Excessive eBay Charges For Low Value Sales ?

[njt--group]

I hear that from the end of May, for sales of less than £5 eBay will be charging a fixed fee that when added to other charges will make it unecomical to sell these items - anybody know anything about this ??

[john1297576]

As with Paypal, ebay fees under Managed Payments are 12.8% + a fixed 30p fee. That is slightly less than the 10% Fee + Paypal at 2.9% + a fixed 30p.

That is the only fixed fee I have heard of, and is basically exactly the same as Ebay + Paypal Fees.

Low value items are always going to be expensive to sell as the 30p Fixed Fee under either system on a 99p item will make it uneconomical to bother selling.

It is up to sellers to work out costs to see if it is worth the bother.

[njt--group]

I hear that it is 20% across teh board, including postage + an additional fee for a sale below a low value, I have heard £5. 20% is acutally higher than most lodon top auction houses so, but I can just cope with that, but not an additional fee - As nealy everything I sell is below that value, and I have a long stream of steady customers who rely on my small parts sales I am not too sure that it would be economical to continue to provide them with a sevice.