How can i be paying just under 20% fees on my overall sales?

[bigheadlulu]

Where can i go to understand how Ebay is charging me?  They ARE charging fees on the taxes collected, which is crazy and I lose money on each shipment, as they are taking avg 19.8% of overall sales.  I thought we paid 12% on everything.  Man, take me back 20 years when i could understand what was even going on.  I can't keep track of my payments anymore, either without writing down everything by hand and then checking it agains my bank account.  I see NO value for me, at all, in the tsunami of information about this year vs last year, % of this and that, etc. I am just a person getting rid of their stuff before i die and really don't care about last year vs this year.  And on top of that, they are pushing my auctions to 8 automatic resisting and there is no way to stop it.  The sad part is that whoever buys this one auction item will not get it, because i no longer have it.  I will never post an item as an auction again and perhaps that is what they are pushing for.  I feel like i am being herded like a goat, rather than led by a shepherd.  

[luckythewinner]

How can i be paying just under 20% fees on my overall sales?

We cannot explain your fees without you giving us all the numbers. But it can easily happen, especially on items where there is sales tax and the shipping costs are high. 

For example, take a $25 sale with a  $15 shipping charge and 9% sales tax.

The fees under Managed Payments would be 30 cents plus 12.55% of the total sale, or

$5.21 which amounts to 20.8% of the selling price.

[otow_18]

Take for example the large porcelain commode you just sold for $110, shipping $20, and say the buyer's state has 5% sales tax:

For the previous PayPal

$3.96 = 2.90% PayPal fee
$13.26 = 10.20% eBay FVF
$0.30 = fixed fee
$17.52 total fees for PayPal and eBay

For Managed Payments

$17.13 = 12.55% Simplified FVF
$0.30 = fixed fee
$17.43 total fees for Managed Payments

So it works out to be about the same fees, and varies on the buyer's sales tax.

[mr_lincoln]

@bigheadlulu     Yes, they charge fees on virtually every penny that goes through their company ... the link below has a nifty chart showing fees in different categories for those in Managed Payments.

SELLING FEES

Below is a link to Selling fees in the eBay Help Pages

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees-managed-payments-sellers?id=482...