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.

[get_luck_7777-0]

You can list up to 300 items for free each month; after that, you'll pay 35p per listing.its clear ebay are trying to claw some of the money back from private sellers by decriding the number of listing for 1000 to 300

eg 1000 free

300 free 700 = £245

[get_luck_7777-0]

seems ebay are going back to a old system they had in place for private sellers they gave you so many free listings then once you used them all up they started charging you 35p per listing

[johnwash1]

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@get_luck_7777-0 wrote:

seems ebay are going back to a old system they had in place for private sellers they gave you so many free listings then once you used them all up they started charging you 35p per listing

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I'm under the impression that's already how it was, not an old system from the past.  Over 1,000 listings, in September you paid per additional listing.  No change in October except 1,000 is now 300.

BICBW.

[leon9503]

Yeah but that only applies to genuine Private sellers....

Which you are clearly not....

This thread clearly reveals some of you 'Private' sellers aren't the brightest stars in the sky....

[leon9503]

Won't make a difference to genuine private sellers who never need 300 listings never mind a 1000!, EB won't make a penny from them, they'll claw back money from business sellers through increased fees and 'promotions' and Ads, plastered all over most pages now, IMHO it's a slow decline.

For me, as a buyer, once you filter out the overpriced carp on EB and save a few geniune Private/Business sellers you'll find a lot of items on EB that have been on here for months and even years and will never sell, as someone said in 2022 "eBay is becoming obsolete"

[angelinaj83]

Same in UK, they just not getting... apparently they havent been fail ther taxes.

[pond685]

it's saying a thousand listing

any idea why eBay is uninformative as don't won't to be charged for over 300 

[61stephenuk]

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@pond685 wrote:

it's saying a thousand listing

any idea why eBay is uninformative as don't won't to be charged for over 300 

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That was correct at time of posting,Aug 24 but changed  Oct 24 to 300 listings for private sellers,any listings over 300 will be charged

Current fees are here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/fees-private-sellers?id=4822