@logico50 wrote:
I have tried to understand where people are getting the idea that that the fees aren't that bad.
They aren't that high. Ebay is nothing more than a consignment house. Call a local consignment auction place... most charge 35% or more. 10 percent is cheap by comparison.
The fees are ridiculous. Between Paypal and ebay fees, it is not worth selling. The topper was getting a final value fee on shipping!
Why do we pay thirty cents for paypal, while Paypal is charging us a fee too?
ALL credit card processors charge a fee, and many of them, unless you do a LOT of business with them, charge very similar rates to Paypal, both in a per-swipe fee and in the percentage they charge you. Why would paypal be any different?
I have decided to look at other auction sites to see if I can move. I am not a huge seller so any suggestions? If I am complaining, I don't even want to think about the big sellers. Once again a company plays with something that was working fine and is slowly driving it into the ground. Greed, good old greed.
I don't disagree with your last part at all. I think you have a very valid point.... and all this started a couple years ago when eBay was caught by Google using hidden keyword spam in everyone's listings. THAT is why our listings no longer show up in a Google search. And, of course, with all the new rules that are not very seller-friendly, lots of sellers are leaving.
The new "defect" system is a major problem for sellers, too, including myself. I had a buyer open a return, but never send me the item back, yet I have a defect on my account at this point still from it. The return will close in my favor in a day or two, unless by some off-chance the item actually does show up at my mailbox before then. I have not sold a single item here since the defect because of this return (if you didn't know, defects make you fall out of search results here, so buyers aren't seeing my items, I assume... I don't know why else I would go from selling a couple items a day to not selling ANY in over 20 days), this return was opened on July 3rd. I have sold multiple items on the other site I am listed on, however, so eBay is shooting themselves in the foot. Also, my listings on the other site ARE showing up in Google search, REGULAR Google search and NOT Google Shopping. If you search a couple of my items, I am the first result in a Google search, but not my listings here, it's my listings elsewhere. And, I'm seeing more traffic on my other listings as a result. eBay COULD fix this if they'd swallow their pride and try to get Google to the table and try to make things right with them again, but they simply have not/will not, for whatever reason, and it's costing us all.
