Auction giant eBay well stop charging fees for auction items starting at 99 cents or less...but some sellers will actually wind up paying more to list items.
Online auction giant eBay has announced changes to its auction listing fee structures that will see fees removed entirely for some items…but will leave some sellers paying even to the company when their items sell. Under the new pricing plans, sellers will be able to list up to 100 items per month for free so long as the auction start prices are 99 cents or less; if no one buys the item the seller pays eBay nothing, but otherwise they’ll pay eBay 9 percent of the selling price up to $50. For bigger eBay sellers, the company will offer an “eBay Stores” subscription rate with insertion fees as low as 3 cents for a 30-day listing, which eBay promotes as up to a 90 percent discount on current list pricing.
The new fee structure is scheduled to go into place March 30. eBay has been testing similar pricing schemes in Europe, and claims the overall response has been positive.
“Free—and practically free—is great news for anyone wanting to earn extra cash or build a business on eBay,” said eBay Marketplaces president Lorrie Norrington, in a statement. “Our new success-based pricing makes eBay more attractive and competitive than ever. We are focused on helping sellers win and giving buyers the best deals online.”
However, not all of eBay’s sellers are thrilled with the new pricing plan. Under the new system, sellers who don’t go for the eBay Stores option will pay 9 percent of an item’s purchase price to eBay, up to $50. Under existing pricing, they paid 8.75 percent on the sale price up to $25, then 3.75 percent of any remainder after that. The upshot is that smaller sellers whose items go for moderate prices wind up paying more to eBay, while larger volume sellers wind up with a significant discount.
The pricing changes reflect eBay’s growing focus on larger sellers who move hundreds and thousands of items through the site, rather than on individual users who may post a handful of items on rare occasions.
















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RSSWith increasing the final value fees They do not give me a good reason to keep EBAY account anymore.
Last month for sold item (250605276027)$293.00 they charge me 11.57
This month for sold item (260582878416)$295.00 They charge me 26.55!!!!! 100% MORE!!!!!!!!! PLUS PAYPAL FESS
THEY ARE CRAZY REALLY CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I THINK SOMEONE WANT TO DESTROY A EBAY COMPANY!
Sorry guys but It's definitively too much for me and for thousand sellers like me on the EBAY.
YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE STOP SELLING STUFF ON THE EBAY BECAUSE NOBODY GONNA PAID THIS MUCH.
FOR ME IS A LAST MONTH ON THE EBAY.
SORRY GUYS.
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President Lorrie Norrington is either confused or dishonest.
This is a fee increase for the vast majority of ebay sellers on both the front end, the listing fee, and the back end. the "final value fee". The fee increase is spread across all price levels. One price level will be increased by 141%. That is not "free" nor "practically free".
Add to this another type of fee increase that will take place on March 30. Many of ebay's Power Sellers who have enjoyed a 20% final value fee discount will see that dropped to a 5% discount.
Norrington would do herself and ebay seller's well by getting her facts straight.