Need help understanding the selling fees

[sodrab69]

This is based off the first and only sale I've made on ebay so please bear with my ignorance. I recently sold an item for $169 immediate buyout with shipping paid for by the buyer. When the money went through it came up as $157 available and then said it would be charging me for shipping. I'm assuming the $12 is the ebay fee but after sending the item I'm now being charged $15 shipping. Was I incorrect in thinking the shipping would be an additional payment on top of the immediate buyout price as opposed to being part of it? What makes me more confused is my 90-day total shows $195.10 which doesn't seem to correlate with anything else. Thanks for any info. 

[klhmdg]

Fees are item price + shipping + tax x 12.9% + .30

whats left after fees is what  MP / eBay send to the seller.

Out of that the Seller uses the amount to cover the shipping. 

Buyer paid for item, shipping and tax to them.

eBay took out fees as above.

Seller pays shipping for item (collected from buyers payment)

New sellers usually have payments held for up to 30 days before being deposited.

[sodrab69]

Super helpful, I appreciate it. Under that description it would then seem like the 90-day total is essentially the price + fees + shipping all bundled up together?

[trading_nw · Accepted solution]

$195.10 is the total the buyer paid for the item, shipping and sales tax combined.

Subtract $25.47 in ebay fees and approx $12.50 in sales tax, this leaves you $157 and then you pay for shipping out of that

If you ship through USPS you'll pay when you ship it, if you use UPS or Fedex you'll pay after it's delivered.

[johnrj1226]

eBay selling fees - read this  link - not all  eBay fees aare at 12.9% - depends on teh category of your item.   You pay the cost if shipping if you buy your shipping labels through eBay.  The buyer pays your shipping shipping & handling  charge as you have listed.  The Money Processor eBay via Ayden (the real money processor) applies the selling fee %age on all the revenue your buyers r pays including any sales tax.  Most money processors do this - PayPal the prior Money Processor for  eBay also  did the and still do.  Nothing illegal, illicit or immoral - but a surprise to sellers that  haven't sold in a long period of time - time changes every thing.  On the other  hand eBay used to  only give 50 free listings per month to non store subscribers, now  they received 250 free listing / month - can save you $$

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822&st=12&pos=1&query=Selli...

[eunster1313]

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@sodrab69 wrote:

Super helpful, I appreciate it. Under that description it would then seem like the 90-day total is essentially the price + fees + shipping all bundled up together?

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Learn about the fees we charge for selling on eBay – from insertion and optional

upgrade fees, to final value fees and credits, as well as basic fees by category.

Selling fees

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822&st=12&pos=1&query=Selli... 

Learn how your fees and selling costs are charged when you're an eBay seller.

How fees and selling costs are charged

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-selling-costs-charged?id=5297&st=12&pos...