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I sold an item for $50.00.  The postage was $4.57.  The net proceeds, according to Ebay was $45.77.   Is that what I should receive into my checking account?  The money was supposed to be availabe 7/27, but I haven't received $45.77 as yet.  Am I figuring this correctly?  If so, who do I contact?

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Managed Payments? 

When funds are processed it can take 3-5 business days to be deposited into your checking account on file with eBay managed payments 

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@starsteps1 

 

- Net proceeds are... item + s&h + sales tax (where applicable); less FVFs (your fee percentage + $.30) per transaction.

- If the transaction shows as 'Completed', then the money has been sent to your bank.

 

I've been in MP since August, 2019. I find that my buyer's payment is my bank deposit ("available") in 4 business days.

 

If it's the book you sold on 7/26, I doubt it was 'Completed' by 7/27... I think there's no need to call just yet. Good luck.

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EBAY fees based on (purchase price + shipping costs + sales tax) plus 30 cent handling charge.

 

With MANAGED PAYMENTS (selling fees and shipping costs) are deducted immediately (balance is deposited into your checking account 5-7 AFTER sale is made.   EBAY "holds shipping money" so when you print label funds will be available.   When you print label (go to bottom of page) and click "use pending funds".

 

What would get deposited into your checking account would be $50 minus EBAY selling fees and minus shipping costs (that is what you use to print label).

 

 

 

 

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What do you understand "available" to mean?
That your buyer's payment has cleared her bank?

That it has been received by Managed Payments?

  • At this point you can safely ship.

That you can use the MP money to buy a shipping label?

That it has been transferred to your bank?

That it has been received by your bank?

 

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@starsteps1 

 

The first thing to learn that will help you a great deal is the Seller Hub.  The only place you can track your MP account is under the Payment Tab in the Seller Hub.  From there you can see what money is pending and what is available along with when your next payout is scheduled for.  That and so much more about the details of your MP account.  You don't have to run blind.  All you info is there.

 

You can get there by going up to the My Ebay words on the upper right side of your screen.  Hover of My Ebay, select Summary and it will take you to your Seller Hub.


mam98031  •  Volunteer Community Member  •  Buyer/Seller since 1999

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you." Quote from Edward I Koch

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@starsteps1 

 

On the right side of Payment's Community board are several threads by the Managed Payments team. You should take a peek at them as there is information there that you will most certainly need to understand.

When a buyer submits a payment the seller is considered PAID at that point. There funding source has been pinged and they payment will clear. The next step is for MP to clear the pending payment which takes 1-2 days. But understand there is NO RISK that this payment will not be paid to you. Once a buyer submits a payment, they cannot change it, cancel it or otherwise mess with it in any way. The same held true when we used PayPal. But it takes MP 1-2 days to get the literal money moved from the funding source to your MP account.

Once it is no longer Pending it moves to Available. That means that on the next BUSINESS day if you are on Daily deposits, your transfer will be sent to your bank. If you are on Weekly Deposits, then it will transfer on the next available Tuesday. Once MP makes the transfer into the ACH banking system, they no longer have control over that money; it is in the hands of the banking system. Normally it takes 1-4 days for it to arrive at your bank.

For me, I do Weekly deposits. It is sent every Tuesday morning and before noon on Wednesday my money is at my bank. I do bank with a major bank, for those using smaller more local banks, it can take longer.

Many sellers in MP ship right away as there is NO RISK to the money actually getting to your bank account unless you are having problems with your account that MP has likely notified you about.

Other sellers for whatever reason they have wait until the money is in there bank. While this is not necessary to do as it does not increase the security of you receiving your money, this is what some sellers decide to do. If you lean this way, I suggest that after you are more comfortable with how MP works, with experience, that you reconsider this decision.

Keep in mind the Selling Rules of Ebay do NOT change when you enter MP. What is required of sellers, the policies and rules remain the same. One of those rules is we must ship within our stated handling time. There will be no grace period or anything else just because you are in MP and you choose to wait until the money is in your bank before you ship.

To do that without changing your listings will result in Late Shipment Defects and certainly damage the health of your selling account. So if you are leaning towards shipping after the money is in your bank, then make sure you change your handling time on your listings BEFORE you start this practice. If you don't, then you will likely be in the penalty box before long and that pesky additional FVF of 5%.

So either way is fine, just make sure you look out for yourself, make the decision that is best for you and proceed forward. You will be fine.
MP isn't that difficult to adapt to for most sellers. It is difficult to adapt to for some Casual Sellers. These are usually sellers that don't have enough listings to warrant having a store of any level. This transition is very hard for most of these sellers. I really respect that.

The thing to consider is, do you make a profit or enough profit on what you sell here to remain selling on Ebay. Likely that answer is yes. And if your answer is yes, it is in your best interest and the best interest of your wallet to do your best to adapt.

It is like working with a budget. And believe me I HATE budgets, but they are a good tool. While you won't have access to your money instantly like you did in PP, you will usually have access to the money by this time next week. Learn to get over the hump. I understand and respect that this hump can be much harder for some than others. But once you have passed over this, things will smooth out and be easier to deal with.

In some threads you will find that sellers that really thought they could not live with this change has found out that they actually don't spend their money as fast and some find that they don't spend as much as they did when the money was instant.

I wish you nothing but the very best.


mam98031  •  Volunteer Community Member  •  Buyer/Seller since 1999

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you." Quote from Edward I Koch

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The NEW eBay is...

Take What  you can get and

Be Happy when you get it!

Smoke Break💨🇺🇸

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