More unwanted enhancements coming

[pnc75]

 From an email just now:

An update to selling on eBay

Coming at the end of April, we're introducing updates to improve our online marketplace and make selling easier. Learn more about the changes and what they mean for you below.

What this means for you

We’re updating our subscriptions for sellers who want more flexibility and control or who sell higher volumes.

This includes a new Pro Starter plan subscription for sellers who use advanced selling features, like multi-quantity and multi-variation listings.

Based on your usage of these selling features, we believe you’ll have the best selling experience with a Pro Starter plan.

• The Pro Starter plan reflects your current selling experience and includes access to advanced selling features, as well as expanded shipping and payout options and additional customer support. 
• This plan has no monthly cost and you will continue to pay final value fees, as you do today.

Free selling

We’re introducing free selling in late April for Australia-based sellers with up to $25,000 in sales annually. Eligible sellers will no longer pay transaction fees when they sell on eBay.com.au, across all categories.

Learn more about selling fees and how your sales are evaluated.

Free selling is intended for sellers with simpler selling needs and does not include access to advanced selling features or scheduled payouts. These sellers will have to buy labels on eBay for eligible items. A Buyer Protection fee will also be added to their listings and paid by the buyer to eBay.

Based on your current selling activity, you'll qualify for free selling.

You don’t need to do anything right now; we’ll confirm your eligibility in late April and explain how you can cancel the Pro Starter plan if you would rather take advantage of free selling. If you choose to cancel, you will lose access to the selling features available in the Pro Starter plan. 

[brickworksmarket]

I checked last night the ebay label cost and it was cheaper than the Post Office unless you have a mypost account with band 3 or higher discount. Unless you send a parcel under 1kg for which they will cube the measurements and if it is more than 1kg will be dearer. 

If your prices are higher then it may be possible ebay shows me a lower price than you are receiving but what I see is a mypost band 2 discount.

[pnc75]

Sorry, from my experience (and I always check the ebay postage label cost) it works out more expensive 95+% of the time. we're just going to have to agree to disagree. 

[twyngwyn]

I wonder if all these changes are about tax?

https://www.smallbusiness.nsw.gov.au/news-podcasts/news/if-you-earn-through-an-app-or-platform-the-a....

[domino-710]

How are the changes related to tax ??

[twyngwyn]

separating under $25k ?

[twyngwyn]

Here’s a screenshot of 1 of the questions on a survey I did in Jan this year (for those who didn’t get asked):

 

[twyngwyn]

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@domino-710 wrote:

Is it me .............

Granny can just go Pro Starter - everything stays the same.

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Just read back….sorry I should have said paid fvf store 🤯

[domino-710]

OK - Pauline here. LOL

Please explain. 

[twyngwyn]

their duty to report….like in the UK…..but there they have private/business sellers…just different words

[domino-710]

They've reported for years - anything above $10,000.