Ebay has owned Gumtree for a very, very long time and has never charged fees and probably never will.

It isn't expensive to sell on ebay, it is expensive to keep listing and not sell anything unless you are using the 30 free listings a month.

With the cost of freight escalating at the speed of light it is going to get harder and harder to sell heavy stuff lie furniture anywhere but locally which is exactly what Gumtree is meant for.

My store, now in it's second month, is just starting to turn a profit and as long as it does that I will keep it open, if it starts making a loss I will change tack but I certainly won't give up selling altogether on ebay, I am making really good money on my other id where I auction second hand clothing!