Item Variations

[4476.iveco]

If I have an item listed that has say 4 variations, does each variation count as 4 listings or just the 1 ?

[digital*ghost · Accepted solution]

It would be one listing, but in case it's relevant, the items are counted individually (eg if you have a listing limit, a variation listing takes one off the total allowed. If you have an item count limit, then each item available counts - so, a variation listing with 4 different items available, and 10 units per variation, would be 1 listing, but 40 items). 

[kopenhagen5 · Accepted solution]

As an example.

You are showing as having 712 items.

But if 10 listings have variations of 10 each which would equal 100 then you have 622 listings but 712 items.

[4476.iveco]

Thanks to you both.

The question was regarding a costing of Basic Store (600 free listings) vs Featured Store (1500 free listings).

[davewil1964]

Would have been handy to know that at the start.

When we all go onto MP, Basic stores will be the go, given MP sellers seem to get 250k listings.

[digital*ghost]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

When we all go onto MP, Basic stores will be the go, given MP sellers seem to get 250k listings.

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That will depend a bit on monthly turnover, as there is a 0.7 - 1.2% difference between the fees for basic and featured stores, depending on the categories (in a nutshell, if you consistently sell over $3k per month, a featured store will be more cost effective overall for any category except tech goods over $250 (you'd need a monthly turnover of $4200+ for featured to be cheaper on those, if that was all you sold). If you fluctuate a basic store is probably the safest bet, as even on $5k sales the overall cost of fees plus store fee is only going to see around a $20 difference, not including GST, which will skew the calculations a little further between basic / featured and registered / non-registered sellers - i.e. fees on $3k sales for a non GST-registered seller in a tier 4 category will be $357 + $35.70 GST, with a featured store for the same seller it would be $321 + $32.10 GST). 

[davewil1964]

I sell books and have never turned over $3k+ per month, even at the COVID height.

I have done the numbers, and when I get opted into MP, I will be dropping back to a Basic store at the first chance.

[digital*ghost]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

I sell books and have never turned over $3k+ per month, even at the COVID height.

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I'm aware, it was just irrelevant in context - I posted because you said "when we all" not "when I", and so wanted to mention there are some sellers who will be better off with a featured store, still. 

[4476.iveco]

Thanks for that, I had forgotten that I had read about the 250k......must be the colour of my hair.

We are now on MP since early October, which has run smoothly from the beginning, with 1 store Basic & the other Featured. 

Our Featured store has slowed up over a period, so looks like we will change it to Basic.  As a comparison our own website sells much more with exactly the same product.