Question Re: Over 17% commission on final value including postage,... in Member To Member Support DO NOT DELETE

Over 17% commission on final value including postage, no insertion fees, thats a swindle!

patricias-emporium — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:29:08 GMT

Im 85 yrs old & clearing out small items, so that other people can enjoy them. I sold an item for £6.89 including postage of £2.89. No insertion fees. Its supposed to be 10% commission. Why did I get charged £1.18 ie 17.2%??????

Re: Over 17% commission on final value including postage,...

papso22 — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:45:25 GMT

You are now on managed payments, those fees are not 10%. They are roughly 13% plus the 30p fixed amount charged on each transaction. That takes the fees on low value sales up substantially.

Re: Over 17% commission on final value including postage,...

red_magpie — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:47:07 GMT

EBay's fee will have been 10% of the total price, including postage.

Paypal charges 2.9% of the total selling price including postage, plus 30p.

That comes to exactly £1.18, which is what you have been charged.

If you're on the new managed payments system it will be calculated differently, but the result will be the same.

Re: Over 17% commission on final value including postage,...

pixiesen2012 — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:54:16 GMT

you are now on ebays managed payments

so you are charged 12.8% plus 30p, which is less than you were charged previously when you were charged 10% by ebay and 2,9% plus 30p by paypal

the new system means private sellers pay less than before