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eBay commissions are pretty high for how little inventory, delivery and warehouse risk/cost they take ($0). Dunno what I’m getting for their 10% commissions to
by Scoundreller 4y ago
eBay commissions are pretty high for how little inventory, delivery and warehouse risk/cost they take ($0).
Dunno what I’m getting for their 10% commissions today compared to 5% in the past.
- analog31 4y agoGood point. I pay a roughly 3% commission to PayPal for my tiny side business. I think I do get something. The biggest thing, which I also can't quantify, is probably that I get X percent more sales because people are confident that PP will somehow magically take care of them if I turn out to be a screwball. All it takes is a couple more sales, to completely pay for the commission. Also, I could knock myself out trying to find a cheaper service, or I could spend that time designing the next product. Don't know if a similar calculus applies to eBay.
- Scoundreller 4y agoI wasn't even including the ~3% payment commission. Back in the day before eBay required everything to go through Paypal, I was happy to give a discount for anything but Paypal: COD, cash-in-mail or money order. I earned some add'l sales from the voluntarily and involuntarily un/under-banked. Now eBay is going to automatically charge Canadian sales taxes on my Canadian sales... even though I would be exempt myself as a small supplier. Ugh.