I agree, the fees are getting downright ridiculous! And here ebay is constantly whining about losing sellers, but its getting to the point where there's literally no profit left to be had after subsequent fees and exorbitant shipping costs.
I pay 14.55% on the media categories I sell in. Without promoted listings, I would get no traffic and no sales.
To add insult to injury, shipping rates are thru the roof! It costs me $4.50 to $5+ on average to ship a single game now.
Its the whole reason ebay is losing so many sellers, people are tired of working for free.
Its also the whole reason I had my store closed for the entire past 4 months and made no new listings for almost an entire year. If us sellers aren't listing, ebay isnt making money. ebay thinks they are in control, they are not, we are!
I made over $18 an hour flipping hamburgers last year, better time spent than working to pay ebay more fees.
There's jobs everywhere right now, employers are desperate, and its not in ebay's favor to nickel and dime their sellers to the point there's none left.
As for what to do about these fees? Write them off on your taxes, and change your mindset; none of us are tied down to ebay, that is only in one's mind. There are more job/business opportunities today as a result of the health pandemic than likely any time in the past century.
