07-08-2022 10:52 AM
Hello,
eBay sales commissions take commissions beyond imagination. I don't want to use it anymore. If someone makes a website like eBay for a low fee, they'll all move there.
07-08-2022 10:56 AM
Absolutely!
07-08-2022 10:59 AM
Great. Why don't you go ahead and start one and we can all move over there once you get established?
07-08-2022 11:05 AM
Fees charged can easily be found with just a little looking. Maybe you could have checked before listing the item? Feedback for selling on this account is over a year old, guessing when you were selling before and getting funds via Pay-Pal, there was a disconnect between when item sold and you paid the fees. Now that you are on Managed Pay, those fees are just more there in your face.
07-08-2022 11:27 AM
There are already a ton of ecommerce sites out there and a lot of them have lower fees than eBay. Many are specialized in a particular category and most of them don't have the buyer base eBay has but I diversified across multiple venues and platforms long ago and most of my items sell on those other platforms.
07-08-2022 11:31 AM - edited 07-08-2022 11:32 AM
eBay sales commissions take commissions beyond imagination.
You cannot imagine anything higher than 12.9% of the total payment, plus 30 cents?
I don't want to use it anymore.
That is certainly within your control.
If someone makes a website like eBay for a low fee, they'll all move there.
If Amazon and Yahoo and Jack Ma could not do it, I would not hold my breath. Most people who try end up with a website with low fees and low traffic.
07-08-2022 11:34 AM
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822
Fees are charged at time of sale on the selling price, shipping cost, and Internet (state) sales taxes. There may also be an international purchase fee if the buyer uses a non-US payment processor and non-refundable fees if the seller opted to use such options as SubTitle or Reserve.
Store fees are charged monthly.
07-08-2022 11:44 AM
The eBay Selling Fees are about identical to year 2011.
07-08-2022 11:44 AM
Here is a list of what I call the "big five" when it comes to third party selling websites and the fees for each. All use some form of retail payment processing AKA managed payments. Fees are only part of the decision to choose a site to sell on.
Ebay charges (in most categories) 12.95% plus 30 cents final value fee on the total the buyer paid including item price, shipping and sales tax. No fee to list if you use a basic listing and keep within your listing limits.
Amazon final value fees average 15% plus 99 cents of the sale price plus shipping if you don't have a store plus $1.80 if you sell a book (per transaction fee). Their fees range from 8-45% and is charged on the total amount paid to the seller. They do not charge fees on sales tax. No fee to list. They charge 7 cents to print a shipping label (at least they used to a few years ago).
Mercari charges 10% on the sale price plus shipping plus 2.9% plus 30 cents processing fee, so 12.9% plus 30 cents. No fee to list. They don't specifically state that fees are charged on sales tax, but the 2.9% fee applies to the total amount the buyer pays, so I assume that is what is charged on the sales tax. Their FAQ is not clear.
Poshmark charges $2.95 final value fee for sales under $15 and 20% for anything higher than $15. No fee to list. Their FAQ makes no mention whether fees are charged on sales tax or shipping.
Etsy charges a listing fee of 20 cents per listing. Final value fees are 6.5% paid on the sale price plus shipping plus final value fees that vary depending on country. For the US, final value fees are 3% plus 25 cents, so 9.5% plus 25 cents. If you sell from the US or Canada, fees are not charged on sales tax. If you sell from outside the US or Canada, fees do apply.
07-08-2022 11:48 AM
Bye.
07-08-2022 12:01 PM
What's the fifth one?
07-08-2022 12:03 PM
@completepuzzle wrote:What's the fifth one?
Choose one to be #5, these are in no particular order.
07-08-2022 12:22 PM
I'm so sorry! I misread your fifth one. I thought it said ebay. Scanning too much stuff today...
07-08-2022 12:28 PM
@daniel.k.yi wrote:Hello,
eBay sales commissions take commissions beyond imagination. I don't want to use it anymore. If someone makes a website like eBay for a low fee, they'll all move there.
I'd rather pay the fee and have my item sell, rather than pay a low fee, and have it sit rotting for years on a zero traffic site. That's what you are proposing.
07-08-2022 12:32 PM
Having sold at flea markets and even through my own consignment store (where I charged a selling commission of 25% - 30% for big items) before eBay had been born. It is much cheaper and easier to sit in my air-conditioned office without worrying about overhead and the additional paperwork. Shipping a few boxes is much easier than packing and unpacking at a flea market.
I have no problem with eBay base fees just their using search manipulation to induce sellers to charge higher prices and pay additional fees. EBay's playing field has become less level with every change they've made with both sellers and buyers being expected to pay more for less service.