ebay fees - I am so confused

[arome_city]

Hi,

Can someone kindly help me understand how eBay calculates all these fees. Yes, I have read all the help documentation, but still confused.

1. I sold an item for $409.50

What your buyer paid Item subtotal$409.50

Shipping$21.97

Sales tax*$39.91

Order total**$471.38

What you earned

Order total $471.38

eBay collected from buyer

Sales tax*-$39.91

Selling costs

Transaction fees-$61.11

Shipping label-$14.74

Ad Fee Standard-$28.28

Order earnings$327.34

CONFUSIONS:

a) Transaction fee of $61.11 which is 14.92% of $409.50 - as eBay now process funds, is this basically replaces Old PayPal transaction fee?

b) Ad Fee Standard $28.28 which is $6.9% of $409.50

So I have paid 21.82% of the actual transaction cost in fees!!!

Is this normal?

Question 2:

If I am running a mark down campaign and offering people 30% off list price and NOT doing any promotion, where this Add fee coming from? Why eBay doesn't tell you up[ front what percentage they will charge you for running a campaign?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[soh.maryl]

If we're talking about the $100 item, where do you see $150 as the final value fee?  

[buyselljack2016]

Checked my last sale today. After applying all reductions including an estimated 20% income tax my profit approaches 350% of my COG.  I have an estimate of what my profits on an item will be before purchasing. eBay fees are clearly shown to me. Shipping & sales tax are variables, but also easily estimated.

When profits fail to meet expectations it is often a "flawed business model"  rather than the selling platform fees that are causing the shortfall.

2-5% ? Can you maintain your business on a 2-5% margin?

[hanoihancock]

Ebay is turning into Ticketmaster:/.  Even though I didn't opt for ads, they show my auctions in "ads" and if they get a bite they tell me "hey if you want this sale it'll be an extra 12%".  Translation: We're going to bury your auctions so deep nobody will ever see them unless you agree to a 28% net transaction fee.

[kh-laura]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.