EBAY losing money.

[mr-vanilla]

When will ebay realise they are losing money by charging a listing fee. I have burnt through my 30 free listings and I and ebay have done nicely in fees / profit. I now have to wait a week or so for my free listing thing to reset so I can list more.

I (and I recon many others) refuse to pay the rediculous listing fees. No big deal ...while I am sitting here waiting ...nothing is selling and ebay / paypal are making nothing.

Wake up ebay ...free to list is the way to go. You will make more in the long run.

[maconii]

EBay is making a fortune. Yes, perhaps if everyone got free listings then that would be awesome. I would probably list another few items up but people with shops have to pay monthly fees (even when nothing is sold) + listing fees + FVF + PP fees.

[maconii]

Forgot to mention that shops also don't get any free listings unless there's a "promotion"! So imagine a waterfall of money going into eBay. They are losing nothing.

[davewil1964]

A couple of points -

1. A non-store member gets 40 free listings per month. It changed from 30 in about May last year.

2. The free listings start on the 1st of the calendar month, so you won't have to wait a week, as they are already available and have been since yesterday.

3. There are periodic, usually at least one a month, free listing offers for non-store holders.

4. The current one started on 26 Dec, but runs until 6 Jan. Maybe avail yourself of same.

[mr-vanilla]

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@maconii wrote:
Forgot to mention that shops also don't get any free listings unless there's a "promotion"! So imagine a waterfall of money going into eBay. They are losing nothing.

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Shops get 80 free listings a month.

[mr-vanilla]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

A couple of points -

1. A non-store member gets 40 free listings per month. It changed from 30 in about May last year.

2. The free listings start on the 1st of the calendar month, so you won't have to wait a week, as they are already available and have been since yesterday.

3. There are periodic, usually at least one a month, free listing offers for non-store holders.

4. The current one started on 26 Dec, but runs until 6 Jan. Maybe avail yourself of same.

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Well then I burned through 40 free listings hehehe

I have not seen a free listing offer for months (I also have a shop under another name and have not had an offer there for yonks either)

What I am saying is ...I would list more if it was free ...

Thanks for your input.

[imastawka]

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@mr-vanilla wrote:

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@maconii wrote:
Forgot to mention that shops also don't get any free listings unless there's a "promotion"! So imagine a waterfall of money going into eBay. They are losing nothing.

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Shops get 80 free listings a month.

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Wouldn't call having to pay monthly fees "free listings"

[tstore]

Be thankful you get free listings. This was not the case years ago. Also I for one am happy to pay listing free - means eBay is less cluttered and you as a seller have a good chance to sell something

[maconii]

Only up to 80.. I don't think I even get 80. May have to check my invoices again 

[pickapresent13]

Don`t like to sound like a smart **bleep**, but eBay is a business, and there to make money

How do you think you`d go if you went to management at Westfields and said "I`d like to take a shop, but not going to pay rent, will just give you a commission on what I sell". Pretty sure they`d laugh and say see ya later

I guess the best thing about eBay is they give us options on how we want to list i.e, just take the 40 free listings, pay for a store and get extra free listings, continue listing after we`ve used our free listings and pay a fee

I might have it all wrong here, but for me, I`m more than happy to pay 20 cents to list something I`m selling for a profit. If you use a bit of common sense mixed with business acumen, you can work out whats worth paying to list and what isn`t. I for one wait til the big 10 000 free listings come around to list my slow selling items, then it costs nothing if they don`t sell, and only pay for the products I`m pretty sure will have a high probability of selling