eBay fees

[trains_diecast]

eBay fees are killing me!! I'm getting raped so bad with these fees I can't make a **bleep** dime! I just sold an item yesterday for 230.00 and 22.00 plus the 6.00 for the bold letters. This is the first thing in a long time I have sold this high, otherwise all I'm selling off are DVD's I had for very little money. Last month I got invoiced for 65.00 and already I'm at 78.00 dollars and my normal stuff I have priced at 10 to 12.00 and sold very little. Of course I've had to relist and get punched in the gut everytime at .30 cents and if my stuff does not sell this time round? I'm putting it all on Craigslist and get what I can. I just can't afford eBay's fees anymore!!!! That's what you deal with, a company in California home to thousands of homeless! 

[chrysylys]

Don't use Bold or any other 'upgrades'.  Those things alone tend to turn some people away from listings.

[nowthatsjustducky]

And for all those items where the total was under $12, consider making a PayPal micro payments account, because the fees will be lower than on a normal PayPal account.

[bubbleman2010]

You're not paying any fees unless something sells and if you're not making any money when something sells thats due to being priced incorrectly...

[vintagemoth12]

If I set up the micropayment account and I sell something over $12 does it self-adjust or do I need 2 accounts? I sell things I don't want anymore and much of it is $12 and under.

[slippinjimmy]

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@trains_diecastwrote:

eBay fees are killing me!! I'm getting raped so bad with these fees I can't make a **bleep** dime! I just sold an item yesterday for 230.00 and 22.00 plus the 6.00 for the bold letters. 

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Setting aside the $6 you wasted on Bold.....

What happened to the $208 eBay DID NOT take? Was $208 more or less than what you paid for the train?

[nowthatsjustducky]

It requires 2 different accounts, because each PayPal account needs its own primary funding source.  My main PayPal account is is attached to my old credit union, and my micro payments account is connected to my local credit union.

What you have to do is set up a new normal PayPal account, then you call PayPal and get them to switch it to a micro payment account.  Then items that you want on the micro account use that account's email address, and those you want on the main account use its address.

$12 is the wash point.  Anything under $12 benefits better from a micro payments account, and anything over $12 is better suited to a standard account.  $12 itself can go either way, since the fee is the same.

[tryno2]

Hate to tell you this but it's not ebay **bleep** you, you are **bleep** yourself.  See what you are taking in to consideration is the fees when you buy and price an item.  When you buy and item to resell (whether from wholesaler, auction, yardsale.......) you have allow in your purchase price for your expenses (including ebay fees) plus profit.  If you don't do that then you are **bleep** yourself.