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eBay to eliminate listing fees for casual sellers
You know, I can't remember the last time I wrote an article about eBay fees that wasn't about the company raising fees or angering users. But the latest announcement from the company is that eBay will eliminate listing fees for users that sell fewer than 5 items each month on the online auction site. You'll still have to pay a sales fee of 8.75% of the final sale price, with a ceiling of $20 (in other words, you won't be charged more than $20 to sell items that have no listing fee).
The new fee schedule is effective June 16th and only applies to auctions, not "Buy it Now" fixed-priced listings.
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gonintendo said 5:27PM on 5-12-2009
They had already sort of done this with ebay motors by adding the classified ads feature. The catch is that you can only sell locally.
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TB said 5:39PM on 5-12-2009
This is pretty good news, if you like auctions. Otherwise Half.com and/or BuyItNow is probably preferred by casual sellers anyway. And I'm assuming Half.com fees still exist for casuals.
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Gav said 5:52PM on 5-12-2009
They've already done this in the UK. However, as usual, we get a worse deal.
10% Final Value Fee (+ 3.4% PayPal Fees)
Capped at £40 ($60)
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James Bell said 6:18AM on 5-13-2009
Ha ha what a joke. eBay does all it can to support the "storefront" eBay user and THIS is the concession for the little guy? Craigslist must be killing them, and good riddance.
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Harry said 5:17PM on 5-13-2009
What you may not know is that eBay has 25% ownership in Craigslist.
CenterLine said 7:33PM on 5-13-2009
It looks to me that this will cost the seller more on some items. Lets say you list an item for $230. Under the old system you would pay about $9.50, under this new structure you would pay $20.
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Dave said 4:39PM on 5-13-2009
Once sold about 6 items on Ebay, after the fees and postage costs...I ended up with about $60. If I sold the same items via local classifieds or maybe Craigslist ...I might have gotten $100 or more. Ebay ...just not worth the bother to sell, unless you're a wholesale dealer, with a profit margin in site.
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Primeonly27.com said 1:06PM on 5-19-2009
Ebay is digging a hole for it sellers and is going to put them all in mass graves. If your a seller you may all ready see the concrete. This is no joke it is how ebay is going to destroy it's self.
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