% eBay takes for each sold item ??

[rakem2011]

Just want to ask if anyone else is noticing that when eBay takes their fee for items sold they take between 11%, 12% and sometimes just over 12% and they are taking a percentage of the postage as well.  I thought that their fees could not be changed and it was a set fee, but the fees taken are different quite often, and I didn't realize they could take a percentage of the postage when that money belongs to Aust Post (which is who I use).  Just a bit confused, and feel they are doing the wrong thing, but I don't think they can be stopped 🙂 

[bluediamondstudio]

Total fees have worked out about 13% for years now, although it can vary, depending on what category you're selling in. Ebay have also taken a percentage of the shipping cost for at least the last 10 years +.

In the early days, sellers just paid a fee on the item only when it sold, so I remember seeing items for $1.00 in cost and $500 in postage (for example). Eventually Ebay figured it out and changed it so that the percentage applied to the total.

Most selling platforms charge a fee for the entire transaction and many sellers charge a little higher in postage to account for the fee that is taken.

[davewil1964]

eBay started charging fees on postage a while ago (6years, according to my records, and it was done a dusted then. Whilst immoral, it has been deemed legal by the relevant Australian authorities). Without a store, the fee is 10.89%, with a store, it varies depending on the store level and class of goods. With the advent of Managed Payments, eBay also charge 30c + 2.4% (plus GST) which subsumes the Paypal fees you will no longer be paying.

None of this is particularly new

[repentatleisure1952]

Fear not ...Aust Post gets their money.

You have over 8k feedback as a seller & you have not been aware that you have been paying fees on shipping?

Say it ain't so Joe.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@bluediamondstudio wrote:

In the early days, sellers just paid a fee on the item only when it sold, so I remember seeing items for $1.00 in cost and $500 in postage (for example). Eventually Ebay figured it out and changed it so that the percentage applied to the total.

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not only that,

Once upon a time in eBayland, the fees on postage came in around the time that eBay made a big push to get everyone to offer “free shipping” (a misnomer if ever there was one!).

They justified fees on shipping by saying that those members who built the cost of shipping into their buy-now price were effectively being charged final-value-fee on shipping despite their listings showing as “free shipping” . . . and that the fee on shipping simply levelled the playing field.

And everyone lived happily ever after.