mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@divwido wrote:
What eBay doesn't seem to realize is many sites would welcome you with open arms. They are profiting by sellers leaving eBay.
I think that is completely untrue. I think Ebay is abundantly aware of who is and isn't competition out there. There are some niche sites that tend to do very well and others not so much. But a site with the variety of items that this site offers there is no site with this type of traffic.
Ebay has said that they absolutely expect some seller to leave the site because they don't want to go into MP. So the reports that they are unaware are significantly over stated.
Much of what the OP claims is inaccurate at best and exaggerated for sure.
Each seller has to decide what is best for them. To stay or go. But I keep advocating for doing this with the CORRECT information about MP, not the gossip and assumptions of some posters that are clearly angry with Ebay which colors their ability to evaluate the facts. Be informed on the actual facts and then make the best decision you can for your business. To do less is irresponsible and you may end up hurting yourself financially because of it.
@bbravo65 wrote:
...may I ask...?
...if any helpful information that needs to reveal for the sake of selling here, would you mind to share...?
...or would you want everybody all load into a sinking boat...?
...please don't get mad at me for what I'm asking...and I apologize if I ever make you angry...
I'm not answering for @southern*sweet*tea , they are perfectly capable of doing that.
But what I would say is if you want info like this, you will need to be more specific and not so generic as that leaves way too much room for interpretation on what you are actually asking.
As for the "sinking boat", that is a common statement on the forums whenever Ebay makes a big change. Something some share with us at least a couple times a year for a DECADE or two, yet here we are. If Ebay is "sinking", it must be a mighty slow leak. Typically if a company is going to go out of business it doesn't take this long to get there. The last time as I remember it where some posters were predicting this was when they made GTC mandatory. And before that was likely the announcement of MP starting. There may have been some in between and certainly others before those changes.
I doubt anyone is "mad" at you. There would be no reason for that. You simply ask questions that you want answers to. There is not fault in that.
@fern*wood wrote:
@yuzuha wrote:I really, honestly, do not understand why people are making such a big stink over Managed Payments. If you sell on any other site - Amazon, Etsy, Mercari, Poshmark, etc. - that is how they do their payments. I sold on Mercari for a while and it works just fine. It's not a big deal.
My stink is if it ends up costing me more money due to the combined fees with ebay and how/what the fees are being charged on.
That isn't what my research is showing for myself. I compared all my US sales for the month of May against what I pay now and what I will pay in MP. I came out ahead by 0.71 % in a combination of FVFs and payment fees. That was with 78% of my sales taxable and 22% non taxable.
The ONLY way anyone is going to be able to know if this is a rate increase, decrease or even neutral, is to compare it against your own sales for a period of time. You can NOT tell what the actual impact is on your account by only taking one, two or a few listings and comparing.
