Crikey! Ebay fees
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Well, won't be bothering
Haven't sold on eBay for a while, not anything of decent value anyway. Bit shocked at the fees now! Just sorting out an ad for selling my iMac and eBay want £30 for the lisitng fees (because I want a reserve), then want 10% of the final value (which I estimate would be 70-80 quid). Then PayPal will want their % when the money comes in and out (3.4%, so another 20 quid). So on a potential 700-800 quid sale costs are, in total, up to £130 (nearly 20%). Madness!
Even cheekier, the final value fee is actually based on item sale value + shipping, (which for an iMac, shipping would be a significant extra cost, but I was going for local pick up).
Begs the question how some can afford to sell anything at all on there, surely the fees eat their profits?
Gumtree it is then! (doing local pick up anyway, so perhaps thats a better avenue). any others?
Haven't sold on eBay for a while, not anything of decent value anyway. Bit shocked at the fees now! Just sorting out an ad for selling my iMac and eBay want £30 for the lisitng fees (because I want a reserve), then want 10% of the final value (which I estimate would be 70-80 quid). Then PayPal will want their % when the money comes in and out (3.4%, so another 20 quid). So on a potential 700-800 quid sale costs are, in total, up to £130 (nearly 20%). Madness!
Even cheekier, the final value fee is actually based on item sale value + shipping, (which for an iMac, shipping would be a significant extra cost, but I was going for local pick up).
Begs the question how some can afford to sell anything at all on there, surely the fees eat their profits?
Gumtree it is then! (doing local pick up anyway, so perhaps thats a better avenue). any others?
The fees might be pretty high to sell at a decent profit, but you know what they're when you list!
I doubt you'd have got as much as by using those robbers such as Cash Convertors/CEX etc.
All eBay has done is provided a useful website. They need some serious competition...
If your item goes missing: you pay. If the carrier breaks it: you should have packed it better and you pay.
If you describe it slightly wrong: you pay. If the buyer thinks they've maybe bid too high: you have to sort it out and beg your next highest to buy.
I doubt you'd have got as much as by using those robbers such as Cash Convertors/CEX etc.
All eBay has done is provided a useful website. They need some serious competition...
If your item goes missing: you pay. If the carrier breaks it: you should have packed it better and you pay.
If you describe it slightly wrong: you pay. If the buyer thinks they've maybe bid too high: you have to sort it out and beg your next highest to buy.
They can be a shock and are certainly enough to make me wonder how anyone can make any money on Ebay, but compared to real brick & mortar auction houses they're actually quite reasonable. At least with Ebay the buyer doesn't get hit with 20+% too. They must rake it in though. I'm amazed noone's really been able to grab some market share from them.
Ebay also own Gumtree do they not?
And yes; you now have to be very crafty to get a mobile number or personal email address to the buyer via their message system. Oh - I've just thought; why not print out your contact details and add them to one of the product photos you can upload?
In fact, design the wording and pricing for the imac on screen, take a photo with the iMac displaying the ad copy with your t&cs, upload that to eBay and and away you go!
And yes; you now have to be very crafty to get a mobile number or personal email address to the buyer via their message system. Oh - I've just thought; why not print out your contact details and add them to one of the product photos you can upload?
In fact, design the wording and pricing for the imac on screen, take a photo with the iMac displaying the ad copy with your t&cs, upload that to eBay and and away you go!
Edited by abitlikefiennes on Wednesday 28th October 12:10
soad said:
I thought ebay would have shut Gumtree down to make everyone go to ebay and make them pay fees.Before Gumtree we had freeads and I don't even hnow if that still exists, we need some rivals to pull the prices down.
chibbard said:
Don't see why anybody bothers with Ebay nowadays. I use facebook selling pages (sold a phone within an hour of posting the advert to pick up)and don't have any issues. I'll do anything to avoid postage too. Local selling pages is the way to go. I'm gonna give Shpock a try too !!
Never thought of facebook either. Might give that a try.Reserves are pricey and a bit pointless. List as buy it now, or with a high starting price - you should get 20 free listings per month, so that won't cost you anything. You won't get many bids though if limited to a local pickup, so I'd go with buy it now.
I often do a reverse auction - set a stupidly high buy it now and then reduce it gradually until someone bites. I often get a lot more than I expected this way.
I often do a reverse auction - set a stupidly high buy it now and then reduce it gradually until someone bites. I often get a lot more than I expected this way.
KingNothing said:
If you're doing local pick up, you just cancel the ebay listing after the person who wants to buy it has contacted you, and you won't have to pay the fee's.
It's that sort of behaviour that puts the fees up!Likewise the peeps who used to sell something for £1 with £25 postage that led to the fees on postage.
Fastpedeller said:
KingNothing said:
If you're doing local pick up, you just cancel the ebay listing after the person who wants to buy it has contacted you, and you won't have to pay the fee's.
It's that sort of behaviour that puts the fees up!Likewise the peeps who used to sell something for £1 with £25 postage that led to the fees on postage.
As for the postage, it now suggests how much postage should be. Because i wanted to send something via by preferred trackable courier (only 6-7 quid) it then hit me with a % on that! (I wasnt even making anything on the postage for myself)
Very rarely sell on there though - and generally cash on collection. Ive been stitched up before by buyers lying.
elanfan said:
Anyone used that newish thing they are now pushing with TV ads - Shpock?
No idea the fees there.
Gumtree will follow the eBay model eventually they'll strangle Friday ad and similar and once they've cornered that market the free ads will disappear.
Had a brief look at Schpok or whatever its called because the way its marketed would seem to suggest its aimed at people who might be looking for fixie bikes and apple products. When I looked though it seemed a bit thin on the ground. Might be worth a squirt though.No idea the fees there.
Gumtree will follow the eBay model eventually they'll strangle Friday ad and similar and once they've cornered that market the free ads will disappear.
PAULJ5555 said:
soad said:
I thought ebay would have shut Gumtree down to make everyone go to ebay and make them pay fees.Before Gumtree we had freeads and I don't even hnow if that still exists, we need some rivals to pull the prices down.
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