SPRING SELLER UPDATE has arrived

[b86fiero]

I just read the important news over on 

ecommercebytes

Many changes - new store tiers - stricter return policies - lots more.

Your thoughts??

[b86fiero]

https://community.ebay.com/t5/announcements/2018-spring-seller-update/ba-p/28109579

[fern*wood]

30 day free returns required for TRS.

[b86fiero]

It will take me a day or two to understand how all of these changes affect my business.

So many changes hitting fast this year!

[b86fiero]

Directly from the update:

By the end of APRIL, associate your existing listings to the eBay catalog SO THAT YOUR INVENTORY WILL CONTINUE TO BE VISIBLE TO BUYERS. 

[partial*eclipse]

"Enhanced pricing guidance."  Oh, yay.

I got excited when I saw that there would be  two new Stores subscription levels, but the new ones are tiny and gigantic.  Not the level in-between Premium and Anchor that many people have asked for.

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2018-spring/ebay-stores.html

The new "Starter Store" costs $7.95 per month for a month-to-month subscription and $4.95 per month for an annual subscription, for which you get 100 free fixed price listings.  Currently, non-stores get 50 free insertions per month and extras will be cents, so those 50 additional insertions would cost $17.50. So on listing fees alone, you'd save if you list more than about 70  items per month. Plus probably you'd get access to seller benefits like vacation settings and Markdown Manager.

[ebbyisme]

Price for a Basic Store went up....

new Basic store subscription fee = 21.95 a month

yearly subscription = $27.95 monthly

[fern*wood]

I'll have to go back to read more but I'm shaking too much right now.  Are there still ebay supply coupons with stores?

[ebbyisme]

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@partial*eclipsewrote:

"Enhanced pricing guidance."  Oh, yay.

I got excited when I saw that there would be  two new Stores subscription levels, but the new ones are tiny and gigantic.  Not the level in-between Premium and Anchor that many people have asked for.

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2018-spring/ebay-stores.html

The new "Starter Store" costs $7.95 per month for a month-to-month subscription and $4.95 per month for an annual subscription, for which you get 100 free fixed price listings.  Currently, non-stores get 50 free insertions per month and extras will be cents, so those 50 additional insertions would cost $17.50. So on listing fees alone, you'd save if you list more than about 70  items per month. Plus probably you'd get access to seller benefits like vacation settings and Markdown Manager.

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To me Markdown manager or vacation settings is worth a LOT more then $5 a month.... but some people do not want to pay for a store..... I was kind of hoping for a new level between Premium and Anchor.... jumping from 1000 listings to 10,000 is tough....

[lookng2015]

And stores STILL have to pay for scheduling and BINs on auctions - figures.

[d-k_treasures]

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@fern*woodwrote:

30 day free returns required for TRS.

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Some categories have 14 day free returns to qualify for TRS+, but on the same page, 14 day free returns isn't listed as being an option. How ebay is that?

[castlemagicmemories]

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@b86fierowrote:

Directly from the update:

By the end of APRIL, associate your existing listings to the eBay catalog SO THAT YOUR INVENTORY WILL CONTINUE TO BE VISIBLE TO BUYERS. 

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That must apply to new only, I would think.  But it doesn't say that.  So is there no place for used or vintage?  Clarification would be nice.

[lookng2015]

My thought is that it's time for me to go to bed........too tired to digest this right now.

[missjen831]

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@fern*woodwrote:

I'll have to go back to read more but I'm shaking too much right now.  Are there still ebay supply coupons with stores?

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Yes there are still coupons BUT......the supply store doesn’t carry a good variety anymore. Looks like some popular sizes were discontinued.

[partial*eclipse]

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@d-k_treasureswrote: ... Some categories have 14 day free returns to qualify for TRS+, but on the same page, 14 day free returns isn't listed as being an option. How ebay is that?

eBay isn't known for their copywriting and proofreading skills, but they'll get it straightened out eventually. Perhaps you should bring that up in the new discussion board.  There's also this price in British sterling in the section on the new labels system.