Fees

[huntiques]

Why does eBay charge the promoted listing fee on top of postage and taxes. Sounds just like a stealth eBay tax to me.  I feel they’ve lost touch with their buyers. Anyone else think the fees are all wrong nowadays 

[red_magpie]

Why does eBay charge the promoted listing fee on top of postage and taxes.

I don't understand your question.

A promoted listing fee is what it says: a fee that you agree to pay for an optional promotion. If you choose to promote a listing, you pay the promotion fee.

It has nothing to do with any postage charge. Taxes are charged by the government, eBay doesn't have any choice about including them.

[huntiques]

My question is, why if you sell an item for £10 the % isn’t on the £10. Why is it on £10 plus postage plus taxes plus fees?  It surely should only be on the item value.

[papso22]

The simple answer is that Ebay can choose what fees to charge and how to calculate them.