With the news today that Ebay will no longer be charging listing fees or final value fees on clothing items listed by private sellers, I hear alarm bells are ringing for Business Sellers like myself. I have traded for many years and have been a business seller for 10+ years as a result of hard work building up my business. If Ebay are not receiving fees for the private section where will they look to replace those fees ? and my fear is that Business Sellers will carry the cost of the lost fees.
I am not surprised with Ebay's action as many of my friends who are private sellers have switched from Ebay to Vinted for the very reasons that Ebay have given, I have been tempted myself but prefer to trust Ebay.
If the Business Seller fees are used to recover the losses from the Private Seller Section I will have no other option but to move to another platform, after all Ebay has changed so much in the past five years with regards to communication and availability of help that I am already unhappy with them.
