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@mtshed2014 wrote:

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So if eBay are collecting more fees per $1000000 then where are those extra fees coming from .....the sellers pockets ?

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the ‘extra fees’ you speak of are coming from the seller’s pockets . . . BUT, they do not add to the total amount of fees a seller pays as a cost of selling on eBay.  It’s all swings and roundabouts . . . pay extra eBay fees BUT there are no more PayPal fees . . . nett overall result is an ever so slight reduction in fees.

Also, savvy sellers factor the fees associated with selling into their pricing structure.  For Buy-Now items just add the amount in fees to the Buy-Now price.  For auctions, sellers can recover part of their fees through the ‘Postage and Handling’ amount on the item . . . just don’t say this in the listing!  Simply add $1 or $2 as a handling charge for the listing to offset some of the fees charged.  When quoting the P&H charge you do not have to give a breakdown of how much is for postage and how much is for handling.

On one of my listings I charge $4 for P&H made up of $1.40 for a rigid mailer, $2.20 for stamps! 40c to cover the fee on postage . . . BUT I don’t say anything about the 40c being for the fees on postage in my listing.  It’s not misleading, it’s just me covering the total cost of having postage on my item.  If I charged $3.60 I’d be 36c out of pocket due to fees on postage . . . so $4 is a fair P&H charge.