Regards,
devon@ebay , kyle@ebay , kayomi@ebay
eBay has NOT kept up with all the price increases on Store Subscriber Discounts for eBay Branded supplies. This is NOT the first time this has come up and it grows steadily worse as time goes on. There is only one or two size boxes that work for what I sell. For the one size (pictured below) I used to be able to buy two 25 count bundles and pay a little over my Subscriber Discount keeping my price per box relatively low. Now I can't do that and I have no clue why eBay hasn't increased the discounts along with their regular Fee increases? My $ 50 discount needs to be at least $ 75 to compensate price increases.
Now if I buy two 25 count bundles of the box below I am paying over $ 23.00 above my Subscriber discount and the per box cost is over $ 0.47 ... the other option is to only get one 25 count bundle and give away close to $ 14.00 in discount credit. And no, there are no other branded supplies that interest me, just the boxes.
The other issue is that they include shipping which is a rip-off to Sellers who are located in shipping zones closer to the supply warehouse then those who are further away. I would rather see Shipping as a separate line item which would reduce the price for many Sellers.
Here are example purchases from 2022 and 2021 ... in 2021 my out of pocket cost was $ 9.60 meaning each box was $ 0.19 ... in 2022 to present that number is above $ 0.47 ... WHEN will eBay make adjustments???
@mr_lincoln wrote:
devon@ebay , kyle@ebay , kayomi@ebay
eBay has NOT kept up with all the price increases on Store Subscriber Discounts for eBay Branded supplies. This is NOT the first time this has come up and it grows steadily worse as time goes on. There is only one or two size boxes that work for what I sell. For the one size (pictured below) I used to be able to buy two 25 count bundles and pay a little over my Subscriber Discount keeping my price per box relatively low. Now I can't do that and I have no clue why eBay hasn't increased the discounts along with their regular Fee increases? My $ 50 discount needs to be at least $ 75 to compensate price increases.
Now if I buy two 25 count bundles of the box below I am paying over $ 23.00 above my Subscriber discount and the per box cost is over $ 0.47 ... the other option is to only get one 25 count bundle and give away close to $ 14.00 in discount credit. And no, there are no other branded supplies that interest me, just the boxes.
The other issue is that they include shipping which is a rip-off to Sellers who are located in shipping zones closer to the supply warehouse then those who are further away. I would rather see Shipping as a separate line item which would reduce the price for many Sellers.
Here are example purchases from 2022 and 2021 ... in 2021 my out of pocket cost was $ 9.60 meaning each box was $ 0.19 ... in 2022 to present that number is above $ 0.47 ... WHEN will eBay make adjustments???
Hey @mr_lincoln! I know this is something that we have talked about with brian_burke@ebay during one of our meetings. This has been brought to the attention to the team that runs this program and it is something that they are monitoring. As far as a price change there is nothing to share at this time but if something is set to change we will be sure to have this communicated with all sellers who take advantage of this coupon.
Devon,
devon@ebay wrote:
@mr_lincoln wrote:devon@ebay , kyle@ebay , kayomi@ebay
eBay has NOT kept up with all the price increases on Store Subscriber Discounts for eBay Branded supplies. This is NOT the first time this has come up and it grows steadily worse as time goes on. There is only one or two size boxes that work for what I sell. For the one size (pictured below) I used to be able to buy two 25 count bundles and pay a little over my Subscriber Discount keeping my price per box relatively low. Now I can't do that and I have no clue why eBay hasn't increased the discounts along with their regular Fee increases? My $ 50 discount needs to be at least $ 75 to compensate price increases.
Now if I buy two 25 count bundles of the box below I am paying over $ 23.00 above my Subscriber discount and the per box cost is over $ 0.47 ... the other option is to only get one 25 count bundle and give away close to $ 14.00 in discount credit. And no, there are no other branded supplies that interest me, just the boxes.
The other issue is that they include shipping which is a rip-off to Sellers who are located in shipping zones closer to the supply warehouse then those who are further away. I would rather see Shipping as a separate line item which would reduce the price for many Sellers.
Here are example purchases from 2022 and 2021 ... in 2021 my out of pocket cost was $ 9.60 meaning each box was $ 0.19 ... in 2022 to present that number is above $ 0.47 ... WHEN will eBay make adjustments???
Hey @mr_lincoln! I know this is something that we have talked about with brian_burke@ebay during one of our meetings. This has been brought to the attention to the team that runs this program and it is something that they are monitoring. As far as a price change there is nothing to share at this time but if something is set to change we will be sure to have this communicated with all sellers who take advantage of this coupon.
Hi devon@ebay, brian_burke@ebay
Sadly it has been monitored for well over a year when prices jumped drastically in 2022 and nothing has been done. This is not a supply chain material cost increase issue, it is not a shipping cost increase issue, it is not an FVF by the branded supply folks issue (meaning when their FVFs go up the sale price goes up), THIS is an issue with eBay helping Sellers to promote the venue with branded supplies by increasing the discount coupons they receive as Store Subscribers and without increasing Store Subscriptions to offset the coupon increase.
There were numerous threads about this last year, at least one was mine so this is a little DeJa'Vu for me ...
I think a great NEW branded supply product would be a simple stamp with ink pads ... one color black or muti-color sectioned ink pad ... I would gladly stamp my own brown custom boxes.
@mr_lincoln wrote:
devon@ebay , kyle@ebay , kayomi@ebay
eBay has NOT kept up with all the price increases on Store Subscriber Discounts for eBay Branded supplies. This is NOT the first time this has come up and it grows steadily worse as time goes on. There is only one or two size boxes that work for what I sell. For the one size (pictured below) I used to be able to buy two 25 count bundles and pay a little over my Subscriber Discount keeping my price per box relatively low. Now I can't do that and I have no clue why eBay hasn't increased the discounts along with their regular Fee increases? My $ 50 discount needs to be at least $ 75 to compensate price increases.
Now if I buy two 25 count bundles of the box below I am paying over $ 23.00 above my Subscriber discount and the per box cost is over $ 0.47 ... the other option is to only get one 25 count bundle and give away close to $ 14.00 in discount credit. And no, there are no other branded supplies that interest me, just the boxes.
The other issue is that they include shipping which is a rip-off to Sellers who are located in shipping zones closer to the supply warehouse then those who are further away. I would rather see Shipping as a separate line item which would reduce the price for many Sellers.
Here are example purchases from 2022 and 2021 ... in 2021 my out of pocket cost was $ 9.60 meaning each box was $ 0.19 ... in 2022 to present that number is above $ 0.47 ... WHEN will eBay make adjustments???
Good morning @mr_lincoln. We want to make sure you get the best help possible so please be sure to tag me in place of kayomi@ebay as I handle Community and eBay concerns. If you have any inquires about Seller Lead Meetings, be sure to reach out to her 😀
Elizabeth,
@stuff4divas wrote:
Never mind about my suggestion to 'round out' the shipping cost, I live in the same zone as the shipping center, so I'd rather be charged the shipping separately.
Just Kidding !! LOL 🤣
Ha ha ha, that @stuff4divas ... they funny member!
@dolcetreasures wrote:The coupons are all but worthless at this point.
@dolcetreasures For me they are just over half priced ... not enough to buy what I want for a reasonble amount of cash outlay.
@joels-retrocade wrote:They wont lol. Their goal is to make more money from sellers; not to make things cheaper for us. Nothing from the supplies store is useful to me either; way too limited options. Investigate other options my friend. I can get any size box I want from Staples; they often run sales and prices are but a fraction of what ebay is asking. For example same box you posted (for a plain brown box) you can get 4-5 bundles of 25 (100-125pcs) for same price as ebay is asking for only 50pcs. If you order enough it's free shipping too to your local store (not bundled into the price). That should tell you the entire story.
@joels-retrocade My sincere thanks and I am aware of other plain brown box savings out there but my thrust here is for a better value for eBay branded supplies which I prefer to ship certain items in. I do promote the venue with branded supplies, the eBay black baseball cap I wear at times and simply want the discount coupon to cover more. I go through 50 of my preferred boxes long before a quarter ends. I went to order today but stopped short when I saw the same thing I saw last year ... I will most likely just buy one bundle of 25 this time around and give up the discount overage ...
elizabeth@ebay wrote:
@mr_lincoln wrote:devon@ebay , kyle@ebay , kayomi@ebay
eBay has NOT kept up with all the price increases on Store Subscriber Discounts for eBay Branded supplies. This is NOT the first time this has come up and it grows steadily worse as time goes on. There is only one or two size boxes that work for what I sell. For the one size (pictured below) I used to be able to buy two 25 count bundles and pay a little over my Subscriber Discount keeping my price per box relatively low. Now I can't do that and I have no clue why eBay hasn't increased the discounts along with their regular Fee increases? My $ 50 discount needs to be at least $ 75 to compensate price increases.
Now if I buy two 25 count bundles of the box below I am paying over $ 23.00 above my Subscriber discount and the per box cost is over $ 0.47 ... the other option is to only get one 25 count bundle and give away close to $ 14.00 in discount credit. And no, there are no other branded supplies that interest me, just the boxes.
The other issue is that they include shipping which is a rip-off to Sellers who are located in shipping zones closer to the supply warehouse then those who are further away. I would rather see Shipping as a separate line item which would reduce the price for many Sellers.
Here are example purchases from 2022 and 2021 ... in 2021 my out of pocket cost was $ 9.60 meaning each box was $ 0.19 ... in 2022 to present that number is above $ 0.47 ... WHEN will eBay make adjustments???
Good morning @mr_lincoln. We want to make sure you get the best help possible so please be sure to tag me in place of kayomi@ebay as I handle Community and eBay concerns. If you have any inquires about Seller Lead Meetings, be sure to reach out to her 😀
Thank you elizabeth@ebay ... I just tried to reach out to kayomi@ebay but her PM is turned off ...
