Changes to private selling - less free listings etc.

[lostloads-2]

Changes to private selling on eBay

We want to let you know about some upcoming changes to seller fees and to payment options when selling locally. These will be effective from 1 October 2024.

Free listing allowance change
Currently, private sellers can list up to 1,000 items a month for free on eBay. From 1 October, this will decrease to 300 listings per month. After you've used your monthly allocation of 300 free listings, you'll be charged 35p for each new listing created.

International fee change
If your registered address is in the UK, we charge an international fee when the delivery address for the item is outside the UK.

Until now this fee has varied by region. Starting from 1 October there will be a flat rate of 3% across all shipping regions. This will be calculated on the total amount of the sale which includes the item price, any handling charges, postage, and any applicable taxes.

Removing cash on pickup for local listings
Many sellers offer free collection in person, especially for large items which may be difficult to post. As we continue to make sure eBay is a safe and secure place to sell your items, we will be removing the option for buyers to pay with cash for items from 1 October. Instead, all payments for local items will go through the site - with a simple digital confirmation on collection - to ensure that you get paid securely and promptly by buyers.

[london-sports-cards]

This a real shame and a really poor decision from Ebay

[realzeon]

300 is still alot

[london-sports-cards]

It is not just new items - it includes items that relist at the end of each 30 days 

[realzeon]

No, it clearly says NEW items

'After you've used your monthly allocation of 300 free listings, you'll be charged 35p for each NEW listing created'

[tommystrezures]

A private seller is one who is just selling off their own personal items such as clothes from their wardrobe, old cd's and bits and bobs from their loft/garage etc. So a free listing allocation of 300 items a month would seem very fair. I mean why would you need a 1000?

You can obviously list more but will be charged for it.

I would suggest though that some of the posters here,  you probably are incorrectly registered so should be trading on a business account anyway not a private one, so you've had a good run for your money.

[moldosgifts]

No its a monthly allocation of 300 they re-new at the end of the month all above 300 will be charged at 35p.

Your way would be 300 thats it 

All isting allocations reset every month.

[kempseykate]

I tend to mainly list on FVF offer times now, and usually manage around 50 items*, so I am OK with the 300 per month.

I was thinking I would bite the bullet and list some of the larger stuff that I put on FB on here - but if there is no cash on collection I certainly won't be bothering now.

* I don't let items run longer than the initial 30 days, so this is some new items and some relists.

[plpmr]

Indeed, read a few threads from seller complaining about the reduction and all were business sellers trading as private seller..

[realzeon]

Think you replied to the wrong person 🙂

[ratso208]

About time Ebay lowered the private selling free listings - it was a huge mistake giving away 1000 listings when they decided to up it to this limit a few years ago and has resulted in many businesses being run as private accounts and paying lower fees. This in turn has resulted in the honest business seller being charged much higher fees and having to increase prices for everyone. It`s also lead to much more complete rubbish being touted on Ebay to the detriment of everyone.

Cash on collection going? Well that was always going to happen as this just means Ebay gets more profit from managed payments (the fee may be the same but if the cash sits in their bank for a few days they make interest on it). Same old story with Ebay trying desperately to make more for the shareholders I`m afraid.

Of course they are now getting so much more in fees from the totally unfair advertising / promoted listing scam that many small business sellers are just having to give up as the margins on ebay are getting too small......

Give it a few years and all you will find on here will be cheap rubbish from the far east sold by companies that get massive support from their governments while Europe strangles its own sellers with things like the new safety certificates required from September (quite how they think you can get someone to say a 50 year old item that was produced by a company that went out of business 40 years ago I really don`t  know - hey - ho, less recycling and more landfill for Europe I guess - good work EU.

[howmuchtobid]

300 is still way too many, private sellers should not be allowed that many.

[zoomingmouse]

For me, personally, the reduction in free listings will have no effect, however I feel for those who collect small, fairly low-value items, but in huge numbers.

As a child I collected stamps & have thousands of them somewhere in the house so if I were to list them I would imagine they could easily mount up over time, that is if people still collect them.

I also don't sell internationally, but OH does occasionally, so 3% of everything sounds like a large amount on top, so probably not worth offering it anymore.

I don't agree with getting rid of cash on collection items at all. I have bought BIN's occasionally where the only option is to pay online, but I prefer to pay with cash as I like to see what I'm getting before I pay.

I stopped selling any collection items a few years ago when buyers started ignoring terms to pay on arrival after checking the item & paying cash.

I wonder if this will also now include cars too? 

[*vyolla*]

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@zoomingmouse wrote:

I wonder if this will also now include cars too? 

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No, it won't.

[roger_roger_over_and_nowt]

"After you've used your monthly allocation of 300 free listings, you'll be charged 35p for each new listing created".

It means an extra charge for each NEW listing ,it has nothing to do with the item's condition.

[kempseykate]

Right I have trawled a few threads on this subject - and got sidetracked by the new/used argument! - but I still can't find a link to this announcement.

All I can find is the one about stopping cash on collection.

Does anyone have the link, please (the private selling & the international payments)?

[lucy_farmer]

'For me, personally, the reduction in free listings will have no effect, however I feel for those who collect small, fairly low-value items, but in huge numbers.

As a child I collected stamps & have thousands of them somewhere in the house so if I were to list them I would imagine they could easily mount up over time, that is if people still collect them.

I also don't sell internationally, but OH does occasionally, so 3% of everything sounds like a large amount on top, so probably not worth offering it anymore.

I don't agree with getting rid of cash on collection items at all. I have bought BIN's occasionally where the only option is to pay online, but I prefer to pay with cash as I like to see what I'm getting before I pay.

I stopped selling any collection items a few years ago when buyers started ignoring terms to pay on arrival after checking the item & paying cash.

I wonder if this will also now include cars too? '

I'm with you on this ; no way will 300 lisings be too few for me! maximum of bits and bobs I've ever have on at once, is about 40......

And as far as stamps go; really, don't bother!! My husband was absolutely convinced that people were still interested and collected stamps...... nope. They aren't and they don't.

(I've had  2 or 3 listings of hubby's stamp collection on over the last month or so. Nothing sold. 1 lot had *one* watcher and one of the others didn't even get a single *look* .....😒)

But the end of cash-on-collection is not good ; neither I nor my hubby has a smart-phone (yeah, yeah, I know 'get with it grandma'!)  so using apps isn't going to happen......

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[myriad*seller]

It's on the "fees for private sellers" page 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/fees-billing/sell-fees-payments/selling-fees-managed-payments-sellers?id...

[kempseykate]

Thanks, Myriad!

It's a bit hidden away there - I never really look at that page.

[zoomingmouse]

I thought stamp collecting was possibly a thing of the past so not surprised... I've got loads of 1st day covers too somewhere, probably in the loft 🙄

I've also found a hospice charity that I've given some unwanted furniture to & the last time I went in I also saw a nice sofa which I bought so a win win for both parties me thinks.

On the flip side, the bootsales have been fantastic this year, after a steady decline over the last 5 I'd say... every cloud has a silver lining.