fee calculation

[zepp2010]

Hi,

I'm trying to calculate the fees from a recent sale:

Sale price: £700

Postage: £10

Total: £710

eBay fee £43.32

Paypal fee: £20.89

So the questions I have are:

1) Are both eBay & PP fees calculated on the full £710? It would seem that PP should calculate their fee after eBay have taken their cut (otherwise you have two calculations based on the full amount)

2) I charged £10 postage. It will cost that (not charging for packaging, just the actual cost). Are PP & eBay including the postage in their fees?

Thanks for the clarification.

Dayve

[red_magpie]

It would seem that PP should calculate their fee after eBay have taken their cut

That's a great bit of wishful thinking!

Regrettably, it's not going to happen. In fact, as a financial institution, PayPal is actually more justiified than eBay in charging fees on the whole transaction value.

If anything is unfair, it's eBay claiming an extra fee by charging a 10% fee on the cost of postage and packing, which it has noting to do with. But this has been talked to death years ago.

In any case, you accepted all of this in the user agreement. You can find full details of eBay's fees for business sellers here:  https://sellercentre.ebay.co.uk/business/fees

[zepp2010]

Many thanks for your reply. I did wonder about both parties taking their percentage based on the whole amount (including postage). I believe eBay's take on the postage is that we should charge more to compensate, which makes things less attractive to the buyer of course. For those who just want to charge the actual cost of postage, without making a profit, it make that impossible.

Thanks again for your reply 🙂