I don't like fee increases, nobody does. I'd much rather see a lot lower FVF and paid listings as opposed to free ones, but it's not my site.
Just a few days ago I started listing again on Amazon after I quit four years ago. After seeing the fees over there as compared to here, 12% looks darn good.
Let's pretend I listed the same book here for $36 ($32 + $4 shipping) 12% of that is $4.32, and Paypal fees would be $1.61 for a total of $5.93 in fees, a $2.26 difference if my math is right.
On Amazon:
@justin_collection wrote:It doesn’t explain why store sellers who pay for lower fees have a lagree fee increase and are now going to pay the same amount as the non store sellers.
No, it doesn't explain that, and it stinks, but it's still better than Amazon. (for now 
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I'm sure the day of equality is forthcoming...
@southern*sweet*tea wrote:I don't like fee increases, nobody does. I'd much rather see a lot lower FVF and paid listings as opposed to free ones, but it's not my site.
Just a few days ago I started listing again on Amazon after I quit four years ago. After seeing the fees over there as compared to here, 12% looks darn good.
Let's pretend I listed the same book here for $36 ($32 + $4 shipping) 12% of that is $4.32, and Paypal fees would be $1.61 for a total of $5.93 in fees, a $2.26 difference if my math is right.
On Amazon:
While their fees are slightly higher than eBay's, and I am not sure what "other fees" are applying here... to be an accurate comparison, we must compare Amazon fees vs eBay + PayPal fees.
Considering eBay 12% + PayPal 2.9%, they are in the same ball park. And eBay's subscription fees are significantly higher.
This is why the 4% penalty fee starting in a lil over a month could be problematic. It will make eBay sellers far less competitive compared to other marketplaces.
@zamo-zuan wrote:
@southern*sweet*tea wrote:I don't like fee increases, nobody does. I'd much rather see a lot lower FVF and paid listings as opposed to free ones, but it's not my site.
Just a few days ago I started listing again on Amazon after I quit four years ago. After seeing the fees over there as compared to here, 12% looks darn good.
Let's pretend I listed the same book here for $36 ($32 + $4 shipping) 12% of that is $4.32, and Paypal fees would be $1.61 for a total of $5.93 in fees, a $2.26 difference if my math is right.
On Amazon:
While their fees are slightly higher than eBay's, and I am not sure what "other fees" are applying here... to be an accurate comparison, we must compare Amazon fees vs eBay + PayPal fees.
Considering eBay 12% + PayPal 2.9%, they are in the same ball park. And eBay's subscription fees are significantly higher.
This is why the 4% penalty fee starting in a lil over a month could be problematic. It will make eBay sellers far less competitive compared to other marketplaces.
Amazon is 15% plus $1.80 plus $0.99 (for non pro accts). Not 'slightly' higher at all. It's actually quite a bit higher. eBay doesn't have the additional $1.80 variable fee.
And it's not just books going up here on eBay, CDs and DVDs are going up too.
@ripcityresell wrote:
@zamo-zuan wrote:
@southern*sweet*tea wrote:I don't like fee increases, nobody does. I'd much rather see a lot lower FVF and paid listings as opposed to free ones, but it's not my site.
Just a few days ago I started listing again on Amazon after I quit four years ago. After seeing the fees over there as compared to here, 12% looks darn good.
Let's pretend I listed the same book here for $36 ($32 + $4 shipping) 12% of that is $4.32, and Paypal fees would be $1.61 for a total of $5.93 in fees, a $2.26 difference if my math is right.
On Amazon:
While their fees are slightly higher than eBay's, and I am not sure what "other fees" are applying here... to be an accurate comparison, we must compare Amazon fees vs eBay + PayPal fees.
Considering eBay 12% + PayPal 2.9%, they are in the same ball park. And eBay's subscription fees are significantly higher.
This is why the 4% penalty fee starting in a lil over a month could be problematic. It will make eBay sellers far less competitive compared to other marketplaces.Amazon is 15% plus $1.80 plus $0.99 (for non pro accts). Not 'slightly' higher at all. It's actually quite a bit higher. eBay doesn't have the additional $1.80 variable fee.
And it's not just books going up here on eBay, CDs and DVDs are going up too.
I considered the pro account pretty standard since the fee you pay for a pro account is priced between basic and premium eBay accounts, and has an offering that surpasses the comparable eBay accounts in terms of what you get for the subscription.
If you are a large seller, your spending hundreds per month on an Anchor account, which evens things out a bit.
There's also quite a few aspects which are very hard to compare. For example, FBA tends to give the best visibility, and if you have a correct product suited for FBA you can save quite a bit on shipping fees compared to if you shipped yourself.
Of course, base selling price of your item factors in to which is better for you as well.
And yeah... I expect eBay to be raising more fees in the future. But I don't think this will help at all with eBay's mission of trying to become more competitive than Amazon... eBay's biggest advantage is cheaper prices, but they are slowly whitting away those advantages.
@dtexley3 wrote:Strap on the tinfoil hat here:
Semi-Public reasoning: Book category is seriously messed up and will require the hiring/allocating of extra staff to get it into shape for Product pages.
Real reason: Book category is seriously messed up and we can't fix it, so raise the rates and maybe most of the sellers will leave, they are selling old stuff so we really don't want them anymore anyway.
