New Ebay Fee Structure Announced.
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That's a massive increase in final value fees for auctions ending well over $25. It used to be 3.5% after the first $25.
If people thought there were too many auctions before...just wait. Sellers are going to want to pass on these added expenses, and the only way to do that is through a fixed price.
Sellers of cheap stuff will be largely unaffected; they may actually benefit if they've been starting their listings at .99.
That's a massive increase in final value fees for auctions ending well over $25. It used to be 3.5% after the first $25.
If people thought there were too many auctions before...just wait. Sellers are going to want to pass on these added expenses, and the only way to do that is through a fixed price.
Sellers of cheap stuff will be largely unaffected; they may actually benefit if they've been starting their listings at .99.
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Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
it was .03-.10 per listing depending on the $
now $.20 per listing?? are you kidding?
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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That's a massive increase in final value fees for auctions ending well over $25. It used to be 3.5% after the first $25.
If people thought there were too many auctions before...just wait. Sellers are going to want to pass on these added expenses, and the only way to do that is through a fixed price.
Sellers of cheap stuff will be largely unaffected; they may actually benefit if they've been starting their listings at .99. >>
Unless I'm reading this wrong it looks like store subscribers and getting the big bone, while smaller sellers are making out great. It looks like FVF's for smaller sellers are 9% with a $50 cap, while for store subscribers it's 8.75% up to $50, and 4% after that.
It would likely balance, $250-331, with things coming up in regular search. Plus I can likely make some changes, to get the max out of the new system likely and balance out or come out ahead. This is all if I can trust their calculator.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Shane
Your my ebay shows the last 90 days sold in numbers and price, so divide by a 1/3. I use auction in a slightly different format so I put what I thougt where my best numbers in both columns.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>that sucks.. my basic store fees are going way way up..
it was .03-.10 per listing depending on the $
now $.20 per listing?? are you kidding? >>
Wow,
I am still in shock. .20 cents per listing! I have about 1000 items out of my 1400 that I am not paying that per month to list, 3-4 months I am giving it away for free.
When does this go into affect....I feel an Auction listings to dump stock coming on!!!!!
Wow it's really convoluted and haven't figured it all out, but from a quick overview it looks like I may have to re-think the whole Store thing, or at the very least completely re-think my whole selling stratagy. Wow what a shame!
Has somebody smarter than me figured out all the angles? Are the costs listing in Fixed Price for Stores different than what they used to call Fixed Price. Does that mean that a listing in my Store for a $4 dollar item, that I used to pay .03 cents per month is now going to cost me .20 cents per month? There is no way I could ever justify that.
Wow and Wow again.
Neil
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
I dont get it, dont own a store and get 100 free auction listings at under 99cents own a store and pay 10.00????
I see this a way for ebay to boost sellers.....Your going to see many multiple stores from same sellers imo......
For me its probably help me move 1.00 cards which is most my inventory......
Neil if you can ever figure it out LMK please when I think i have a grasp HEY LETS CHANGE SOMETHING!!!!!
meteor
Question is how much does your selling percentage have to go up to cover the other 35 bux for the store??
<< <i>meteor
Question is how much does your selling percentage have to go up to cover the other 35 bux for the store?? >>
I guess about 4-5%, (closer to 3% but figure in some cost on those items) but the 2% less fees is much greater saving then the 2 cents extra a listing, I think. Will I save more then $33? (again, I will also change a little to get the most out of it...or at least try to some)?...and if I become a premium person....do I still get 100 free auctions are 0.99? Not sure there. I usually like about 10-12 auctions, so that would save me what $3-4 there, and I could list more that way...figure a couple more dollars savings. Auctions is not the way to go...but some items and some things it is.
A 2% saving on say a $500 meteorite sale is a $10 savings.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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<< <i>that sucks.. my basic store fees are going way way up..
it was .03-.10 per listing depending on the $
now $.20 per listing?? are you kidding? >>
Wow,
I am still in shock. .20 cents per listing! I have about 1000 items out of my 1400 that I am not paying that per month to list, 3-4 months I am giving it away for free.
When does this go into affect....I feel an Auction listings to dump stock coming on!!!!!
Wow it's really convoluted and haven't figured it all out, but from a quick overview it looks like I may have to re-think the whole Store thing, or at the very least completely re-think my whole selling stratagy. Wow what a shame!
Has somebody smarter than me figured out all the angles? Are the costs listing in Fixed Price for Stores different than what they used to call Fixed Price. Does that mean that a listing in my Store for a $4 dollar item, that I used to pay .03 cents per month is now going to cost me .20 cents per month? There is no way I could ever justify that.
Wow and Wow again.
Neil >>
I think that $.20 is only for fixed price listings in core, not for regular store inventory listings.
Edit to add: I think I'm wrong, and it is $.20 for Ebay stores as well. Still, I'm 100% behind this change. If you upgrade to a premium store (whatever that means) your listing fee is $.05, which isn't much worse (in absolute terms) from the $.03 they were charging. Basically, Ebay is bumping fees by about $25 a month more for the store subscription, and $.02 a month for each listing. For the volume that I do I don't think these increases will hurt me very much- and if it clears out some of the riff-raff then so much the better.
If I'm understanding things correctly, my costs would go up... like double. I keep approx 100 items in my store, and currently pay the $16/month.
I'd guess at .03 and .05 currently listing fees, my approx 100 items average .035/ea... so roughly $3.50 per month to list my items???... add the $16 and I'm currently in the $20/month range less FVF when things sell.
Well... on the new scale, my $16/month stays the same, but now my .035/ea averages goes straight to .20/ea... so $20 instead of $3.50/month. Add the $16 and now I'm looking at roughly $36/month instead of $20. While that's not a tremendous amount, it's enough to make me wanna back out for now.
Oh well... life goes on. Guess I'll have to do some research on other methods of sales. Card shows are great, but graded card buyers are few and far between in my area.... especially the lower-end to mid-end stuff.
I still think Ebay is a GREAT source to buy, but selling looks to be going south. Just my opinion though....
ALWAYS Looking for Chris Sabo cards!
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<< <i>that sucks.. my basic store fees are going way way up..
it was .03-.10 per listing depending on the $
now $.20 per listing?? are you kidding? >>
Wow,
I am still in shock. .20 cents per listing! I have about 1000 items out of my 1400 that I am not paying that per month to list, 3-4 months I am giving it away for free.
When does this go into affect....I feel an Auction listings to dump stock coming on!!!!!
Wow it's really convoluted and haven't figured it all out, but from a quick overview it looks like I may have to re-think the whole Store thing, or at the very least completely re-think my whole selling stratagy. Wow what a shame!
Has somebody smarter than me figured out all the angles? Are the costs listing in Fixed Price for Stores different than what they used to call Fixed Price. Does that mean that a listing in my Store for a $4 dollar item, that I used to pay .03 cents per month is now going to cost me .20 cents per month? There is no way I could ever justify that.
Wow and Wow again.
Neil >>
I think that $.20 is only for fixed price listings in core, not for regular store inventory listings. >>
Boo,
What do you mean when you say Core as compared to Regular Store Inventory? What is a listing in Core? That's not the way I read it and I just used the E-Bay calculator to figure what made sense for my situation and they recommended I pay the $50 a month ( Imagine The F$^K That)
So even more confused in the Rocky Mountains!!!
Neil
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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<< <i>that sucks.. my basic store fees are going way way up..
it was .03-.10 per listing depending on the $
now $.20 per listing?? are you kidding? >>
Wow,
I am still in shock. .20 cents per listing! I have about 1000 items out of my 1400 that I am not paying that per month to list, 3-4 months I am giving it away for free.
When does this go into affect....I feel an Auction listings to dump stock coming on!!!!!
Wow it's really convoluted and haven't figured it all out, but from a quick overview it looks like I may have to re-think the whole Store thing, or at the very least completely re-think my whole selling stratagy. Wow what a shame!
Has somebody smarter than me figured out all the angles? Are the costs listing in Fixed Price for Stores different than what they used to call Fixed Price. Does that mean that a listing in my Store for a $4 dollar item, that I used to pay .03 cents per month is now going to cost me .20 cents per month? There is no way I could ever justify that.
Wow and Wow again.
Neil >>
I think that $.20 is only for fixed price listings in core, not for regular store inventory listings. >>
Boo,
What do you mean when you say Core as compared to Regular Store Inventory? What is a listing in Core? That's not the way I read it and I just used the E-Bay calculator to figure what made sense for my situation and they recommended I pay the $50 a month ( Imagine The F$^K That)
So even more confused in the Rocky Mountains!!!
Neil >>
No, you're right and I'm wrong. I didn't see that there was only going to be 'one' fixed price listing option available starting in March, and that Ebay is doing away with the distinction between fixed price listings and store inventory listings.
It looks like I'm better off paying the $50 a month as well, but if it clears out some of the yahoos I'll be fine with that price increase.
On the surface this once again feels like an attempt by E-bay to get rid of the 1st tier (Bottom) Sellers.
Anybody else feel that thousands and thousands of Part time/Garage Sale (And a lot of board members here) type Store Sellers are going to say Frick-It and just Close their barely getting by Stores!!
I'd like to see a Store count total today and then the day this takes affect.
Huh
Neil
<< <i>Morning,
On the surface this once again feels like an attempt by E-bay to get rid of the 1st tier (Bottom) Sellers.
Anybody else feel that thousands and thousands of Part time/Garage Sale (And a lot of board members here) type Store Sellers are going to say Frick-It and just Close their barely getting by Stores!!
I'd like to see a Store count total today and then the day this takes affect.
Huh
Neil >>
I think that's exactly what's going to happen, but as far as I'm concerned that's great. Clear 'em out, and reduce supply.
My guess is that Ebay has run the numbers, and they've figured out that all these stores that have <150 listing and just insane BIN/BO prices aren't making them any money, so they're in effect shutting them down. And why not? Right now you can pay $15 a month to hang merchandise with ridiculous price points, and sit back and pray that a sucker comes along and hits it. To this, Ebay is saying 'no mas'. They're going to increase exposure for everything, but you're going to pay for that increased exposure. If your stuff is priced reasonably, then your sales should increase. If your stuff isn't priced reasonably, then you'll have to pull down all the '87D Greg Maddux PSA 8's that you have in your store for $22 each and find another way to make beer money.
New Ebay rules= good for sellers who want to move merchandise.
New Ebay rules= bad for people like Bud Obermeyer.
What I get a kick out of, is if you own a store, you pay auction listing fees, if not, you don't... Looks like I might have to use two ID's for selling... One for Auctions and one for Store..
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<< <i>What I get a kick out of, is if you own a store, you pay auction listing fees, if not, you don't... Looks like I might have to use two ID's for selling... One for Auctions and one for Store.. >>
It does look that way.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Ok one other question (Of many), here what you are saying and for the most part sort of agree, although don't really understand what difference it makes to Fee-bay if you have a Store (And multiply this by thousands) with 50-100 items in it, and charge a rediculous price for an 87 Maddux and sell like one item per month. They are getting $16 a month for providing nothing. What does it take for them other than some server space? Seems like they are dumping easy income.
And why are they pushing us to sign up before Feb. 16th. What is the benefit between now and March 23'rd when the changes go into affect? What difference does it make whan we sign on?
Just Two of endless questions!!!!
YeeHah
Neil
What I get a kick out of, is if you own a store, you pay auction listing fees, if not, you don't... Looks like I might have to use two ID's for selling... One for Auctions and one for Store.. >>
Yeah I noticed that as well, how do you set up two Seller ID's, is that OK with Fee-Bay?
Neil
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>Boo,
Ok one other question (Of many), here what you are saying and for the most part sort of agree, although don't really understand what difference it makes to Fee-bay if you have a Store (And multiply this by thousands) with 50-100 items in it, and charge a rediculous price for an 87 Maddux and sell like one item per month. They are getting $16 a month for providing nothing. What does it take for them other than some server space? Seems like they are dumping easy income.
And why are they pushing us to sign up before Feb. 16th. What is the benefit between now and March 23'rd when the changes go into affect? What difference does it make whan we sign on?
Just Two of endless questions!!!!
YeeHah
Neil
I'm not sure why they have such a hard-on for Feb. 16, but as for the store issue I suspect that Ebay has determined that there is just far, far too much clutter in these stores, and it's preventing people from finding what they want. Now, this might not apply to something like sportscards, since if you're looking for a particular card it's usually going to be easy to find. But I imagine that in other categories it's a real concern.
Also, look at it from this perspective. You are Ebay, and you have 10000 store subscribers who've attached stupid prices to their products. Would you rather a) keep things as-is, or b) bump up listing fees to the point where these sellers are going to have to price this stuff competitively and move it? All other things being equal, Ebay would much, much rather have you list something for $50 and sell it within two months, then list the same item for $125 and have it sit in your Ebay store for three years.
By far the biggest complaint I've heard about Ebay stores is that the merchandise is priced way too high. How many people just click 'auctions only' when they do a search? I know I do, because I have zero interest in wading through the idiots who are looking for $35 for a PSA 9 Fleer Griffey RC or whatever. Everyone expects to pay a small premium in order to be able to BIN, but not a 50% premium (or more). Ebay has essentially decided to drop the hammer on that nonsense- if you're going to list something they want it priced to move. They want a lot of listings that will generate interest and that will move, and they're willing to increase a seller's exposure if they'll commit to that. If they won't, then they're going to pay through the nose.
Personally, I buy most of my low dollar cards through www.sportlots.com. Not as many bells and whistles but I can buy commons for 5 to 25 cents per.
Rgs,
Greg M.
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Now: Look at completed sales of these lots
This guy has over 700 lots for sale, and about 9 of them moved in the past two weeks. Ebay is saying 'uh uh'- that kind of sell-through rate is not acceptable. So, they're going to force this guy to either pay $300 a month for an anchor store, or take a big hit in listing fees. This is the kind of thing Ebay is trying to move away from (I think)- stupid BIN/BO prices, weak sell through rates, lazy listings with almost no description, etc.
17000 listings
Averaging a hair over two sales a day
There are hundreds upon hundreds of scores with similar performance issues. Ebay is not telling you you have to sell more (or sell more quickly), but they're saying we're going to really charge you if you don't.
Yeah that definitly makes the point. I see Sellers like that will have to totally re-think their selling strategy. I will do that with some of mine, Pay the $50 per month, and move on...As always with the E-Bay changes.
Recently I have moved away from Auctions, have only like 10 right now out of 1400 listings, for low dollar stuff this looks a little more attractive again, can you/are you allowed to have a seperate E-Bay Seller ID for getting these 100 free auction listings?
Neil
<< <i>It looks like if you have more then 222 listing in your store today you would want to goto the Premium Package and not the basis. >>
I also noticed that unless you expect a realized price under $40 or over $571, then the auction format under the store subscriber option should be better.
$40 is where I see the fees being equal.
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1952 Bowman PSA 7+ (63.10%)
1953 Topps PSA 5+ (91.24%)
1973 Topps PSA 8+ (70.76%)
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My fees would double ! Good lord. Goodbye store.
Honestly, a seller as described in an earlier post has 10k listings in a basic store. As of now at 3 cents a pop, thats $300 a month + store fee + any FVF that come in. Going up to 20 cents a listing, this guys is either going to drop his listings by a large amount or quit altogether.
From a business standpoint, $315.95 + Fees is better than ZERO. And ebay does not care about clutter, its all about the buck. The problem is, with less listings, I feel ebay is eventually going to bring in less traffic and in the long run, the sellers that remain will see their sales drop as well. All around, it is a terrible idea, brought to you by the people at ebay who feel that ruining a good thing is better than doing nothing at all
<< <i>I have about 400 items in my store. Right now, that's about $36.00/month. If I go the $.05/$49.95 deal, then I'm paying $69.00 a month !! That's insane ... where the he*l does eBay come up with the idea that the $49.95 store is ideal for sellers having 250 items a month.
My fees would double ! Good lord. Goodbye store. >>
Seriously-- what are people like you selling, and how much (or little) of it are you actually moving, that a $25 a month increase is enough to get you to bail out? For this $25 increase to be enough to convince someone to shut down shop they must be netting less than $300 a month as it is. And if you're already netting less than $300 then why have you made it this far?
For people who screw around with their Ebay store and treat it as some kind of hobby, then yes- I imagine these fee increases are a deal breaker. For everyone else, the increased exposure to fixed price listings is a fair reward for the increased fees.
<< <i>I could see ebay running the lower sellers out if that was their strategy. But as long as major retailers like best buy, etc. are putting thousands of listings an hour on the site and their sell through rate, from what I have read here is under 1%, then why attack the little guy?
Honestly, a seller as described in an earlier post has 10k listings in a basic store. As of now at 3 cents a pop, thats $300 a month + store fee + any FVF that come in. Going up to 20 cents a listing, this guys is either going to drop his listings by a large amount or quit altogether.
From a business standpoint, $315.95 + Fees is better than ZERO. And ebay does not care about clutter, its all about the buck. The problem is, with less listings, I feel ebay is eventually going to bring in less traffic and in the long run, the sellers that remain will see their sales drop as well. All around, it is a terrible idea, brought to you by the people at ebay who feel that ruining a good thing is better than doing nothing at all >>
Fine-- let him quit. Ebay has decided that either a) he's not going to quit, despite however much screaming and crying he does, or b) that he will now price his stuff to move, since he can't afford to carry so much inventory.
Also, let's make sure we're talking about the right numbers. As I understand it, listing fees will go up from three cents to five cents for most items, but store fees will go up from $15 to $50. That's a $35 increase in fixed costs, and $.02 increase per listing. If this increases seem absolutely unbearable to a retailer than it was only a matter of time before they shut down anyway. Seriously-- for people who move merchandise these are not prohibitive increases, and with the increased exposure for most listings it will probably be close to a wash.
<< <i>Boopots. I think you're missing the point a little. Buyers love Ebay because it seems that whatever you're looking for you punch in and lots of choices come up. Ebay is already making a ton of money from all those choices being listed, whether they sell or not. The buyer picks one to purchase and Ebay makes more money. Ebay isn't trying to take away all those choices because if buyers seach for stuff and nothing comes up, they make nothing from the listings or sales. The increase in fees will be negligible and just part of doing business as Ebay will continue to deliver people wanting to buy stuff. >>
We may be talking over each other heads. WRT to the points made here, however, it doesn't matter if Ebay is making a ton of money right now-- what matter is if they could make MORE money by putting these changes into effect. And nobody likes 'lots of choices' if 80% of those choices have stupid price tags attached to them, or come with some seller who wants you waste half your morning playing cat and mouse with this 'make me an offer' crap.
Edit to add: I agree completely KB that the fee increases will ultimately have very little effect on the bottom line for sellers who do significant volume.
Ebay is great but I just hate having to wade through all of the ridiculous BIN's. It started as America's online auction place and now it's America's largest clusterf@#$.
the thing and chat up a few of the EBAY creatures.
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It is all pretty complex and requires lots of study before anybody makes
any radical changes to their biz-models.
A major caution is that today's announcements are just the start - NOT
the end - of EBAY's "rebalancing" act. MANY new policy-changes are on
their way in 2010.
Ridiculous changes to the FB-scheme will radically cull the herd; changes
to S+H policies will force sellers to alter item-pricing; refund/return policy
changes will turn the place into an "approval service" and open the gates
to MORE buyer fraud.
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It appears that EBAY is tired of losing MILLIONS in fees from sellers who
have been using the "social sites" to bring referrals to their EBAY stores
and thereby receiving the 75% FVF-discount.
If you have been making/saving money on that front, the ride ends on
April 1, 2010.
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My first suggestion is that folks consider using the ecrater grabber-tool
to build an inactive mirror of their current EBAY stores. There is no charge
and you can decide later how/whether to use the ecrater mirror.
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For a few weeks in 2006 - and some earlier test periods between 02 and
05 - SIF items were returned in CORE searches. Sales for beleaguered store
keepers SOARED; sales for CORE listings tanked, CORE sellers complained,
and the search-scheme was abandoned. Stores were again made "invisible,"
and have remained so to this day.
Now, EBAY proposes to charge higher fees to "show everything to everybody."
The crowded search-returns will stagger the average buyer. Your items - in many
cats - will be on page-one for ONLY a matter of SECONDS. (This FACT does not
even address the question as to whether or NOT the antiquated servers are
capable of handling the exponentially hiked load.)
Folks anticipating that a drop in sellers will help free-up the search returns are
going to be disapointed. EBAY has an unlimited supply of NEW suckers that should
keep the competition for favorable search-returns at SUPER-high levels for MANY
years. (Some internal estimates note that for every experienced seller that leaves
the site in a 12-month period, as many as NINE amateurs/scamsters are ready to
jump in.)
"Stores In CORE" has long been the battle-demand of store owners. Now, those
owners are going to pay for what they demanded, BUT its value is NOT going to
be what they thought it would be.
Clearly, in collectibles, it is better to be at the bottom of page-one as a store item
than it is to be on page-7 - or seventy - as a "CORE" item.
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Fees.........
First thing: FORGET about how much more EBAY is going to make. That is NOT
relevant to your sales. Look ONLY at how much YOU are going to make under
the new scheme.
Hating the money-grubbing-fee-grabbers is fun, but there is not a cent in it.
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IMV, anybody that falls for the 99-cent start price SCAM is just begging to
give their items away; and to pay for the privilege.
Once that message/lesson is learned by enough folks, EBAY will be a step
closer to its goal: World's Largest BIN-Only Outlet Mall.
For our purposes here - as collectors - the silver-lining is that 99-cent
auctions will let us buy some BARGAINS, for a short while.
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My first impressions are that the changes announced today are workable,
on the fee front.
The challenge will be that folks expecting to get "more traffic for higher
fees" are almost certain to be let down by reality.
NO fee-hike will EVER add even ONE new buyer to the pie.
Since buyers pay ALL fees that EBAY charges sellers, item prices will
rise. That means flat to negative growth in active buyers.
MANY sellers that get run-off will no longer be buyers.
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January 26, 2010
eBay Sellers to Cope with More Changes, This Time to Fees and Stores
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
eBay sellers will have to get used to a new way of selling on the U.S. site in March when eBay eliminates Store inventory format and institutes new fees. The changes to eBay Stores don't come as a surprise to most sellers, especially after eBay's fourth-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts last week where CEO John Donahoe gave broad hints about what was to come.
With the new eBay Stores pricing, it's much more expensive to list in fixed-price format for low-volume Stores sellers - sellers pay the same $15.95/month subscription fee, but rather than paying as low as 3 cents to list, they must pay a 20-cent insertion fee. However, all listings appear in Core search results. Sellers may pay a higher monthly subscription fee - almost $50, and get insertion fees of 5 cents, but according to eBay this works best for sellers who list over 250 items per month.
It will also cost non-Stores sellers more to list in Fixed-Price format: 50 cents instead of 35 cents; Final Value fees vary by category, it appears for most categories the FVF increases from 8% to 12%. More information and tables are found on the AuctionBytes Blog.
eBay is scheduled to hold a Town Hall meeting on January 27 and will host a webinar on January 28th at 11:00 AM.
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Current Structure-
Insertion Fee for .99 item=.15
FVF for sale price less than $25=8.75%
Let's say my item sold for $10.00. My ebay fees would be .875+.15=$1.02 for that sale.
New Fee Structure-
Insertion Fee for .99 item=.00
FVF for sale price less than $25=9.00%
My $10 item fees would now be .00+.90=$.90cents for that sale.
This logic would work for the first 100 auctions with free listings. I see that once you use the first 100 free ones up, that the price goes to .10 listing fee after that for the .99 item.
Do I have it right?
Rodney
I tend to think half these BIN sellers don't want to get rid of their stuff, anyway. If their cards sell, great. If not, they get to hang onto them, and that's OK too.
This isn't what Ebay wants and I don't blame them. Don't clutter up the site with items that have no chance of selling. It frustrates buyers, and IMO removes legitimacy from the site.
<< <i>Ok folks, I'm a "small guy" occasional seller based on the slow and busy season of my employment. I do it for more of a hobby than anything. Since I can only sell for a few months out of the year (Winter)and I have no Ebay store, then I've always used auction format. I have "junk" items that rarely get above $20-$30. Lets' see if I got this right:
Current Structure-
Insertion Fee for .99 item=.15
FVF for sale price less than $25=8.75%
Let's say my item sold for $10.00. My ebay fees would be .875+.15=$1.02 for that sale.
New Fee Structure-
Insertion Fee for .99 item=.00
FVF for sale price less than $25=9.00%
My $10 item fees would now be .00+.90=$.90cents for that sale.
This logic would work for the first 100 auctions with free listings. I see that once you use the first 100 free ones up, that the price goes to .10 listing fee after that for the .99 item.
Do I have it right?
Rodney >>
I think that's about it, Rodney. I'm not 100% on that, but your analysis looks right to me.
Ebay doesn't 'hate' small sellers, but they don't want small time sellers cluttering searches with obscene BIN/BO prices. And clutter WILL be a problem if the current fee structure remained in place while all store listings moved into core. This new pricing incentive is a (possibly misguided) way to try and induce small time sellers into getting their merchandise up onto Ebay, and then getting off in 5-7 days.