Free selling / Pro Starter

[geeky-meeks]

Hi All,

Ok, I am confused, maybe.

I have been moved to the Pro Starter plan but I am also eligible for the free selling. I have read the bits & pieces from EBay about all of this.

I sell a variety of stuff, at various pricing ($10 to $50 generally) & use my own packaging (boxes) or Aust Post satchels (not pre-paid). I don't use EBay labels. 

Free selling sounds great, but I have to use EBay labels & I can't sell anything under $20. Is this correct ?

Can I / should I have 2 accounts - 1 for free selling & 1 as Pro Starter ?

Or do I just stay on Pro Starter & suck up the fees as I have been doing.
It is all very silly if you ask me.

[*casey*]

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@shoppingbag* wrote:

"you don't get free selling for under $20 items or Pro Starter"

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Sorry, but your posts are confusing .

The OP asked

"Free selling sounds great, but I have to use EBay labels & I can't sell anything under $20. Is this correct ?"

eBay labels are not compulsory on a Pro Starter plan   and they're not compulsory on a Free Selling plan for items under $20

[ozmusikman]

So I realise today that I have been pushed automatically onto the Pro plan and cannot cancel or downgrade onto the free selling plan, even though my sales do not exceed $25,000 for the previous year. So if I want to use an API for listing, such as Sixbit, I now have to pay to EBay $27.45 monthly, in addition to final value fees to EBay, as well as API subscription fees. Why are API use not included in the Pro Starter plan? 
This is such an oversight and greedy grab on eBay’s part, that after 25 years selling, I  am ready to walk. To introduce this at a time when APIs are pricey with the closing of Inkfrog. eBay Australia does not have inventory management like it does in overseas sites and removed Turbo Lister, meaning EBay have no interest in helping their loyal sellers, only trying to attract new sellers. Terrible system with no support  to loyal sellers that sell in smaller quantities but still require inventory management. 

[justkidzbiz]

From I read:

"From 1 June 2026, Australia-based sellers who are enrolled in free selling will be required to buy a label on eBay when sending items.

This won't apply to:

• Items sold for less than $20, or over $5,000
• Items that may be sent in an envelope. These include: trading cards, comics, magazines, coins and banknotes, jewellery, CDs/DVDs/video games, patches, postcards, greeting cards, seeds, stamps, stickers and decals
• Heavy or bulky items where a label isn't available
• Orders where the buyer selected local pickup

When listing, you can see if your item will be required to use a label bought on eBay.

To offer alternative postage options, you'll need a Pro plan. Learn more about what's changing for sellers."

[geeky-meeks]

Thank you everyone for your responses.

After reading another thread about all of these changes, I think I will stay on the Pro Starter. At the end of the day, the buyer protection fee has turned me off doing the free selling. I am trying to make a few dollars & struggling to sell stuff as it is. Adding a buyer fee to my prices won't help at all. Lowering my prices to accommodate the fee & then paying selling fees once the item is sold,  it wouldn't be worth my time.

[twyngwyn]

There are no selling fees on free selling

[*casey*]

Unless you post to an international buyer, there are no selling fees.

That's why the plan is named  "Free" Selling

[geeky-meeks]

Sorry, my bad. I don't know why I mentioned the selling fees with the buyer protection. I am just confused as to what my best option is I think.

[twyngwyn]

Opt for one, and if it’s no good, you can opt for the other before the 1st of the following month.

I have changed from a basic store to Pro Starter, only because I don’t want to use labels, and I find the buyer’s fee insane