Postage Discounts on calculated postage for Buyers Australia | Selling

collectivejam · 2026-01-11T22:33:08.054000Z

Hey Guys, Recently eBay Australia has offered buyer reduced postage costs for calculated shipping after getting a blanket deal with Australia Post. I think eBay have got this process completely wrong. As we know eBay charge their sellers fees and also promoted listing percentage on the complete amount of the transaction (including the postage, not just the item amount). So generally sellers who post items with an Australia post discount would absorb the fees as they got a discount from Australia post, as it covered it. But WHY offer customers reduced postage? Makes no sense at all. By doing this what eBay are doing is forcing me to increase my weights or item prices to cover the fees they charge on the postage. Tell me I'm wrong but seems like another penalty to sellers here.

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