topic Re: Final Value Fee increase? in Seller Central

Final Value Fee increase?

retroclinic — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:29:45 GMT

Hmm, looking for where eBay has announced the fixed Final Value fee increase of 10p? Used to be 30p per item, just noticed now it's 40p. That was a sneaky one.

Ok it's not a bank breaker for one or two items, but when you do 100+ then it soon adds up.

Re: Final Value Fee increase?

bongomancan — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:19:59 GMT

I'm beginning to really loose my *bleep* with changes and red tape and then nonsense with stuff like Estimated delivery dates. Definitely didn't receive any notice anywhere about it changing this Feb only finding out through browsing here after posting my own thread is crazy. Why can't they email this stuff. There are more changes also

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/news/2026-january/rate-card-change#:~:text=We're%20making%20adjustments%20to%20our%20fee%20structure%2C,fees%2C%20category%2Dspecific%20final%20value%20fees%20and%20more.

I've enough pages to look at and apps and *bleep* I don't need to be looking periodically at a news feed. Argh.

Re: Final Value Fee increase?

nevillestyke — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:20:22 GMT

I only noticed this when I entered an item in my accounts and it only seems to apply to items priced at over £10; I can't imagine that it costs more for ebay to process items just because they're over £10.

Re: Final Value Fee increase?

thecrystaldragon — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:48:26 GMT

Yeah, I'm scouring the board because I just noticed that on a sale yesterday.

Looks like the hike came on the 12th, but I missed the announcement because they hid it in the news feed under "Trust and Protection" instead of under something I might open. Like "Fee Increase".

I'm assuming most other people missed it too - a 33% increase in any fee seems like quite a whack to go through without any outcry from the community.

Re: Final Value Fee increase?

bongomancan — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:59:03 GMT

Even if there was an outcry eBay certainly would not do anything.. like every other major flaw or issue that's around. I think its truly shocking they aren't far clearer than they have been.

Re: Final Value Fee increase?

thecrystaldragon — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:38:55 GMT

That's never stopped the community from whinging - even if only to try and shame them.

For years now, ebay has been the best example of why market dominance is a bad thing - shocking service, shocking product, bad attitude and exorbitant fees.

#1, so why try harder

Re: Final Value Fee increase?

bongomancan — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:41:52 GMT

Yea and it literally hasn't innovated ever lol same old website from moons ago. Sadly as they know they have the market they can and do just get away with whatever.

Re: Final Value Fee increase?

jbrusby — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:36:36 GMT

It's the principle and the price creep that are so damaging. Like all other companies now, they're baking in the concept of continuous price increases, that no fee is safe or stable any more and all are game for them to rake in yet more as they wish, whenever they wish. An extra 10p here, 2% there wouldn't be so costly if just in one or two areas, every couple of years, but we're being forced to accept the increases across the board at regular intervals and they soon add up.

That fixed FVF fee hasn't changed in the dozen or so years I've used eBay. But it joins the new 'regulatory fee', the now unavoidable promotion fee, the 6 monthly Royal Mail price increases, and the constant above-inflation increases of expenses as a torrent of ways sellers are being squeezed harder than ever. And it's difficult to buy into their excuse that it's to 'enhance seller tools' or 'buyer protection' when neither of those is materially changed.