13.4% seller fee? Seriously?

[earthl1ng]

I buy stuff on ebay regularly and wanted to sell a couple of items.  I hadn't actually thought about the fees  because I naively thought they would be reasonable.  So I checked and found out it is 13.4%, pretty outrageous.

It is especially weird when ebay has a significant stake in (and used to own) gumtree, where I can list for free.

No wonder people sell on gumtree rather than ebay these days.

[aandread]

Geez, such a welcoming crowd here.

I've been on ebay for 23 years, very happy with it thanks. I simply meant ebay could make more sales (and thus profit) with a lower FVF (selling more items) than what they do now. I think 10% is a nice round number, makes it easy to work out ebay's fee will be. Wasn't expecting a charity, but thanks for assuming that's what I meant..

And since y'all got upset about my example (the $800 phone), just wanna assure everyone I haven't sold an $800 phone on ebay yet, it was just an example to highlight the high FVF a sale like this would attract ($107.50). People buy used phones for > $800 davewil1964.... maybe someone should tell ebay to stop allowing sales of 1-2 yrs old phones, cause noone will buy them lol... just cause you won't buy one, doesn't mean others won't. No kidding you can buy a new phone for less than that!

I don't trust the guarantee, cause over the years just generally heard a lot of horror stories about how its gone wrong both from people and from stories online. I think its a great concept, but Ebay has to make it much easier for buyers and sellers to get help. A lot of what goes wrong in the process could be sorted if there was better comms. The way the navigation works now, when I've needed help, its too hard to get to the 'chat now' button, having to go through a labyrinth of options, and all manner of offers to chat with a useless automated chat bot before getting to an actual person. When I've gotten to an actual person, the query is always sorted.

Cheers

[gutterpunkz05]

 I think 10% is a nice round number, makes it easy to work out ebay's fee will be. Wasn't expecting a charity, but thanks for assuming that's what I meant..

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The  FVF  has been 10.9%  including GST, for many years, plus sellers were also charged 2.5% by paypal,   being a total of 13.4%.

Since managed payments came in, about 4yrs ago ebay now charges 13.4%  with no additional financial institution fee.

So before GST and financial fees are included,  it is pretty close to your nice round number.

[sugar249]

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@aandread wrote:

Geez, such a welcoming crowd here.

I've been on ebay for 23 years, very happy with it thanks. I simply meant ebay could make more sales (and thus profit) with a lower FVF (selling more items) than what they do now. I think 10% is a nice round number, makes it easy to work out ebay's fee will be. Wasn't expecting a charity, but thanks for assuming that's what I meant..

Cheers

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I find a calculator,  or spreadsheet, or even a few fingers and toes, makes it simple to calculate the fee's,  back a few years ago, you had to add Ebay and Paypal fee's to it all so far easier just one very simple calculation.

But also remember when calculating you need to add postage, packaging, GST,

[supermussolinibros*]

hey don't forget the real hub of activity is facebook as well - i haven't sold here for over five years and never looking at coming back - too many filthy scammers, and just an old fashioned place that hardly anyone uses these days due to the fees.  More of a price reference for me these days and i always undercut ebay sellers by 50% (and still come out better)

[repentatleisure1952]

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@supermussolinibros* wrote:

hey don't forget the real hub of activity is facebook as well - i haven't sold here for over five years and never looking at coming back - too many filthy scammers, and just an old fashioned place that hardly anyone uses these days due to the fees.  More of a price reference for me these days and i always undercut ebay sellers by 50% (and still come out better)

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I am humbled by your modesty & thank you for once again sharing your wisdom with us plebs.

[domino-710]

LOL - I got lost on the ' hub of activity '.

[gutterpunkz05]

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@supermussolinibros* wrote:

hey don't forget the real hub of activity is facebook as well - i haven't sold here for over five years and never looking at coming back - too many filthy scammers, and just an old fashioned place that hardly anyone uses these days due to the fees.  More of a price reference for me these days and i always undercut ebay sellers by 50% (and still come out better)

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And you have not been missed once, don't you feel loved.

Over 5 yrs,  you are that far out of date as a seller it is not funny.

Ebay protections  Vs  FB or Gumtree,   Uhhm  which way will I go!

[gutterpunkz05]

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@supermussolinibros* wrote:

hey don't forget the real hub of activity is facebook as well - i haven't sold here for over five years and never looking at coming back - too many filthy scammers, and just an old fashioned place that hardly anyone uses these days due to the fees.  More of a price reference for me these days and i always undercut ebay sellers by 50% (and still come out better)

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Laughable that you use the platform with the largest market share and reach as a price gauge, rather than checking prices where you sell.  Ah well, I suppose you can not expect a significant comparison there