Increased Final Value Fees

[lconway50]

Am I reading the information on Final Value Fees correctly?  It looks like final value fees on clothing and jewelry are being increased again from 13 percent to 15 percent?

[redmodelt]

Maybe post a link to where you are reading that information. 

[evry1nositswindy]

I don't see any fee increases in the fall update.  Where are you seeing that? 

[1tuna]

the FVF for jewelry and watches have been 15% for a while

its old news and not current

@lconway50 

[lconway50]

There must be a problem with the payment tabs information then because the page where they break down the fees on my sales from this past weekend show the final sale amount X 13.00 and that amount is what they deducted from my payment.  

[lconway50]

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822#:~:text=Handbags,less%2...  I am not very computer savvy so I hope this is the correct link.

[lconway50]

Maybe it is less because I have a basic store?

[monroe67]

Your link appears to be the fee schedule that went into effect seven (7) months ago . . . . .

on February 14 or 15, 2023.  

At that time the Final Value Fees (FVFs) on a lot of clothing were raised from 12.9% to 13.25%. 
The increase was .35%, less than one-half of one percent.  

Also at that time, the FVFs for watches and watch parts -- were not change one tiny bit.  

Kinda-old news.  

[nobody*s_perfect]

But OP sells in "Jewelry and watches," where the FVF is 15%, as shown in the fees page that they linked to. The rate went into effect over a year ago:

https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/payments-and-fees/final-value-fee-increase-in-jewelry

[monroe67]

"Also at that time," -- 

meaning the fee revision in February of 2023 --

"the FVFs for watches and watch parts -- were not change one tiny bit."

The Final Value Fee percentage in those categories, watches and watch parts, became 15% in August of 2022.  

Then, six months later, in February of 2023, when some other categories' FVFs were raised, the FVF in the  watches and watch parts categories remained the same.

In February of  2023, the FVFs for watches and watch parts were not changed one tiny little bit from the rate that went into effect six months earlier.  

[reallynicestamps]

fees on my sales from this past weekend show the final sale amount X 13.00

You have a Store.

One of the perks of a Store is slightly lower fees

EBay charges higher fees on categories where sales are slow, and the category crowded.  It is definitely meant to discourage those listings, and not an error.

I list in Books but have been cutting back on purchases for resale because of fees, unless the author is a steady* seller like John Wyndham or Leo Frankowski.

*You've never heard of them? More sales for me! Protip- bestsellers aren't.

[lconway50 · Accepted solution]

I think the confusion that I had when I saw the 15% final value fees on a page in the seller center was that it was obviously for non-store sellers.  I knew that I was only being charged 13% on jewelry (not talking about watches).  I have a store so the final value fees are reduced from 15% to 13% which is what I knew I was paying.  Sorry for the confusion.

[mam98031]

@lconway50 

If my memory serves be they raised that rate a year ago or more.  You can likely Google it and find out when they raised it, but it was a long time ago.

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@mam98031 wrote: ... they raised that rate a year ago or more.  You can likely Google it and find out when they raised it ....

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You can use Google or you can look at the link in post #9.

[movieman630]

That surprises you?  They are the most saturated categories on ebay!