eBay

slocode111 · ‎07-19-2014

I just got my July ebay invoice. I only sell about 15 to 20 items per month with auctions. I know that ebay waives listing fees so my only fees are FVFs of 10%.... Oh yes, I forgot about FVFs on shipping! Now my fees are shown to be 10.98% of sales which I have to assume include FVFs on shipping for which I use ebay to purchase & print labels. I get the feeling that ebay wants me to build my shipping into the auction price and offer FREE shipping. Now, If I offer free shipping, does ebay continue to take a fee for the shipping costs that I pay out of the sale price?

Is there an ebay app that will add the projected item sale price + estimated shipping mark-up and an additional minus the 10% fee of the sale and minus the 10% of the estimated shipping cost which they will already take as a FVF based on the sale price + shipping mark-up total?

Do I make my meaning clear? If I offer FREE shipping (built into the item's price) Is ebay trying to double dip into my shipping costs?

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reallynicestamps · ‎07-25-2014

Which is more expensive?

A $10 item with $5 shipping or

a $15 item with Free Shipping?

If you offer Free Shipping you do not pay any fee on shipping, BUT since you are including the shipping fee in the asking price you will pay FVF on the whole of your selling price.

So on that $10 sale you* pay no listing fee plus FVF on selling price at whatever the rate is in your category plus FVF on the shipping cost. That may also vary since there are discounts on this, TRS for example.

And on the $15 sale, you pay FVF on the $15 selling price but not on the 'free shipping' -- except that of course you are paying but on the usually lower category rate rather than on the shipping FVF rate.

Note also, that if you have an international sale, you are allowed to charge a premium for shipping.

(You calculate this by finding the shipping cost to Canada or Belgium or wherever, reducing it by the cost of domestic shipping which is included in the selling price, and giving that as your International Shipping and Handling cost.)

BUT because you offer Free Shipping domestically, you do NOT pay FVF on the higher International Shipping cost.

*Of course, some sellers, me for one, do pay listing fees. However, these are lowered by having a Store and by have Top Rated Seller status.

slocode111 · ‎07-25-2014

Thanks, That was the clarification that I was looking for.

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recordingsystems · ‎07-26-2014

EBay changed the policy re: not charging fees on shipping because people were abusing the system. I don't mean a little bit either, and it hit epidemic proportions.

For example sellers would ask $5.00 for a an item and $49.00 shipping simply to avoid the fees. Sure, people could be turned in for *excessive* shipping to avoid fees, but where do you draw the line? Ebay tried it this way for years, but got tired of the battle over what was excessive. They're not *double dipping* if you roll the shipping fees into the item price. They'd charge the same amount either way. They tried it, but it simply could not be. Certain other sites also charge fees on shipping

@slocode111 wrote:
I just got my July ebay invoice. I only sell about 15 to 20 items per month with auctions. I know that ebay waives listing fees so my only fees are FVFs of 10%.... Oh yes, I forgot about FVFs on shipping! Now my fees are shown to be 10.98% of sales which I have to assume include FVFs on shipping for which I use ebay to purchase & print labels. I get the feeling that ebay wants me to build my shipping into the auction price and offer FREE shipping. Now, If I offer free shipping, does ebay continue to take a fee for the shipping costs that I pay out of the sale price?

Is there an ebay app that will add the projected item sale price + estimated shipping mark-up and an additional minus the 10% fee of the sale and minus the 10% of the estimated shipping cost which they will already take as a FVF based on the sale price + shipping mark-up total?

Do I make my meaning clear? If I offer FREE shipping (built into the item's price) Is ebay trying to double dip into my shipping costs?

From the trenches

recordingsystems · ‎07-26-2014

@slocode111 wrote:
I just got my July ebay invoice. I only sell about 15 to 20 items per month with auctions. I know that ebay waives listing fees so my only fees are FVFs of 10%.... Oh yes, I forgot about FVFs on shipping! Now my fees are shown to be 10.98% of sales which I have to assume include FVFs on shipping for which I use ebay to purchase & print labels. I get the feeling that ebay wants me to build my shipping into the auction price and offer FREE shipping. Now, If I offer free shipping, does ebay continue to take a fee for the shipping costs that I pay out of the sale price?

Is there an ebay app that will add the projected item sale price + estimated shipping mark-up and an additional minus the 10% fee of the sale and minus the 10% of the estimated shipping cost which they will already take as a FVF based on the sale price + shipping mark-up total?

Do I make my meaning clear? If I offer FREE shipping (built into the item's price) Is ebay trying to double dip into my shipping costs?

You can use Excel for that. You don't need an app. If you don't have it try openoffice