End selling

[soundmind56]

I want to end the sale of all my items first you charge too much, second I lose money on sales I never have made money but maybe once

[emerald40]

Version:1.0 StartHTML:000000209 EndHTML:000002783 StartFragment:000001327 EndFragment:000002676 StartSelection:000001327 EndSelection:000002656 SourceURL:http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/end_early.htmlEnding a listing early

To end a listing early and cancel all bids or sell to the high bidder:

1. Go to My eBay > Selling and find the item.

2. From the More actions drop-down menu, select End My Listing Early.

3. If there are bids on your item, choose how you want to end your listing.

   • If there are 12 or more hours before the end of the listing, select Cancel bids and end listing early or Sell item to high bidder.

   • If there are fewer than 12 hours before the end of the listing, your only option is Sell item to high bidder.

     Note: If your item has no bids, you can skip this step

4. Select the reason you're ending your listing early and click End My Listing.

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@soundmind56 wrote:

I want to end the sale of all my items first you charge too much, second I lose money on sales I never have made money but maybe once

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You know (or should know) the fees beforehand. With no store, fees are 10% of the total amount the buyer pays.

If you are losing money, raise your prices. You have to be able to acquire your item at a low enough cost, factor in all fees (Ebay, Paypal, handling, shrinkage,  your time, your profit, ink, paper, etc., etc.) into your item cost. If you cannot remain competitive at that price, you paid too much for your inventory.

ALL of the above are in YOUR hands. It's the same here or anywhere else you sell online.  Failure to not make money on a sale is not Ebay's fault.

[nowthatsjustducky]

Simple rocket surgery formula for setting your prices:

Item Price = Desired Profit + Product Cost + Shipping (if you are using "free" shipping and adding shipping to the price) eBay Fees + PayPal (or other payment processor fees) + Other associated costs +/- whatever is required to get a pretty looking showing price (like if you like to do x.95 or x.99 pricing for example).

With a formula like that, you never take a loss on an item when it sells.

Come to think of it, the formula on my spreadsheet is based on if the item were being listed on a non store account (10% vs 4% to 9.15%) and no free listing (30 cents).  That formula definitely guarantees making my desired profit every time when an item sells.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@soundmind56 wrote:

I want to end the sale of all my items first you charge too much, second I lose money on sales I never have made money but maybe once

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Ebay's fees are less than other sites.  

To end your listings, you need to follow the previous instructions for ending them.

You set the prices, so you determine what your profit, if any, will be.  You have to know what Ebay charges for fees before you can figure that and this may be where you had a problem.  You would need to figure 10% FVF, final value fee, and 10% on the shipping cost.

[nowthatsjustducky]

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

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@soundmind56 wrote:

I want to end the sale of all my items first you charge too much, second I lose money on sales I never have made money but maybe once

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Ebay's fees are less than other sites.  

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Actually, since I fired Amazon as a venue, eBay's fees (even when I am selling in a 4% category here) are the highest of the remaining sites I deal on, and that includes one particular site (3.5% and no fee on the shipping) that has been rocking for me for the past year.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@nowthatsjustducky wrote:

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

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@soundmind56 wrote:

I want to end the sale of all my items first you charge too much, second I lose money on sales I never have made money but maybe once

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Ebay's fees are less than other sites.  

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Actually, since I fired Amazon as a venue, eBay's fees (even when I am selling in a 4% category here) are the highest of the remaining sites I deal on, and that includes one particular site (3.5% and no fee on the shipping) that has been rocking for me for the past year.

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I stand corrected.  I have often read that Ebay's fees are cheaper than other sites, including the one you fired, but not on the one particular one.