@michael_cullis wrote:
My current invoice informs me that I owe $67.09 for the period 16th June to 15th July. Unless my maths is wrong, This means that if eBay's commission rate on CDs and records is 9.5% eBay thinks I have sold $707 worth of items during the month. My records show that I have actually sold about $282 worth during the month.
Can I get a listing of the activity on my account for the period of the invoice (i.e. showing all the items for which fees have been charged and the relevant fees)? eBay also tells me that I am paying 14.5% of my final sale + postage in fees. Surely this can't be right?
The FVF on any item without a store is 9.9% of total (sale price plus postage the buyer paid - media items like CDs etc are 9.5% with a basic store, with a 5c insertion fee after the store freebies have been used).
I'm currently paying 8.5% FVF on most of my sales (featured store subscription, which is the next one up from basic, and I sell in a category which attracts the same FVF as media), but the actual percentage per sale runs a bit higher - I'm not sure what the calculation is based on because I only looked at it briefly and didn't do the math, but I suspect it would work out to the 12% mine currently states if they've factored in other fees like store subscription, any extra insertion fees and the like (i.e. total eBay fees paid as a percentage of revenue).
I do know that errors and overcharges sometimes occur, but you will have to check the itemised list of fees against your sales records to know what everything is for and whether that is the case.
