eBay

frgom50 · ‎03-03-2024

Why are the fees so complicated? I just want to know how much it's going to cost me when I sell something.

I list it for $250. How much will ebay charge me? How can this be calculated?

bashort · ‎03-03-2024

@slippinjimmy wrote:
@boomersbiz46 wrote:
fees are all different but expect from 20-30% of the total amt paid by the buyer. Fees are calculated on the selling price, the sales tax the buy pays, and on the total shipping amt plus another .40. Did I forget anything? Plus if you have a store, you are paying a monthly fee to list items. If you are a top rated seller, you get a 10% discount on the amt.
The highest standard eBay fee is 15% of the total transaction value plus 30 cents (or maybe 40 cents if that new rate has kicked in).

The ONLY way it can be "20 - 30%" is if the seller adds promotions.

Incorrect, it depends a lot on the relationship of the item cost to shipping cost, if the shipping is as much as the item you are looking at 25% fees

brightlightbookseller · ‎03-04-2024

No, not out of the total paid by the buyer, which was the original claim. If you incorrectly calculate it as a percentage of just the item price, sure, but that's just bad math.

bashort · ‎03-04-2024

@brightlightbookseller wrote:
No, not out of the total paid by the buyer, which was the original claim. If you incorrectly calculate it as a percentage of just the item price, sure, but that's just bad ma

A % of the item price is the only number that matters.

So in Illinois the gas tax is $.45 and gas price at the pump is around $4, would you say the price of gas was $4 or would you say the price was $3.55?

brightlightbookseller · ‎03-04-2024

I'm not sure what your example has to do with anything... eBay's fees are calculated on the total, not the item price. Anything different used to show a "different" percentage is dishonest.

bashort · ‎03-04-2024

@brightlightbookseller wrote:
No, not out of the total paid by the buyer, which was the original claim. If you incorrectly calculate it as a percentage of just the item price, sure, but that's just bad math.

This argument sounds like a politician trying to explain that while it may look like you are paying 20% tax you technically are paying 12.35%.

brightlightbookseller · ‎03-04-2024

Umm, it should sound like a seller with lots of experience explaining your mistake.

Others can see the truth, I won't bother responding to you again as you seem to have no intention of recognizing your lies.

soh.maryl · ‎03-04-2024

It does not make any difference what the relationship is of the shipping fee to the price of the item.

It's 13.25% in most categories. I sell my $1000 computer with shipping of $20. FVF is 13.25%.

I sell my $20 shirt with $5 shipping. FVF is 13.25%.

stainlessenginecovers · ‎03-04-2024

@bashort wrote:
@brightlightbookseller wrote:
No, not out of the total paid by the buyer, which was the original claim. If you incorrectly calculate it as a percentage of just the item price, sure, but that's just bad math.
This argument sounds like a politician trying to explain that while it may look like you are paying 20% tax you technically are paying 12.35%.

@bashort

Just to be clear, when seller ads 14% fee + $1 for packing materials + $1.60 for 'labor' to pack [which they should] ($10 for a $6 shipping label) then seller is actually paying less than 11%??

$50 item

$10 shipping

$8.40 fees (assume no tax state, rounding to 14%)

$51.60 left

Since 14% of $50 would be $7 but I got an additional $1.60 so my real final value fee is

$5.40 which is 10.8% of $50?

Using just the 'item price'- fees can be lowered?

soh.maryl · ‎03-04-2024

If ANYONE, either buyer or seller, reads the fee schedule, he should understand that the FVF in most categories is 13.25% and that it is calculated on the item price, the shipping cost and the state sales tax, if any. Can you show an example where a seller was charged more (unless it was a promoted listing)?