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First time sale. Shipping charges and negative balance questions.

Would love some advice on my first sale.

 

I sold a item August 19th and shipped it the same day.  It’s the only thing I have sold. After the sale it says my 90 day total is $246.40. $246.40 seemed off but I assume it’s due to taxes? The item I sold was $200 with $24 shipping. I used a eBay international standard label. The buyer payed the shipped.

 

On September 1st my account went negative with -$24. I didn’t get a email notice.  I happened to see it in my account today otherwise I would have never known. I’m a first time seller so I won’t get paid till September 30th as this is going to Australia. The totals are confusing.  At $246.40 it looks like they charged for shipping twice. If the seller payed for shipping why is it coming out of my account?

 

I see no way to pay it. I have looked repeatedly but there is no option to pay off my negative balance. Here is a break down of the order. The break down doesn’t show the $246.40 amount. It only shows in the app under 90 day total.. I assume it’s because shipping was removed from that amount. Thanks for the help anyone can give.

 

Transaction breakdown

Order total

$224.00

Total fees

-$31.88

 

Net proceeds

$192.12

 

Fees based on:

$222.40

 

Final Value Fee

Variable percentage · Toys & Hobbies category

-$27.91

Rate for $0.00 - $7,500.00

12.55%

International Fee

Charged because the delivery address is in Australia. Final amount: $222.40.

1.65%

-$3.67

Item fee total

 

-$31.58

Final Value Fee

Per order fixed amount

-$0.30

-$0.30

 

Total fees

 

-$31.88

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First time sale. Shipping charges and negative balance questions.

Ebay takes out the fees right away before your payment is processed and "deposited" into your account.

 

So there is always going to be a more negative balance until your payments are received usually a day or two later.

 

In the meantime, any balance due will come directly out of your banking account that you linked with Managed Payments.

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First time sale. Shipping charges and negative balance questions.

Ebay takes out the fees right away before your payment is processed and "deposited" into your account.

 

So there is always going to be a more negative balance until your payments are received usually a day or two later.

 

In the meantime, any balance due will come directly out of your banking account that you linked with Managed Payments.

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First time sale. Shipping charges and negative balance questions.

The buyer pays YOU for shipping.  YOU then use the shipping money to pay the carrier for shipping.

The buyer does not pay the shipping fee directly to the carrier.

There are currently, I believe, 45 states for which eBay is required to collect, by law, state sales tax.

The buyer pays the state sales tax when he pays you, eBay then takes those funds and remits them to the appropriate state.  Your final value fees on the sale are calculated on the item price, the shipping fee AND the state sales tax, if any.  

 

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