What is the buyer protection fee about

[nimpa-11]

I didn’t receive any notification about this

what is it about and how is it chosen to only certain listings/products

its completely perceptively manipulative to what is what price

N.B. No stupid presumptious authoritative comments, answer to in good faith to help

[**peaseblossom**]

Here's info about it:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/paying-items/buyer-protection-fee?id=5594

It started out in the Electronics category only but is beginning to extend to other categories although we've heard nothing official about which categories will be affected and when.

[plpmr]

adding to the advice already given -

If you were correctly registered as a business seller these new fees would not count as they are only added to private sellers listings.

[*vyolla*]

You'd be better off trading correctly on a business account, the buyer protection fee isn't added to their prices, which keeps them competitive.

If you're also selling your own items, just open another eBay account for them (you can have more than one).

A private seller is one who is just selling off their own personal items such as clothes from their wardrobe, bits from their loft/garage etc.

A Business seller is someone who buys or makes items to sell on.  They need to be registered as a business to meet the requirements of UK law. They need to declare income to HMRC once they reach £1,000 worth of sales (eBay will be providing HMRC with your details anyway so it's vital to keep correct accounts for your tax return). You can obviously offset more expenses as a business seller, but can't offset any at all as a private one.  

To correctly register as a business seller simply go to your Personal Information in your account and to the right of Account Type, which will be showing as 'Individual'  you'll see an Edit option.

https://accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/profile

This doesn't affect your feedback profile or any current listings, it merely upgrades your account so that you're compliant with current consumer and eBay policy.