high fees from ebay

[rogerimps]

How do e-bay justify taking £1.58,off me in fees for an item i sold for only £9,99,thats more than ten per cent,???whats going on here??not worth bothering...ROG H

[m25jet · Accepted solution]

If you're not happy with the price you got for the item then the next time you list something for sale decide how much you want for the item, then add on a bit more to the starting price or Buy It Now price, depending on whether you're selling using the Auction or Buy It Now format.  Make sure that the extra amount that you add to the actual price that you want for the item is enough to ensure that you acually get the amount that you wanted for the item, even after eBay (and PayPal, if you have not yet been switched to eBay Managed Payments) have taken their cut of the final selling price.  If you do that then you should end up with an amount for the item that you'd be happy with and will not end up feeling as though you've been ripped off.

[rogerimps · Accepted solution]

Thanks a kind nice reply,not like one guy who was horrible and very rude,no need for that,,,thanks

[arkwebus]

Fees apply on postage too.  Paypal also charges.  

Even with these charges you are left with about £8.50 which is not to be sneezed at surely?

If you want more then sell at higher prices or do not accept offers!

@rogerimps 

[rogerimps]

i thought ebay owned paypal so why too hikes on our sales?,,,,why dont they charge one fee and make it clear what the percentage will then be,and if folk feel its too high they can try another site,it seems underhand this,,your rh

[61stephenuk]

eBay no longer owns Paypal and have their own payment system now which you are on.
Didn't you read the details when you gave eBay your bank information for payments?
eBay now charge 12.8%+30p for private sales,there are no additional paypal fees

[rusticrye]

Ebay's fees (and PayPal's) are clearly set out in the Seller Centre and in the Help pages. Plus, you are clearly shown what the Ebay fees will be before you hit the 'Submit with above fees' button at the end of the listing process.  So I'm surprised that your invoice has come as a surprise to you. Or are you saying that you never bothered to check...?  If so, I'm amazed.  That's the only way to know what prices you need to charge, or whether an item is worth listing here or not.

Ebay is not a charity, as you and so many others seem to bizarrely think.   Do a simple web search to find out exactly what it costs Ebay to run these platforms...!

But no-one's holding a gun to your head and forcing you to sell here.  Just drive your stuff to some rain-swept field, or list it on Gumtree or similar for collection, or advertise them in your local newsagent's window.  You won't get exposure to the many millions of potential buyers that Ebay pays mega-bucks to provide you with, of course, meaning you'll achieve less (or no) sales and lower prices.  But at least you won't have to pay Ebay's (or PayPal's) fees.

@rogerimps 

[rogerimps]

thanks for the polite nice kind reply,i wish more people were happy and extremely polite and helpful as you have been,i over whelmed by your sweetness im nearly moved to tears of joy,

rh

[arkwebus]

No; eBay does not own Paypal. EBay cahrges 10% on the total and Paypal [from memory] 30p + 2.9%

It is a vast marketplace for sellers with millions of potential buyers. The fees are considerably less than - for example - a normal auction house

@rogerimps