA.
thief_in_the_night_100_rating_seller
OP3 weeks agoI was simply asking if a feature could be added and you 3 came to ridicule me? Sure sounds like sour employees.
Being senior members of the community you would think you would add constructive comments instead of going below the belt with criticism..
Im attempting to help keep ebay relevant but if you dont open your eyes to the future, they will be shut forever.
Have you ever read a comment on this community that is a positive comment besides the ones that are on ebays payroll, which i would assume yall 3 are or are REALLY lonely individuals. eitherway, keep shooting down ideas to make your site more appealing and you will have to cheerlead for someone else sooner than later.
1786davycrockett
·3 weeks ago@5star_general_seller
You seem to be under the impression that individuals who attempt to demonstrate the holes in your suggestions must therefore be eBay employees.
I am (thankfully) not an eBay employee, nor do I receive anything from eBay in return for my commentaries (although in the past I have received several "slaps on the hand" from eBay for comments which I made, with which eBay disagreed).
No one employs me anymore -- I am 79, and long retired, and I only work for myself (and my ever-forgiving wife).
And, frankly, since none of us on these sites works for eBay, any suggestions from anyone regarding possible improvements to eBay are falling on deaf ears -- eBay will never read them, or react to them.
Finally -- if you only wanted confirmation for your suggestion, rather than criticism and logic based upon our decades-long associations with eBay, perhaps you misunderstood the "give and take" of these boards: if a suggestion apparently has issues, those issues should definitely be addressed, and not whitewashed or ignored.
thief_in_the_night_100_rating_seller
OP3 weeks agoThank you.
1786davycrockett
·3 weeks ago@5star_general_seller
Since eBay has never been misidentified as a charitable organization, there is no reason to believe that eBay would not charge a hefty fee for what you are requesting -- and that eBay's share of any resulting profits would easily exceed any amount received by a seller.
As eBay is designed, the seller is responsible for doing most of the work, although eBay has a history of interfering with many decisions made by sellers -- so let's not suggest that eBay intervene any further!
albertabrightalberta
·3 weeks ago@5star_general_seller
I'm wondering what your point is.
Did you come here for advice or to draw members to your listings?
With 42 active listings, many posted months ago and with many sold items, I get the feeling there's an ulterior motive.
It sounds like you're looking for a quick and easy way to sell your items with as little work as possible. And that's certainly NOT the way to be a good seller.
However in looking at your feedback and those you've left buyers, I see work that needs to be done to become a better seller. Cancelling orders and issuing refunds claiming "buyer requested" when that isn't what happened is a no-no. And the feedbacks left for those buyers were violations.
thief_in_the_night_100_rating_seller
OP3 weeks ago · EditedTHANKS FOR THE USEFUL COMMENT.
thief_in_the_night_100_rating_seller
OP2 weeks agoI deleted all my listings. Thanks for the idea
roccotacodad54
·3 weeks agoIf eBay does all the work for you and decides how much it costs the buyer they won't do it for free.
So it goes to reason that the total cost to that buyer will be considerably more than if you did the work yourself. So much more that in all likelyhood the buyer will pass and not buy it.
Wouldn't you rather do the work yourself and maybe get $30 dollars for it?...........................?
thief_in_the_night_100_rating_seller
OP3 weeks ago · EditedComprehension.
"ebay" doesnt calcualte anything. Ebay is a website.
I was just offering up an opinion , you dont like it. That is fair but really no need to comment. But thanks for your inpute once again.