4 ms·

YES!!!! The new price changes are actually going to save me money. Plus they're still cheaper than AMAZON. FYI: I sell on both Amazon and eBay. On ebay I pay f

YES!!!! The new price changes are actually going to save me money. Plus they're still cheaper than AMAZON. FYI: I sell on both Amazon and eBay. On ebay I pay for "Buy it Now" listings ($0.50 insertion) and 11% final value fee. So for me the cost is going to drop by 1% and .50 cents. eBay is doing this to compete and catch up to Amazon. Auctions are a fad on their way out, and "buy it now" is where it's all at. Store style. Amazon fees are MUCH worse than ebay + paypal fees combined, btw. Plus on Amazon you can't have calculated shipping so you have to buffer your shipping. I had to lie about my calendar weighing 4lbs just so I can force Amazon to calculate shipping more fairly. So sometimes you lose some money and sometimes you win. While on eBay calculated shipping charges buyers based on dimensions, weight, and destination so you charge your buyer the exact shipping cost down to the penny. The problem with the OLD ebay rates is that they discouraged people from posting "Buy It Now" items. There's a barrier to entry. If you wanted to sell, lets say, 10 products on ebay with a "buy it now" price you had to pay 0.50/listing (not per item or sale) and they would be on there for a month /or/ until that item's quantity reached Zero and sold out. Now, you can put up to 50 items on ebay for free. Ebay's old prices favored Auctions, ebay's new prices favor store style listings. It's now cheaper to start a store on ebay.

deleted 14y ago
[deleted]
anigbrowl 14y ago
I would love to know what has an 11% FVF, because I can't find it in their fee calculator. I agree that the new fees work out slightly better if you don't have a store and if you are selling items under $90. On the other hand, eBay lets you charge precise amounts on shipping but it takes the same commission that it does on the FVF. So if shipping an item costs $20 you'll end up paying $22 - $20 to the shipper and $2 to eBay. I actually prefer Buy It Now to auctions, but I don't agree that they're a fad on their way out. Perhaps that's because I tend to trade high value rather than commodity items. I don't sell on Amazon and have no opinion about their fee structure; looking at at my own sales history it seems like eBay was about the same or very slightly more up to now, but Amazon will be significantly cheaper going forward, at least for anything over about $100. EDIT: for my items, the fees are higher than eBay. YMMV. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1161240 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1...
- ChrisNorstrom 14y ago
  http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html It in the Fixed price listings—basic fees, under "All other categories". It's 11%.
  - anigbrowl 14y ago
    OK. I didn't think to consider the special case of items under $50 earlier.
vinhboy 14y ago
I just started selling on Amazon, but I break out in sweat thinking about how the hell I am going to handle returns. Amazon is known for their Costco style return policy. How do they expect a small time dealer like me cater to people's retail whims? Also, my first time on Amazon, someone from a US military base in a foreign country ordered my product. Crap. I have never had to ship anything out of the US. With eBay I can specify no returns + US shipping only. My experiment with Amazon is probably over. I like how fast things sell, but I think eBay makes more business sense for small timers.

deleted 14y ago

[deleted]

anigbrowl 14y ago

I would love to know what has an 11% FVF, because I can't find it in their fee calculator. I agree that the new fees work out slightly better if you don't have a store and if you are selling items under $90. On the other hand, eBay lets you charge precise amounts on shipping but it takes the same commission that it does on the FVF. So if shipping an item costs $20 you'll end up paying $22 - $20 to the shipper and $2 to eBay. I actually prefer Buy It Now to auctions, but I don't agree that they're a fad on their way out. Perhaps that's because I tend to trade high value rather than commodity items. I don't sell on Amazon and have no opinion about their fee structure; looking at at my own sales history it seems like eBay was about the same or very slightly more up to now, but Amazon will be significantly cheaper going forward, at least for anything over about $100. EDIT: for my items, the fees are higher than eBay. YMMV. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1161240 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1...

ChrisNorstrom 14y ago
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html It in the Fixed price listings—basic fees, under "All other categories". It's 11%.
- anigbrowl 14y ago
  OK. I didn't think to consider the special case of items under $50 earlier.

vinhboy 14y ago

I just started selling on Amazon, but I break out in sweat thinking about how the hell I am going to handle returns. Amazon is known for their Costco style return policy. How do they expect a small time dealer like me cater to people's retail whims? Also, my first time on Amazon, someone from a US military base in a foreign country ordered my product. Crap. I have never had to ship anything out of the US. With eBay I can specify no returns + US shipping only. My experiment with Amazon is probably over. I like how fast things sell, but I think eBay makes more business sense for small timers.