What would cost you less in fees?

[playingintheband]

What would cost less in fees on eBay? Selling $1000 in a sixty day period, or selling a $200 item each month for five months.

Does spreading out your sales actually save you in fees based on percentage, rather than selling everything at once?

[partial*eclipse]

No, that wouldn't save you a penny.  The final value fee is a percentage of the selling price.  For either of the scenarios you described, the final value fee would come to a total of $100 whether the timeframe was 60 days, 5 months, or 5 days.

[pingpong517]

Wouldn't that be what you the seller should figure out for yourself and understand what your fees are going to be, in this made up world?...

and it all means that you actually sold  the amount......

[reallynicestamps]

Each payment you get through Paypal costs 30cents or 2.9% of payment.

And you would be shipping five items and paying 10% shipping fee on each one.

And of course it depends on your category and on your own seller status.

I pay less in FVF on some categories than others and have reduced fees because I am an International TRS.

And time-- your time is worth money. You spend more time tending five sales than tending one, no matter how lucrative.

Also--- you make your profit when you buy, not when you sell.

The 25 cent Canadian item I sold today was immensly profitable to sell for $9.99USD.  Fees are not my concern on that.

[partial*eclipse]

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@reallynicestamps wrote:

.... And of course it depends on your category and on your own seller status.

I pay less in FVF on some categories than others and have reduced fees because I am an International TRS.

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The variation in FVF rates is because you have a Store subscription.

[retrose1]

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@partial*eclipse wrote:

No, that wouldn't save you a penny.  The final value fee is a percentage of the selling price.  For either of the scenarios you described, the final value fee would come to a total of $100 whether the timeframe was 60 days, 5 months, or 5 days.

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You forgot the ship fee gouge.  If the one $200 item is lightweight and if the $1000 is 100 items, then the shipping gouge on the multiple items would drive up the fees.

The question needs a few more specifics for an accurate answer.  Like does the seller have a store or is listing using freebies.

[partial*eclipse]

I guess I inferred from his comment about "spreading out the sales" that he was referring to selling the same inventory over different time periods.  This seller has only a handful of feedback in the past year so I also inferred no store subscription.

[mr_lincoln]

@playingintheband  About the only advantage of spreading out your sales is earning the TRS Plus status, offering 30 day returns & 1 Day Handling and getting to a level to get 10% off your FVFs ... to attain that status you need (minimum) 100 US sales transactions and $ 1,000.00 total in US Sales in the last 12 consecutive months ... if you hit those numbers in 90 days then the following month you get the 10% FVF discount.  But then you have to maintian that level to continue to get the discount.

[siberians_forever]

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@retrose1 wrote:

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@partial*eclipse wrote:

No, that wouldn't save you a penny.  The final value fee is a percentage of the selling price.  For either of the scenarios you described, the final value fee would come to a total of $100 whether the timeframe was 60 days, 5 months, or 5 days.

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You forgot the ship fee gouge.  If the one $200 item is lightweight and if the $1000 is 100 items, then the shipping gouge on the multiple items would drive up the fees.

The question needs a few more specifics for an accurate answer.  Like does the seller have a store or is listing using freebies.

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Rose, tell me you still not doing this............

there is a reason

[playingintheband]

eBay changed the way they charge you, it is no longer on a per item basis but for the total amount you sell in a sixty day period. I only get billed once a month, I can sell 300 items in two weeks and eBay takes no comission.

[siberians_forever]

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@playingintheband wrote:

eBay changed the way they charge you, it is no longer on a per item basis but for the total amount you sell in a sixty day period. I only get billed once a month, I can sell 300 items in two weeks and eBay takes no comission.

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Yep as suspected...

[penguins_dont_fly]

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@playingintheband wrote:

eBay changed the way they charge you, it is no longer on a per item basis but for the total amount you sell in a sixty day period. I only get billed once a month, I can sell 300 items in two weeks and eBay takes no comission.

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That is the most ridiculous thing I have heard.

There has been no change in eBay billing.

For a non-store seller, all fees are actually incurred at the time of the sale and are invoiced once a month. The invoice is either generated on the 1st or the 15th of the month. And are usually due 7-10 days after invoice.

PayPal Fees are deducted directly from the buyer's payment.

Those fees are:

10% of the Total amount paid by the buyer (item+shipping) eBay Final Value Fee (FVF)

2.9% plus $0.30 PayPal Fee (not "or" as someone posted above)

[tev4all]

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@playingintheband wrote:

What would cost less in fees on eBay? Selling $1000 in a sixty day period, or selling a $200 item each month for five months.

Does spreading out your sales actually save you in fees based on percentage, rather than selling everything at once?

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 Not enough info provided...specifics are needed for an accurate answer.

 Which is heavier?

a pound of feathers or a pound of dollar bills? 

[thatsallfolks]

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@playingintheband wrote:

eBay changed the way they charge you, it is no longer on a per item basis but for the total amount you sell in a sixty day period. I only get billed once a month, I can sell 300 items in two weeks and eBay takes no comission.

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@playingintheband

We all only get billed once a month. We all pay commission on every item we sell.

You don't seem to have any understanding whatsoever of how eBay selling works. 

[fuzzface50]

everyone is answering on the fvf part so i'll be the odd duck and jump on the listing fee side.  1 listing with multiple quantities available can cost less in listing fees than selling 1 every month and listing it for 5 months. that is if you have no free listings available. basicly you would have 1 listing fee versus 5 listing fees .