topic Re: Outrageous fees in Selling

Outrageous fees

nussygolf6fh0 — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:47:17 GMT

I am over ebay. I cant believe they are charging around 11% for their cut. I am not a business, just a part time seller of stuff I dont need anymore. Taking 11% including a % of the postage is just BS.

Never again.

Off to Gumtree in the future.

Re: Outrageous fees

pennyforum14 — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:05:23 GMT

Hate to burst your bubble but Gumtree is owned by Ebay too, and they are very restrictive with their so-called free listing, if you make a mistake and need to change your ad, or if you want to bump your ad or lower the price after it's beeen listed a while without a result, you have to pay to edit.

Re: Outrageous fees

phorum_junkie* — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:45:04 GMT

So you are selling stuff you don't want any more thus making 89% of the gross sale price (by your figures) for the minimal time it takes to put up a listing and deal with the administration after it sells. That is not a figure I would be complaining about, do you expect ebay to make nothing out of your sales?

Re: Outrageous fees

cq_tech — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:16:30 GMT

You can avoid Gumtree's editing fees simply by deleting your listing and posting an amended listing instead. That will also place your listing back at the top, thereby saving even more money in fees. I'm sure they'll eventually close that loophole but at the moment it works just fine.

Re: Outrageous fees

nussygolf6fh0 — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:09:23 GMT

With a name like phorum_junkie you probably need to get out more ofetn and experience the real world! By any auction standards 11% is very high. Charging a cut on postage is ridiculous.

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michael_cullis — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:13:33 GMT

I sell CDs and records on eBay. I have just noticed that my fees are 14.5% of my final sale price. How can this be?

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amxsuperstores — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:24:16 GMT

You could always start your own online selling platform and never pay any fees again. Sure, it'll cost a lot to make the platform and you might not ever sell anything through it, but you won't have to pay fees! Score!

Re: Outrageous fees

pennyforum14 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:18:27 GMT

FVFs for non-store sellers (when an item sells) are 9.9%, and are now calculated on the total charged to the buyer including sale price AND postage. Then if you list more than your 40 free listings each month, you have listing fees as well, plus any extra features you may have used.

Do you also use Ebay postage labels? If so, your postage costs are added to your Ebay account as well.

It all adds up quickly.

My average fee percentage since the FVF on postage came in in May is around 14-15% each month, and I rarely pay to list, so yours sounds aboout right.

Re: Outrageous fees

putney32 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:42:36 GMT

@nussygolf6fh0 wrote:
------------------ experience the real world! By any auction standards 11% is very high. Charging a cut on postage is ridiculous.

I dont know of one auction house in Melboure City or Metro who charge less than 15% sellers (as well as buyers) commission. Many charge 20-25% commission, and a $10 -$15 Unsold Fee on every unsold item.

can you tell me who charges less than 10% sellers commission? I'd like to use them for a few items

Re: Outrageous fees

davewil1964 — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:21:47 GMT

@putney32 wrote:
@nussygolf6fh0 wrote:
------------------ experience the real world! By any auction standards 11% is very high. Charging a cut on postage is ridiculous.
I dont know of one auction house in Melboure City or Metro who charge less than 15% sellers (as well as buyers) commission. Many charge 20-25% commission, and a $10 -$15 Unsold Fee on every unsold item.

can you tell me who charges less than 10% sellers commission? I'd like to use them for a few items

just another example of posters who play the woman rather than the ball. Probably because they don't have any facts to back their attitude up. As it is attitude.

Re: Outrageous fees

tiggywink92 — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:49:31 GMT

ebay has gone downhill i hardly sell on here anymore now especially with their 4th greedy fees. No such thing as free postage and now us buyers will be forking out more. You really need to look at facebook i have a page there and sell WAY more than on here, i can sell things much cheaper as there is no fees. There is many pages you can advertise your items you are selling and then that gives you more customers and likers. They are trying to charge you for more fans to see your page but i never pay and im always flat out. Quicksales is another one i have been on for years and yes sell more there than i do on here. I cant believe years ago i would sell 95% of my items mainly designer kids 2nd hand clothing and now im lucky out of 100 free listings i sell 7 items!!!

I think people think ebay is the only selling place but there is many more options out there now and not one of them charge any fees. I havent tried gumtree yet (only furniture and yes have sold everything) for my kids items i havent had time as facebook has so many ways to promote your page i cant keep up. And no you dont pay extra fees on gumtree just delete and start a new ad each week.

Good luck with your sales

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smile9 — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 04:58:08 GMT

ok to charge for selling fees on items, you just mark it up to cover the fees. But placing a fee on our handling and postage cost is disgusting. They making money on our cost to post, and then when I include Ebay and Paypal postage fee in the handling cost, the buyer puts a negative feedback saying I'm ripping them off without even questioning. Can't win. Its like working for Ebay.

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i-love-my-sheep — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 05:02:33 GMT

Do what I (and lots of others) do, factor the extra cost into the start/BIN price.

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33_rpm — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:11:00 GMT

My advice would be to accept the fees and concentrate on selling more. Many sellers have departed and the door is wide open in many categories. Most big retailers like Harvey Norman and JB HiFi are lucky to crack 5-10% net profit on turnover. On ebay you can get up to 80% net return after fees and Paypal. It has the most traffic and the most customers of any site bar none. Still the best place to sell!

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smilingoz — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:03:54 GMT

The prob. with that, is that people who pick up the cost also pay the higher price, and ebay and paypal benefits. Besides postage, I now offer pickup on most items, so ebay & paypal can lose out on their commission on postage and handling cost. Its a benefit for buyers and the sale price is lower for people who wish to pickup. I now put a note on my items that postage and handling cost includes a min. of 12.3% of ebay & palpal fees.

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dress-goddess — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:25:18 GMT

I actually buy my stock and am lucky to make $200 for sales of $1300 after ebay and paypal fees totalling 16%. It's dissappointing to work so hard for so litle

@phorum_junkie*wrote:
So you are selling stuff you don't want any more thus making 89% of the gross sale price (by your figures) for the minimal time it takes to put up a listing and deal with the administration after it sells. That is not a figure I would be complaining about, do you expect ebay to make nothing out of your sales?

Re: Outrageous fees

lyndal1838 — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:14:52 GMT

You are selling in a saturated market.....clothing is one of the hardest categories to sell in successfully.

Fine a niche market where there is not much competition and you should do better.

By the way, you have dragged up a nearly 4 year old thread and not added anything different to the information.

Re: Outrageous fees

davidc4430 — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 02:18:47 GMT

@dress-goddesswrote:
I actually buy my stock and am lucky to make $200 for sales of $1300 after ebay and paypal fees totalling 16%. It's dissappointing to work so hard for so litle
@phorum_junkie*wrote:
So you are selling stuff you don't want any more thus making 89% of the gross sale price (by your figures) for the minimal time it takes to put up a listing and deal with the administration after it sells. That is not a figure I would be complaining about, do you expect ebay to make nothing out of your sales?

ive never seen anyone post that ebay arnt greedy, its all part of being the only real place that does what they do.

if they had real competition then i would expect fees and charges to be lower.

Re: Outrageous fees

clubesquire — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 04:54:42 GMT

It is what it is and it won't get cheaper. The products you sell will either stand for the costs of doing business, of they won't.

And, you make your money when you purchase, not when you sell.

I'd like reduced fees too. I take into account though, the alternative costs involved with standing alone and then driving traffic there. It's not easy and it's much more expensive.

Yes, I believe eBay is too expensive, but there is no alternative, really, right now. All you can do is have that glass of concrete with the bitter pill and get on with it like the rest of us.

Melina.

Re: Outrageous fees

springyzone — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 05:37:40 GMT

It's interesting. This post is almost 4 years old. I noticed the OP is still selling the occasional thing on ebay, or has been in the last 6 months or so. They must have found that it isn't so easy to sell on some of the other sites either.

I had some (new) shoes on gumtree for a couple of months & they only got 7 views. Maybe they wouldn't sell on ebay either but I suspect they would get more views than that.