topic Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends in Selling

didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

raron2 — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:10:28 GMT

didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

fees too high for me otherwise as a small time seller

the fee on postage is particurally annoying, I have no choice but to pass this on to buyers

which I am sure turns some byers off, less sales for ebay as well as me

havent been getting the monthly no final value fee or listing fee either

which was fine until $1 weekends stopped

feels like small time sellers arent important to ebay

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

lyndal1838 — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:45:56 GMT

If you had read the boards you would have known that the special promotions have finished at least for now.

If you want to keep selling you will need to accept that you will be paying more fees.

Not sure why you are reticent to pass your fees on to buyers.....most good sellers do. All overheads should be built into your prices before listing. A handling fee will help you cover fees.

Small sellers have not been ebay's priority for a very long time.....you need to accept that and decide how to work around it...make ebay work for you rather than curl up and accept that you can't sell because you will be paying more fees.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

curraone — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:38:48 GMT

Pay for a basic store - only $25 a month. 600 free listings, and the final value fees are lower. With over 400 listings you should have a store anyway

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

wide-world-of-stamps — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:19:45 GMT

As you can see, we have a store.

We sell very low value items, but still manage to cover the fees with most of them - the others are to tempt buyers to come to our store, and hopefully buy multiple items with one payment.

We also have other id's without a store.

At the moment they have quite a few items waiting to relist using free listings.

If we don't get any for a month or two, we'll move them to this id.

Free listing offers are great, and we take advantage of them when we can, but they shouldn't be relied on to last forever.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

whoisbiggles — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:42:04 GMT

Don't forget to end all those listing before they auto relist today.

If my maths is right you'll be charged $622 in listing fees.((417-40)*$1.65)

I would suggest picking the 40 items that you think will sell over the next month, increase their prices to cover the fees. And see how you go. At the end of the month work out whether a store will work for you not.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

raron2 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:01:01 GMT

Yes very guilty of not reading notice boards, havent thought to until now.

My mind is busily occupied with working outside of ebay and maintaing my listings.

As I sell clothing change of season is very busy, as now, when its start from scratch from summer to winter ranges.

I rang ebay 2 weeks ago re $1 weekends and was definitely not given the story they are ending

so was surprised it continued this weekend.

I am reticent about passing on fees to buyers as last week I had 6 sales for athe whole week.

Cant afford to be scaring off any buyers, thankfully this week is proving better

Have to decide if its worth selling as my items are not high profit already, and to pay extra in fees may wipe me out

Will be doing some number crunching

No point being a slave to ebay for little or no profit, hard work has to be rewarded

I do it beacuse I love it and its a boost to my part time wages, will be sad if I have to finnish

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

joztamps — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:01:40 GMT

@raron2 wrote:
Yes very guilty of not reading notice boards, havent thought to until now.
My mind is busily occupied with working outside of ebay and maintaing my listings.
As I sell clothing change of season is very busy, as now, when its start from scratch from summer to winter ranges.

I rang ebay 2 weeks ago re $1 weekends and was definitely not given the story they are ending
so was surprised it continued this weekend.

I am reticent about passing on fees to buyers as last week I had 6 sales for athe whole week.
Cant afford to be scaring off any buyers, thankfully this week is proving better

Have to decide if its worth selling as my items are not high profit already, and to pay extra in fees may wipe me out
Will be doing some number crunching
No point being a slave to ebay for little or no profit, hard work has to be rewarded

I do it beacuse I love it and its a boost to my part time wages, will be sad if I have to finnish

Before you do any number crunching, you had better end all those listings TOUT SUITE!

See whoisbiggies' $600 WARNING, 2 posts up.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

brerrabbit585 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:34:15 GMT

@raron2 wrote:
didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends
fees too high for me otherwise as a small time seller
the fee on postage is particurally annoying, I have no choice but to pass this on to buyers
which I am sure turns some byers off, less sales for ebay as well as me
havent been getting the monthly no final value fee or listing fee either
which was fine until $1 weekends stopped
feels like small time sellers arent important to ebay

If sellers don't generate any revenue for ebay, or very minimal revenue, why would they be important to ebay? Ebay exists to make a profit for its owners so the sellers who are most important to ebay are the ones who makes them the most money while taking up the least space on their servers. The extra listings with no fees or minimal fees were nice while they lasted but nobody could realistically expect them to last as long as they did.

I'd like to know the definition of a small seller. I definitely don't consider someone with hundreds of listings to be a small seller, yet many think they're entitled to more listings than those who pay for stores but they don't consider stores to be small sellers. I really can't see the logic in that!

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

brerrabbit585 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:40:33 GMT

Maybe OP has used the quick listing tool and still gets free auto relists.

If they opened a store they wouldn't get any auctions without paying an insertion fee, but they'd probably be just as well off with BIN listings anyway.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

curraone — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:50:29 GMT

The OP has auction listings - they don't apply for the automatic good till cancelled policy, do they? They just end. So not $600

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

*tippy*toes* — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:53:05 GMT

I use the advanced listing tool and still get 9 free relists on my auctions. Those relists don't come off my 40 freebies. Only new listings do.

As for the warnings above about ending the listings due to being charged $600, they are auctions. If they end or run out of free listings, they don't get charged until the OP relists them. If they still have free relists, they will just roll over until the free relists end. The free relists are FREE. It's different to BIN/GTC. OP, don't end your auctions. Let them run their course.

I posted a reply in another thread to the OP, which I didn't get a reply to. I'm guessing me pointing out facts, and how they really weren't going to be much worse off, wasn't what they wanted to hear. Paying on average another 50c in fees per item, isn't going to break them, especially when they would be making enough off postage costs to cover the fees.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

brerrabbit585 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:30:35 GMT

I thought a few people said in the last few days that they'd lost the free auto relists on their auctions. I can't keep up with stuff lately! I don't use auctions so maybe I just haven't taken enough notice.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

lyndal1838 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:42:26 GMT

I think it was discussed brer but I think it was a misunderstanding of the terms by a few posters and has now been explained by others.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

brerrabbit585 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:45:41 GMT

The drama llamas often confuse the issue by not bothering to explain things properly or pausing long enough to listen to others!

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

raron2 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:02:46 GMT

a small time seller is someone who sells 6 items for the week last as I did

ironically this week is going great, as I am sure you will check

all this store talk is new to me I dont know much about it

came to this board for help, and constructive comments, not put downs

I am sure I have generated lots of money for ebay over the years with all my purchasing

and used paypal when it was theirs

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

curraone — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:34:05 GMT

My suggestion that you pay for a basic store subscription was a constructive comment, not a put down.

Just try it, it's easy

https://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/stores

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

davewil1964 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:25:01 GMT

@raron2 wrote:
didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends
fees too high for me otherwise as a small time seller
the fee on postage is particurally annoying, I have no choice but to pass this on to buyers
which I am sure turns some byers off, less sales for ebay as well as me
havent been getting the monthly no final value fee or listing fee either
which was fine until $1 weekends stopped
feels like small time sellers arent important to ebay

I'm not sure what help you asked for. Not a single question mark there.

My constructive comment is that you don't pass extra costs onto auction buyers unless you alter your starting prices. If an item then sells, the buyer wasn't turned off.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

davewil1964 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:30:50 GMT

@raron2 wrote:
a small time seller is someone who sells 6 items for the week last as I did
ironically this week is going great, as I am sure you will check

all this store talk is new to me I dont know much about it
came to this board for help, and constructive comments, not put downs

I am sure I have generated lots of money for ebay over the years with all my purchasing
and used paypal when it was theirs

You've averaged 6 feedback a week for the last 12 months, so that is the minimum you've sold and probably a lot more. One week does not a statistic make. 3 months is pretty much the minimum you should use.

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

raron2 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:39:36 GMT

thankyou for your advice do appreciate it

put down comment definitely not aimed at you

I am very niave when it comes to stores

I have only been selling for long enough that the deals have been available

Now the deals are not around, this is new territory to me

I have been a ebay buying member for 18 years

I have only been selling regurally for less than 2 years

with a feedback of 1800 over 18 years shows I am a small time seller

My sales have been low 6 items last week

4 items the week before last

15 three weeks ago

7 four weeks ago

This means I have a selling average of 8 items per week

Not sure if its worth opening a store for so few items (again niave)

I do have many items listed, but need to, or I wouldnt sell anything only sellng an average of 8 items per week

Re: didnt list anything this weekend as no $1 weekends

countessalmirena — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:44:29 GMT

Opening a store is at least worth considering, raron2.

Some eBay members will also have several accounts over which to spread items.

You may need to experiment for a little while to see exactly what would work best for you. That means keeping good records of everything involved so that you have the information from which you can make your calculations.