Another fee that eBay has Started

[doug_5857]

PLEASE READ EVERY BODY

I have just discovered that eBay has added a NEW FEE  on our sales called  MANAGED PAYMENTS. Here is how it goes   "You posted a regular penny for $0.99 cents." Now eBay will take $.30 cents of every sale. So NOW your $0.99 cent sale will break down like this.       $0.99 sale   = eBay gets 12.9% for the sale.  $0.30 for     ( no matter if the sale is $ 0.99 cents or $99.00 dollars)   every listing Which leaves you with $0.57 profit. NOW you have to spend $0.55 cents for a stamp to send item to your customer.  This leaves you with a profit on that penny is $0.02 cents before you send out the coin. You end up with $0.01 cuz now you also have to send out that SALE penny. If I can not sell my coins that might be worth $0.99 and make a reasonable tiny profit.  I will NOT sell my items worth $100.00 here either. I will look for another Platform to sell my coins on.  I HOPE EVERY ONE READS THIS.        PLEASE HELP

    my id. is  doug_5857

[luckythewinner]

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@doug_5857 wrote:

Now eBay will take $.30 cents of every sale.

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PayPal also took a 30 cent fixed fee on every transaction, unless you had a micropayments account. 

[nobody*s_perfect]

Did you not notice that PayPal was charging you a 30-cent processing fee, too?

[monroe67]

To echo what "luckythewinner" said, the PayPal fee has always be
My selling ID, in addition to being a little obsessive, has a stubborn streak.  
Whenever eBay suggests she start an auction at 99 cents, she says, "No Way!!"  

[stuff4divas]

Old News, Not a New Fee, same fee PayPal charged

I wish you Good Luck with selling elsewhere

[99centhousefund]

On this one ebay just doing the same thing paypal did. Unless as another poster stated you had a micropayments account. Then it was 5 Cents instead of 30 But 5% on the rest of the sale. Unless OP did not use paypal & used Merchant Credit Card & has a deal with the credit card company to not pay the Transaction Fee.

[johnrj1226]

But  you no longer that PayPal  2.9%  plus 30 cent  processing fee

Solution - don't sell stuff for  99 cents.

[coolections]

Not sure how long you've been on Ebay. Please say you just started and didn't know about the fees. Yes, selling 99 cent items is pretty much a waste of time. I suggest take 10 of those 99 cent items and group them into a single "lot" and start at $9.99

[nobody*s_perfect]

OP has 564 feedback as a seller.

[chapeau-noir]

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@doug_5857 wrote:

PLEASE READ EVERY BODY

I have just discovered that eBay has added a NEW FEE  on our sales called  MANAGED PAYMENTS. Here is how it goes   "You posted a regular penny for $0.99 cents." Now eBay will take $.30 cents of every sale. So NOW your $0.99 cent sale will break down like this.       $0.99 sale   = eBay gets 12.9% for the sale.  $0.30 for     ( no matter if the sale is $ 0.99 cents or $99.00 dollars)   every listing Which leaves you with $0.57 profit. NOW you have to spend $0.55 cents for a stamp to send item to your customer.  This leaves you with a profit on that penny is $0.02 cents before you send out the coin. You end up with $0.01 cuz now you also have to send out that SALE penny. If I can not sell my coins that might be worth $0.99 and make a reasonable tiny profit.  I will NOT sell my items worth $100.00 here either. I will look for another Platform to sell my coins on.  I HOPE EVERY ONE READS THIS.        PLEASE HELP

    my id. is  doug_5857

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Managed payments isn't a 'fee' - it's a payment system.

And it *does* matter of the sale is 99 cents or 99 dollars.  It's all a matter of scale.  I don't think you can blame a payment system for such an ill thought out idea like offering free shipping on a 99 cent item, but free shipping on a $99 item may make...uh...cents.

[lonebuck-books]

The only "new" thing about this fee is that eBay is now collecting it instead of Paypal.  Either way, the 30 cent fee has been around a long time.  It's nothing new.

[coastaltechsolution]

How were you doing your books before if you just now believe MP is collecting .30 per transaction and you do not remember PP doing this? 

[doug_5857]

Yes I did have Micropayments. I will have Micro set up on eBay  MP  as well.

[doug_5857]

When I sold a $0.99 cent item with PayPal i would receive $.32 cents left over as profit on every sale. Now I get ZERO

[doug_5857]

Yes I did have Micropayments. I will have Micro set up on eBay  MP  as well.  When I sold a $0.99 cent item with PayPal i would receive $.32 cents left over as profit on every sale. Now I get ZERO. I use a Master Charge debit card tied to my bank