I'm not surprised the OP's fees are so high. I've checked her sold listings and there are an awful lot of items that sold for $2, $4, & $5 with postage charges of between $9 - $13 so with the FVF on postage and the 30c Paypal flag-fall, of course the fees expressed as a percentage of income after expenditure are going to be considerably higher than normal. On a $2 item with $9 postage, the OP is making a nett 'profit' of less than 35 cents, and that's without even taking the item's cost price into consideration.