eBay announces (another) fee structure change

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eBay announces (another) fee structure change

by Brad Linder Feb 11th 2008

A few weeks ago eBay announced plans to change its fee structure. The company was spinning the move as something that would help sellers save money. But that only worked out to be true in some instances. Since eBay planned to lower listing fees but raise final sale fees, most sellers were a bit concerned that they'd wind up giving eBay a higher percentage of their hard earned cash.

Responding to concerns from sellers, eBay has announced yet another fee structure change. This time, the listing fees for media including books, music, movies, and video games will go way down. The price for listing an item with a starting price less than a buck drops from $0.20 to $0.10. Sellers with starting bids of less than $10 will now be charged $0.25 instead of $0.40. And if you've got an item with a starting bid of under $25, you pay $0.35 instead of $0.60.

Since eBay is still raising the fees on final sales, in most cases sellers will still wind up paying owing eBay a little more. But today's announcement softens the blow. A little.

Tags: auction, ebay, listing-fees, sales

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Carol said 2:50AM on 2-13-2008

Seems to be a win win situation always FOR ebay - they get their fees, then their partner PAYPAL also gets its fees, even on postage !!!
What a shame we cant beat them - they are the biggest auction site therefore are a law unto themselves - untouchables !

cploonker said 1:06PM on 2-16-2008

I am an eBayer myself id faircreativedealer http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZfaircreativedealer and planning on opening my own brand name store using http://easystorehosting.com/esh/ebay-seller-tool.php

cploonker said 1:20PM on 2-16-2008

kreative35 said 2:01AM on 3-04-2008

Hello :)

A highly recommended site is elfingo.com for online auctions. They are the new ebay. Many smaller sites like this offer buyers far better deals than ebay ever could. Buyser also save a ton because this site charges little or nothing depending on the day. One more reaso I like elfingo.com is because they don't take a part of the sale at all. No commissions or final value fees. A+++ http://www.elfingo.com

kreative said 7:52AM on 3-04-2008

A highly recommended site is elfingo.com for online auctions. They are the new ebay. Many smaller sites like this offer buyers far better deals than ebay ever could. Buyser also save a ton because this site charges little or nothing depending on the day. One more reaso I like elfingo.com is because they don't take a part of the sale at all. No commissions or final value fees. A+++ http://www.elfingo.com

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