fees

[812jenkins123]

final fees are to dam high!!!!

[inhawaii]

Ok if you say so. 

[buyselljack2016]

fees are as stated, 12.55%  + $0.30 of what the buyer pays for most categories.

If that is too much, local selling for cash may be an alternative

[chapeau-noir]

Sell for .99 and your fees will be very low.  Guaranteed! 

[jhr-4800]

Poshmark charges 20%, they also charge for the shipping.  12.55% is not 20%...  If you don't want to pay any fees, you can use Craigslist or Offerup, but be ready to answer 100 questions... 

Good luck on your selling journey.

[chapeau-noir]

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@jhr-4800 wrote:

Poshmark charges 20%, they also charge for the shipping.  12.55% is not 20%...  If you don't want to pay any fees, you can use Craigslist or Offerup, but be ready to answer 100 questions... 

Good luck on your selling journey.

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I was thinking of the fees I pay on Posh - fortunately, at least we don't have to pay for shipping there - it's the buyer.

Unless, of course, we want to offer shipping discounts. 😶  Mercari has gotten almost as bad.

[simba6]

They are not much better at most in person flea-markets and eBay does bring in far more buyers.  Also you don't have to travel to and set up each day.

[lightlily_arts]

Although I do use Craigslist and Facebook I don't really like them.  Too many questions and very little follow through.  Mostly bottom feeders with ridiculous lowball offers.  However good for large and heavy items I don't want to ship.  Fortunately I'm patient and don't mind waiting for the right buyer to come along.  I do hate eBay's final value fees for books and magazines.

[jhr-4800]

True about the shipping.  But since buyer has to pay for shipping and taxes.  They want to buy what you are selling at a cheaper price.  This is the main reason that I removed all of my listings from Poshmark.

[jayjaspersgarage]

Well, at least you get to write of the fees at tax time.

[chapeau-noir]

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@jhr-4800 wrote:

True about the shipping.  But since buyer has to pay for shipping and taxes.  They want to buy what you are selling at a cheaper price.  This is the main reason that I removed all of my listings from Poshmark.

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Yeah, I get that for sure - I find that a big drawback for summer items which are light - if you don't have enough for people to bundle it's not much of a deal (unless one can offer the shipping discount - but then you have to either take the hit (like if you're having a sale) or roll it into the item price). 

For winter items the shipping is a fabulous deal (it costs only $7.45 to ship a coat cross country when it would normally cost $25), for boots and shoes it's great. 

So I definitely prefer selling winter there!

ETA: Oh yeah, and Mercari - they used to be cheap, just 10% flat rate, then they added the processing charge - now it's more like 17-20%, too, depending on price point.

[jhr-4800]

Good to know about heavy items.  I still have probably 10 to 20 sweaters that I either removed from ebay, or never got around to list.  Maybe, I will post them on Poshmark in the next couple of months.

[downunder-61]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

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@jhr-4800 wrote:

Poshmark charges 20%, they also charge for the shipping.  12.55% is not 20%...  If you don't want to pay any fees, you can use Craigslist or Offerup, but be ready to answer 100 questions... 

Good luck on your selling journey.

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I was thinking of the fees I pay on Posh - fortunately, at least we don't have to pay for shipping there - it's the buyer.

Unless, of course, we want to offer shipping discounts. 😶  Mercari has gotten almost as bad.

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You shouldn't be paying for shipping here either (other than the fvf on it) - your buyer pays the shipping, not you.

[postingid7659]

Flea markets don't micro-manage every sale and just hand somebody their money back if they complain because the item is exactly how you said it was but they somehow don't like it now. 

If I sell $50 or $500 the flea market is the same price. 

All my sales are cash.  And I sell more at a good flea market than I do on eBay. 

I'd rather go there. 

eBay should offer fee discounts to sellers to encourage growth but instead they're going to manipulate into being who knows what that drives away sellers with small sales.