Fee invoice payment

[omasim85]

Hi! I'm new on Ebay and I was made to understand that Ebay fees will be deducted automatically from the payment I receive it from the customers and that will cover PayPal and Ebay at the same time.

Today I have received a invoice for around £25 which is due to pay by the end of the month.

Why is that? Are the fees from the payment only for Paypal and Ebay must be paid separately?

Thank you for taking the time and reading my question. 🙂

[corred · Accepted solution]

@omasim85

You were made to understand wrong 😞

• While for the most part listing items for sale on eBay is free.....selling is not !!
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• When an item sells you pay fees to two companies :
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• First is Paypal who charge a fee of 3.4% + 20p (or 3.9% + 20p for international sales) per transaction for administration of the transfer of funds, banking & card charges. These fees are nothing to do with eBay & would be charged to receive any payment for Goods & Services into Paypal (including Facebook, Gumtree, Shplock etc)
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• This fee is taken before you receive the funds for the sale as a balance in your account
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• Second is eBay
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• You will receive a monthly bill for eBay sales commission (Final Value Fee) which is charged at 10% of the sale price INCLUDING P&P
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• This fee will appear split on your invoice as the fee on the item price is charged immediately the listing ends, however the fee on the P&P is only charged after the buyer has paid......this is because they may have arranged to collect, to have a premium service or possibly if they bought multiple items they may have been entitled to a postal discount......
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• This fee will also additionally include any listing fees including those for optional upgrades such as reserves, buy now etc
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• These fees will appear on your Paypal of bank account as "eBay Europe Sarl" or "eBayUKLimited"

• Details of fees here : http://sellercentre.ebay.co.uk/private/what-fees-youll-pay
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• In addition, if you use eBay's SHUTL service to print & post your items then this charge will appear with your monthly eBay charges under "eBay SHUTL".....this is because these charges are no longer made at the time of printing, they are only made after the label has actually been used by the courier service & is billed once a month. You are not charged where you print a label & then do not use that courier service

[omasim85 · Accepted solution]

Hi! Thank you for such a detailed answer. 😊

If I may, please let me ask you a couple more questions in regards to this.

1.What does it mean 10% including P&P?

For example, I have offered free posting and package for every purchase.

Would I be able to have a discount from the 10% if I provide recips from the Royal Mail?

2. How much does it cost if you print and use the Shipping Label?

Thank you once again for taking the time and answering my questions.

It's great to see such solid support from the community. 😊👍

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

1. no you don't get a discount, ebay calculate their fees on all the money you receive, if you charged for P&P separately you would be charged 10%,

2. I don't use ebays labels so I don't know how much they charge,

[omasim85 · Accepted solution]

Thank you! But what happens if for example I paid P&P? It seems already too much money for a simple transaction. Ebay took 10%, Paypal took 3.4% then I also paid £2.90 for P&P.

Can the 2.90 not be deducted from the 10%?

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

no it can't, everyone has to pay to post their items, you chose to offer free P&P instead of charging the buyer,

[pixiesen2012]

who led you to believe that?

The money that is taken straight away is paypals fee for processing the payment,

ebay invoice for their fees after the sale.

Paypal charge 3.4% (3.9% for overseas payments) plus 20p

ebay charge 10% of the total - item price plus P&P, as well as any listing fees you may have incurred

[omasim85]

Thank you for for taking the time and answering my question.

It seems that the person in cause was as misinformed as I was. 😅