question on updated fees and payments

[jecon6782]

I hope this doesnt sound confusing.

I am a small time seller, maybe a few hundred a month.  sales just are not picking up.

i was reading through the updated fees with the payments, and it looks like if my item sells for under 100 for clothing Im paying 12 to 14 percent in fees plus 30 cents.  if it sells for over 100 its free?

Im not understanding if this is more than before or less, but this seems high to me?  Am I reading this wrong?

I havent sold anything over 100.  can someone help me understand this?

thanks for your time and happy holidays

[nobody*s_perfect]

The percentage is higher because eBay is now processing your funds. You won't have any PayPal fees, so the total fee works out about the same.

The only clothing that has a zero FVF rate is items that sell in the Athletic shoes subcategory  with a selling price over $100:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4822

[dhbookds]

The "free" is only for womans/mens athletic shoes...........

[luckythewinner]

As a small seller without a store before Managed Payments, you were likely paying eBay 10% on the total price (price + shipping) and then paying PayPal 2.9% on the total payment (price + shipping + sales tax) plus 30 cents per transaction (not per item).

The same seller under managed payments today would likely be paying eBay 12.35% or the total payment (price + shipping + sales tax) plus 30 cents per item (not per transaction).

So the total fees you are paying are roughly similar, although the additions of sales tax the the eBay final value fee calculation was a slight increase when selling to states with a high sales tax rate.

I say "likely paying" because many factors (category, store level, seller level, international payments, penalty fees, etc.) all can affect the fee percentage.

I believe the "free over $100" thing only applies to select categories (i,.e sneakers) not all clothing categories.

[jecon6782]

thanks for the help,   I have to list my items higher to make a profit, and sales are down.  Is it cheaper to open an ebay store?  Thanks 

[caldreamer]

Fees are charged on purchase price + shipping costs + sales tax.     Because you are selling worldwide so you will be paying high fees based on international shipping costs.

[pburn]

@jecon6782 

According to your listings, it doesn't appear you've been transitioned into eBay's Managed Payments program yet. Are you still getting your payments via PayPal?

[dhbookds]

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@jecon6782 wrote:

thanks for the help,   I have to list my items higher to make a profit, and sales are down.  Is it cheaper to open an ebay store?  Thanks 

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Only you can answer that question........having a store does lower fvf .........but there are restrictions on the type of listings that are included in the store price..........and there is a cost for the store.

I suggest you look at the store costs/advantages/disadvantages........go to help up top and put in store fees......and start reading........

[jecon6782]

I havent transitioned yet.  I was going to start that today and I was reading through everything concerned with having to ship items without the shipping fee being released.  That was another part of my question.  Buyer pays there is a 2 day hold on the money yet I ship within 24 hours.  I dont want to constantly have small shipping fees coming out of my checking out.  Do the shipping fees get released right away so I can print the label?