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How To Sell On eBay :: eBay Fees Change

eBay Fees Change: New
Fees On eBay Begin 2.18.05

eBay fees are going up! eBay announced this fee increase on January 12, 2005 to begin on February 18. This is bad news for sellers, of course, and it is ironic that the fee increase roughly coincides with eBay's financial report for 2004 ... a 44% increase in revenues from the preceeding year!

How will these fee increase affect the business of sellers? Naturally, there is no one answer to this tough question. A genuine answer involves multiple factors, such as the cost of the item, profitability per sale, volume and much more. As long as eBay has a virtual monopoly on the auction business, there isn't much that sellers can do but pay up or drop out of the game.

So, here's the bad news on the fee increases.

EBAY.COM

Gallery fees will be raised from $0.25 to $0.35 per listing.

We will also be increasing the size of the Gallery image on search and listings pages by 56%. This will make it easier for buyers to see details of the item before clicking into the listing.

Buy It Now fees will no longer be charged at a flat rate, and will instead be determined based on the Buy It Now price. Fees will be charged as follows:

10-Day Duration: will be raised from $0.20 to $0.40 per listing.

eBay Stores:
The fee for the Basic eBay Store subscription will be raised from $9.95 to $15.95 per month. The subscription fee for Featured and Anchor Stores will be unchanged.

eBay Store Inventory format listing insertion fees will remain unchanged. The Final Value Fee for Store Inventory items will change as follows:

Store sellers will continue to be eligible to receive 50% off of the Store Inventory listing Final Value Fees for the Store Referral credit. Please click here for details.

Insertion and Final Value Fees
The insertion and Final Value Fees will be changing for items listed in certain Business & Industrial categories. More details about the changes for these categories are provided below. The insertion and Final Value Fees in other categories will not be changing.

Business & Industrial Listings in Certain Categories
The Reserve, insertion and Final Value Fees will be changing for select high item price capital equipment categories in Business & Industrial. Please click here to view the capital equipment categories affected by the pricing change.

The fee changes for these capital equipment categories are as follows:
Reserve fee: Lowered to $5, refundable if the item sells
Insertion fee: Raised to $20, regardless of starting price
Final Value Fee: Lowered to a 1% flat fee, with a $250 maximum charge.

Additional listing upgrade fees will remain the same as for eBay.com. Pricing for all other Business & Industrial listings outside the specified capital equipment categories will remain the same as for eBay.com.

eBay will also introduce Buyer Protection covering up to $20,000 per item in these capital equipment categories this spring. eBay will offer this Buyer Protection at no cost to the buyer or seller.

EBAY MOTORS

Reserve: will be charged a $5 flat fee for all eBay Motors vehicles categories except Pocket Bikes. This fee will still be refundable if your item sells.

10-Day Listings: will be changed to $8 for all eBay Motors vehicles categories except Pocket Bikes.

Pocket Bikes Category: the insertion fee and Transaction Services Fee will be lowered from $30 to $3 each. The following fees will remain the same: Reserve ($2 flat fee, refundable if item sells), Gallery (free), Listing Designer ($5) and Highlight ($5). The Motors Homepage Featured fee will be lowered to $24.95 and the Vehicle Picture Pack fee will be lowered to $1.50. All other fees will be lowered to become the same as those for eBay Motors Parts & Accessories categories.

Frequently Asked Questions

One thing is for sure: these new eBay fees are certain to be unpopular with both buyers and sellers!

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