@3xz wrote:
12.55%. That was the selling fee on an item I just sold on eBay. And it wasn’t 12.55% off the selling price. No, they used the final price including taxes and shipping.
And? That's about what it's been for ages if you considered the old Paypal+Ebay fees combined. It's a little more or a little less in most categories with Managed Payments.
@3xz wrote:
Item sold for $950. They took $130 which is 13.7% because the item went for $1,040 with taxes and shipping when I don’t see a cent of the taxes and shipping.
Correct. The fee is based on the total sale, shipping and tax included. Not sure why that is al that surprising, that is also nothing new at least for the last decade or so. (Well I guess 2-3 years only for the tax part since that is newer.)
@3xz wrote:
It had been years since I sold anything on eBay. I know I should’ve checked the fees beforehand, but it was something like 3-4% last time I sold something. It is a mistake I won’t make again. What do people use? Amazon? Craigslist? Facebook market place?
Okay then. You also won't find anywhere NEAR as much traffic (people looking to buy your items) on ANY other site other than AZ. The other newer sites as of right now don't have even 1/20th of the products listed in any given category or 1/50th the traffic that ebay has. It's a service, they have an established platform for over 25 years so of course you're going to pay a premium for that. Honestly, I think the fees are just fine when you compare elsewhere. I expect those to increase steadily though in the near future to 15% or more...
