Out of control FEES!

[mohillbillyme2]

Ebay charges fees on shipping and state taxes, tax money I never see or have anything to do with. Ebay is pricing itself out of business.

[rosszonebricks]

May you have success in your next selling platform.  However, you will find the fees similar or *gasp... WORSE.

[mohillbillyme2]

Why should I have to pay fees on shipping and taxes is my complaint? Their fees are reasonable except for this. 

[maxine*j]

All payment processors charge their fee on the total amount charged to the buyer -- for the merchandise, sundry charges and surcharges, handling, shipping, sales tax. 

This is the standard and universal practice, and it has been ever since the invention of the credit card. 

If you sold when PayPal was the payment processor for eBay, you paid the fee based on the total to the buyer (plus PayPal's 30-cent transaction fee).

Every time you use your own credit card for a purchase, the merchant you buy from pays the fee based on the total you paid in the transaction.  If you believe this is unfair or wrong, be sure that you do not particpate in the practice, and use only cash or checks for all your purchases.

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[soh.maryl]

Before selling on eBay, the fees are clearly outlined and discussed in several places.

Am not saying I agree or disagree with the fee schedule.

But if any potential seller feels that they are unreasonable is free to search for another selling venue.  Be sure to check out the fee schedule before committing to an alliance.  

[toysaver]

Figure the fees into your pricing and make the buyer pay.  That's the American way.

[inhawaii]

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@maxine*j wrote:

All payment processors charge their fee on the total amount charged to the buyer -- for the merchandise, sundry charges and surcharges, handling, shipping, sales tax. 

This is the standard and universal practice, and it has been ever since the invention of the credit card. 

If you sold when PayPal was the payment processor for eBay, you paid the fee based on the total to the buyer (plus PayPal's 30-cent transaction fee).

Every time you use your own credit card for a purchase, the merchant you buy from pays the fee based on the total you paid in the transaction.  If you believe this is unfair or wrong, be sure that you do not particpate in the practice, and use only cash or checks for all your purchases.

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 That pretty much sums it all up.    😃

[inhawaii]

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@toysaver wrote:

Figure the fees into your pricing and make the buyer pay.  That's the American way.

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Figure the fees into your pricing, TRIPLE THEM, and make the buyer pay.  That's the American way.  

God bless America!   😃

[dbfolks166mt]

     On average there is at least one posting a week, sometimes daily, that asks the same question. The answers and responses to all of those postings are exactly the same one you received here. According to eBay's Q2 financial reporting they are far from being out of business. 

[maxine*j]

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@inhawaii wrote:

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 That pretty much sums it all up.    😃

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I hope since, since it's now just a copy-and-paste reply to the daily new thread on the topic.

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[maxine*j]

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@inhawaii wrote:

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Figure the fees into your pricing, TRIPLE THEM, and make the buyer pay.  That's the American way.  God bless America!   😃

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Figure the fees into your pricing, TRIPLE THEM, make the buyer pay, and then scream that you're forced to do this because of the (a) The Disgusting Communist Democrats or (b) The Repugnant Fascist Republicans.  That's the American way.  God Bless America!

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[stuff4u518]

I could live with the fees if I had sales!

[monica-sells]

you forgot to include the original reason for including shipping. The unscrupulous sellers who would sell a $20.00 item for $5.00 and charge $15.00 for shipping. In the "good old days" the fees would only be on the $5.00 sale price....that wasn't very sporting of them to do that, thus, the total sale became the FVF....When PP did the processing, they charged for the TOTAL sale also.....(including Sales Tax when it was initiated)

[house*of*paws]

Hi @mohillbillyme2 

It’s customary for payment processors to charge fees on the total amount of buyer’s payment … regardless of the individual components of the payment.  That’s what PayPal did (and still does).  

I wonder if it would be tolerated better if the fees were 1% higher … but not charged on tax.  [It seems to be the tax portion that bothers sellers the most.]

[buyselljack2016]

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@toysaver wrote:

Figure the fees into your pricing and make the buyer pay.  That's the American way.

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This ^^^^^^^

I have not paid any fees in years. My buyers pay all my fees as they will in any good "business model".

Learned how to do the "markup" from the wholesale cost to make a profit when I worked in "retail" for a few years.  Things were priced to cover all the costs, and some were marked up higher just because they could be. 

Group of dog collars all cost the same wholesale. Shortest one was marked up 250%, and each a bit longer collar was marked up a bit more until reaching the next group pricing.  If the 1st group sizing price difference got up to or exceeded the next group 250% markup for the 1st one in that next group, that group markup started higher than the 250%.  EDIT: now that I think about it, most of the "pet stuff" had an even higher "markup" , because people will pay more for things for their pets. The boss told me that when I was doing the pricing.

Imported baskets were often marked up 1000%, or more.  Costs were covered even for the twice a year "sale events".  Independent store that has been in business for over 120 years.

A good eBay "business model" also covers to costs.