Simple delivery: will I have to stop buying my postage elsewhere?

[johnwash1]

At present I use RM's Click and Collect.  Very convenient for me.  And it means ebay don't know when I dispatch earlier than they expect (my buyers do, because I message them) and so they don't use their 'algorithm' to screw over my EDDs.

Does 'Simple Delivery' mean I'm going to be forced to use ebay for postage?

[dd6art]

Thanks. I’ll look into this but as I sell such a small amount and with so little profit margin (it’s a hobby really) I think that it will be too expensive. They want possibly 10% as a final value fee, and the monthly fee for a shop could well be my entire monthly takings in the quiet months.

Steve 

[johnwash1]

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@dd6art wrote:
Thanks. I’ll look into this but as I sell such a small amount and with so little profit margin (it’s a hobby really) I think that it will be too expensive. They want possibly 10% as a final value fee, and the monthly fee for a shop could well be my entire monthly takings in the quiet months.

Steve 

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It's a hobby, but it's still trading.  I reckon you're better off finding other platforms.  Even true for people simply decluttering.  Either ebay are trying to become an Amazon with business sellers only, or they're utterly incompetent.

[retro-shed1]

It won’t remain optional 

its going to be totally controlled by ebay

and means that if you’re a private seller they control and might lose your options

i I can’t see how to get my Royal Mail collected like I used to and it defaults to cabin sized even if it’s a small item

typical and usual control changes by eBay