selling fee

[doit601]

Why was I charged a fee when my items did not sell ?

[mtgraves7984]

You're being charged for add-ons. I see a Reserve price... that's extra. I think a BIN (on an Auction) is extra, too. Before listing next time, check out the hot (blue) Fees button just above 'List Now'. If there's anything there you don't want to pay for, trim it. Good luck.

[kensgiftshop]

@doit601 

When you use a reserve, you pay the fee for using it even if the item doesn't sell.

Start an auction at the lowest price you'll take and do away with the reserves.

[luckythewinner]

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@doit601 wrote:

Why was I charged a fee when my items did not sell ?

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Because that is how the reserve price option on eBay works. 

Reserve price: Set a minimum price that must be met for your item to sell.

Fee: $5.00 or 7.5% of reserve price, whichever is greater (maximum fee $250) . 

Charged whether or not your item sells

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4364

[coolections]

When you list an item, before you hit submit, it tells you all the cost for listing. Pay attention to that for now on.

[electrola_man]

Those reserve fees are costing you, and doing nothing good for you.  I saw one of your ended items was set up with an opening bid of $90 noting that reserve was not met, and a buy-it-now price of $140.  A buy-it-now price needs to be 30% higher than the opening bid.  If you wanted to hold the BIN price the same, you could have set up the auction starting at 140/1.3=$107.69 and avoided the reserve fee.  I've been selling for over 20 years and I used to like reserves in some very special cases under previous fee structures, but haven't used them in probably 15-20 years.  A lot of buyers will be turned off by seeing "reserve not met" in a listing, so it can reduce your number of prospective bidders.  Good luck.