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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

 

 

A lot of us can increase our listing numbers dramatically and increase our sales that way, so an extra $5 a month for the store isn't going to eat into our profit enough to matter.  As a percentage of the extra profit we'll make, it's lower than the current store as a percentage of our current profit.  For example, if a seller with 200 listings increased their listing numbers to the full 600, their profit (excluding shop fee) could potentially triple, but the extra $5 would only be a 25% increase on the current fee - peanuts compared to a potential 300% increase in profit!  

 

 

 

 

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Doesn't happen though. Doubling listings will not double sales, only effort. It tends to swamp the market and often dilutes the quality of your own items as you pad out your listings with less prime items. Slow selling lemons tend to accumulate unnoticed.

This is the pipedream that keeps ebay sellers hooked and overcapitalizing.