Today we launch the Spring seller update with the latest platform changes, enhancements and tools that are important to your eBay business.
Here are some of the most important changes coming:
- The importance of tracking: From October 2020, if you use a tracked postage service for your eBay orders, you’ll benefit from better Estimated Delivery Dates and increased seller protections.
- Updates to Managed Payments: Get the latest information on eBay Managed Payments to ensure your eBay business is registered and ready for activation.
- New eBay label options: You can now print postage labels for your eBay and Shopify orders through our multi-channel shipping portal and discounted pricing will soon be available for some sellers on the eBay labels platform with Sendle.
- Changes to email address visibility: We’re changing the visibility of email addresses on eBay to provide you and your buyers added privacy and protection.
- New Time Away settings: Read about the new settings which give you more flexibility when taking a break from your eBay business.
The update also includes information about the eBay Plus program, enhancements to eBay tools including Promoted Listings, Item Specifics and category updates and changes to signature confirmation requirements.
Explore the full update on the Seller Centre >
Just looking at managed payments (eBay's short term money investment scheme?).
Which states:
Simplified fees:
- Once activated for managed payments, sellers will pay a new eBay final value fee consisting of a variable category-based percentage of the total amount of the sale, plus a $0.30 fixed fee per order
- The final value fee will be automatically deducted from sales proceeds. Sellers won’t pay third-party payment processing fees
Isn't the $0.30 a third party payment for processing that order?
@lyndal1838 wrote:Nope, it is another ebay fee.....no third party involved.
The money goes straight from the seller's pocket to ebay's very deep pockets.
So it's actually a second party payment in the same manner as a third party payment but this way they can claim it's not a third party payment.as they are collecting it the same as Paypal do as a transaction payment.
So it doesn't matter whatever payment option you choose they still collect the 30 cents plus the FVF's so low priced
items cop an even bigger gouge out of any potential profit (Chinese sellers will be exempt oof course).
So a $3 item would be 33 cents eBay and GST + 38 cents if paid with Paypal plus the now extra 30 cents would make it $1.01 all up so over 33% in "fees"
Include $2.50 postage and it becomes 60 cents plus 44 cents plus 30 cents for a total of $1.34 so over 44% of the "sale" goes in fees.
Can't sell much stuff on eBay now so having to raise prices to allow for increases in fees is only going to make lower priced stuff sit around even longer.
I sell more elsewhere now anyway and don't get anywhere near what I used to get so I'll just keep plugging away
and hope that it improves.
@davewil1964 wrote:The prices work out at about the same as Paypal, tazz. No Paypal fees with managed payments. eBay have included them in the new FVFs.
Ok,thanks as it just seemed like another money grab like the postage FVF grab when it has nothing to do with the
item and I still can't see how it's actually legal.
