mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
Having a store, Basic and above, has more benefits than just a reduction in FVFs. The Store fee has value to many sellers, but you need to look at the whole thing, not just one item and decide it isn't going to work or is too expensive.
One benefit is the coupon for Ebay branded shipping supplies. If a seller uses these supplies, the coupon goes a long ways to offsetting the store fee.
@imaginaryfriend03 wrote:And also with the increased shipping fees, sellers are being hit twice. Time to rethink where I sell. I’m still waiting for someone to fix my incorrect charge for an international shipping label. It’s been almost a month and no action yet despite talking to 4 reps. Sellers are not a priority to Ebay. And it shows.
While I'm with you on the increase in carrier fees, Ebay isn't responsible for that and should not be held responsible for holding their pricing because of it anymore that sellers that have an increase in their cost from the vendors they buy their inventory from would.
Carriers raise prices every year, it is something we have to deal with. Hard to at times to be sure, but it is a fact we deal with yearly.
@kandaca wrote:It is not accurate to state that a fee change from 12.55% to 12.9% is an increase of 0.35%.
If an item is $100, the fee becomes $12.90 rather than $12.55, which is actually an increase of 2.8%, 8x the so-called 0.35% increase.
So, I believe the correct way of stating it is that the FVF is increasing by 2.8%, not by 0.35%.
While I agree with you on your numbers, if Ebay would have announced that the fees were going up by 2.8% very few would have done the math to figure out that meant a .35% actual increase to what they are currently paying.
Seller would have gone screaming and yelling thinking their fees were going from 12.55% to 15.35%
[12.55 + 2.8 = 15.35]
@nobody*s_perfect wrote:I have two questions which might actually have answers:
1. Aren't sellers usually given 30 days' notice before new final value fee rates (and other price increases) go into effect? Somewhere I got the impression that there was a requirement or commitment to allow one full billing period before changes. Why March 1, which is just 20 days from now, rather than giving 30 days' notice?
2. IIRC generally in the past when fee increases were announced, eBay also offered a grace period in which sellers with annual subscriptions for Stores could cancel or downgrade their subscriptions with no early termination fees. Will that be offered this time?
I agree with your first point. But it appears that has gone out the window along with only having TWO Seller Updates per year. We haven't had a Winter Seller Update since PRE 2014 if ever. My guess is we are now likely moving to FOUR per year.
As to your second point, only if the Store Subscription significantly changed. And increase in FVF isn't likely to qualify for that.
@buyselljack2016 wrote:Why does eBay keep trying to be profitable? They should operate at a break even point so that sellers can make more money.
LOL 🤣
@paradigmaker wrote:I’m out once inventory runs out. I would advise everyone change platforms. Only way to keep thieves honest.
This is often something said by those that do not currently sell on multiple channels so they don't know what color the grass is on the other side.
For those of us that sell on multiple channels we are aware that other sites to charge more and some less. But then there are those that have more traffic and some have less. You have to do you homework. Fees paid to the website are NOT the deciding factor as to where you sell, or at least it shouldn't be. The deciding factor is which site do you get the best sales on.
It will do you not one bit of good to pay lower fees and in return you get LESS sales too.
Name calling isn't necessary either. We are ALL here to make a profit. There isn't a darn thing wrong with that. Ebay and ALL it's sellers want to make profit. It is why we do this. It isn't a dirty word nor should it be made to seem to be one. I bet YOU want to make a profit.
@mr_lincoln wrote:
@alvasa wrote:I agree with you on the matter of final value fees on shipping, If a seller is purchasing a shipping label on Ebay, then Ebay knows exactly the cost of the shipping, and should partially refund the final value fee based on that cost, or Ebay should add the shipping portion of the final value fee to the projected cost of a label for calculated shipping. For the most part I have stopped offering free shipping. There is no benefit to me anymore, and I find calculated shipping does not seem to impact my sales. I could add a flat handling fee to cover at least part of final value fees, but having the option to factor in a % of cost would be more accurate. For example, say I am using a flat rate envelope at $7.75, normally the buyer would be shown that cost, however if I could add the cost of the final value fee of say roughly 12%, the buyer would see a shipping cost of 8.68.
@alvasa Since eBay will not stop charging fees on paid shipping I would rather see a smaller flat rate fee just for printing labels through eBay instead of a % of the total paid by the Buyer. Most of my labels wind up being Priority mail so all the current fee structure does is take more out of the profit margin ... some labels cost over $ 20 so at 12% that's a big hit at $ 2.40 or more.
Mr. L
Why would Ebay do that. They are right when they state that FVFs on Shipping is an industry standard.
What ISN'T an industry standard is charging a full FVF on Sales tax. No one does that in which I'm aware of except Ebay. I would understand and support a 3% fee on sales tax, but the full FVF IMHO is excessive.
The argument that some use about they don't mind because they wouldn't want to have it be on the sellers to do all that collecting and remitting of sales tax IMHO is a bit hollow. The STATES are the ones that need to pay Ebay for their services and THEY DO. Ebay gets a small portion of the sales tax they collect for any state to compensate them for this service. And that is exactly who should be paying for it, not the Sellers.
Where the heck are the Ebay CSRs that are suppose to be on the threads engaging and helping the posters?????????????????????????????????????????????????
