FVF for shop subscribers

[turborigz]

Hi,

I am new to the eBay business account and been hit with high fees from day one. I am planning to sell 15-30 high value items (£1000-£2000). I am currently not an eBay shop subscriber and FVF in my main category is set to 6.9%. eBay is 'luring' me into shop subscirption with the following statement:

'You don't need to have a Shop subscription to sell as a business on eBay. However, an eBay Shop can help you reach the right customers, manage orders and build your brand. Your buyers can learn about you and your business and can browse your items through a customisable shopfront, and you can benefit from reduced fees.

Other benefits of subscribing to a Shop on eBay.co.uk include:

• A free monthly allowance of fixed price and auction-style listings. See the table below to see how many you receive based on the package you choose.'

However I can't find any info regarding the FVF for shop subscirbers. I would assume that 'reduced fees' are in regards to FVF and not to free insertions per month, correct ? 

[jonatjonatjonat]

No the reduced fees are related to the insertion fees

[therenewalworkshopltd]

It's all to do with listing fees.

As to whether or not it's worth using a subscription, it depends on how many listings you actually use each month.

If your hitting around about 70 listings, then the basic shop is more viable and starts to get cheaper than standard listings.  But it's all based around the actual cost to list per item.  This is what you need to be comparing.  May have the figures wrong, as I've checked.

But assuming a listing cost of 30p per listing, against the shop fee of £25 per 250 listings.

Without the shop, 30p x 75 listings gives you a spend of £25.  So every listing that you go above that, it's worth using the shop.

You can further reduce your fees by becoming top rated and if you follow their instructions you can get an extra 10% off your fees.  free/tracked etc.  Premium I think they call it without checking.

[the_book_seekers]

If you're looking for discount off FVFs then you need to look at the following.

Premium Service listings

If you are an eBay Top-rated Seller, you receive the benefit of a 10% discount on final value fees for Premium Service listings on eBay.co.uk. The 10% discount applies to the variable portion of the final value fee for your Premium Service listings, but does not apply to the 30p per order fixed fee.

Read our Seller levels and performance standards article for more information about eBay Premium Service.

There are a number of conditions that have to be met for listings to achieve Premium Service. 

[turborigz]

Many thanks for the replies! Very helpful!