People should now recognize that Ebay is not neccessarily the best option to purchase items. There are many many alternatives.  With fees added in the prices need to be adjusted up to compensate. Years back we deciced to scale back our Ebay business which consisted of over 700 items per month sold.  So doing some quick match,  average ticket was $73.00.  700x73.00x12monthsx6 years=a little under $3.7 million.  Ebay lost out on all of those fees as they just kept getting higher. This was way back in 2006. We closed that account, opened up a store front elsewhere and realize  far far better margins even today.

We still use Ebay for some minor personal items. About it.

For some items that we just want to get rid off and worth the hassle-generally larger more expensive items-we use Craigslist.  No issues there. Sold about 300 items through them. Some strange folks for sure, but again no problems.

In other words, you have options, easy options. Even you generate less traffic vs. Ebay, at least your margins will be substantially higher which in our case more than made up for the traffic. Plus we do not need to put in as much work.

Happy Happy all the way around.

RIDICULOUS! I Just sold an amp for 900 dollars, average shipping I saw was $60, which seemed low, so I charged $90 but paypal took out 30 dollars so I got 60 basically, but in reality shipping was $140.00 for a 60 pound amp w/insurance, so it was more than twice that of $60.  Then on top of that ebay charging 10% ($90.00) for final value fee! so in reality, for a 900 dollar sale, i ended up with $730.00 !! anyone else think this sucks???  Ebay is greedy and their shipping calculater needs to be updated, this totally sucks!  I'm gonna stop sellling here. This explains why I just don't see as many item on ebay anymore, I think people are going elsewhere.

$5,000.00 A Month Or Less Are On A 10% Cost Deal.

$5,000.00 To $10,000.00 Cost At 12%

$10,000.00 To $15,000.00 Cost At 15%

And So On.

This is why there are laws against Monopolies.

The people at E bay are masters at working sellers fees.. when they raise them they go up 50% 100%.. No other business can pull this off.

Ps e bay owns a large % of Craigs list.. so keep an eye on this for fees...

Ps.. This will never change until (maybe never) there is a real competitor in the Auction business...

And honestly, I don't mind paying fees....like Paypal fees, yes they are high, but I've experienced firsthand on more than a couple occasions, that Paypal earns their fees by keeping our info and transactions safe.  I even don't mind paying insertion/listing fees, I feel like that's approriate to buy or rent a small corner of the online Ebay marketplace.  But come one Final Value Fee? Final value fees on shipping?  These are the fees that ruin this site for sellers and buyers alike, and it needs to stop now.  After all Ebay, you make tons of money off ads and big retail and brand name cross sell promotions. To sum up, YOU MAKE MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY FROM OTHER RICH COMPANIES, STOP TRYING TO GOUGE US POOR/MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE OUT OF MONEY TOO.......  I know that if Facebook can maintain as many users as it does for free, then you can as well. 

The fees are nuts. Suddenly, about three weeks ago, it seems like they're taking double of what they used to? What gives? I also resent (like hell) that e-bay gets paid before I get paid. If someone doesn't pay me, they still take their cut and the buyer has to agree (WTF??!!!!!) to cancel the transaction so you can get money that rightly belongs to you. Half of the dimwits out there who don't bother to pay are not going to agree to cancel the transaction. Why does ebay make it hard for someone to sell? I'm going to Etsy. It takes longer, but the fees are small and there are a better class of buyers.

Same experience no way to communicate in writing...CSRs in some 3rd world backwater who no doubt are paid next to nothing The suggestion that google launch a competing site has my support

The fees are way higher than I believed I had agreed too When I called Ebay in an attempt to discuss the fees I was basically told there is no process to dispute what is invoiced. The monopolization of the payment process via paypal is further evidence of this companies not competitive approach, charging fees on shipping is simply the latest cash grab. I don't think I will be selling much as it just doesn't make sense or dollars Great place to buy as the seller is holding the brunt of the costs. Until a true competitor arrives this is what there is....

I have been using Ebay sporadically for about 8 years.  I tend to go in spurts and sell about 5 items in the spring and fall as we do some deep clean out of unused items.  Most of what I have sold throughout the years is stuff under $50.  During the last couple months I have sold an item for $300, and a few items under $100.  The items under $100 are not worth it.  One item I sold was sold for $38 (combined item price and shipping).  After the ebay, paypal fees and shipping I only made $15 on it.  Another sold for $101 and I only made $67...  THAT"S INSANE.

In the last couple years I have decided to onloy charge half of the actual shipping costs to the winner since shipping has gotten so high as well.  If we were to pass down the total costs of the selling fees, paypal fees and shipping charges to the winner, we can never keep up with the chinese sellers that are becoming more and more present on ebay.

I have a friend who sells a ton on ebay and he has indicated he has stopped using ebay.  Its not worth it anymore to him either.  He indicated its craigslist or his own website.  I too am going to stop selling items that are under $100 on ebay.

I keep sending e-mail to google encouraging them to start a competitive site with lower fees. They have the means to get it launched, noticed and successful.

I encourage you to do the same @ http://www.google.com/contact/.

Thank you.

I had to increses the cost of shipping to the customer because ebay is collecting ten percent on what I charge for shipping I only charged the customer the exact amount it cost to ship. Thanks to all the seller who were making money on shipping.

this is my first month of selling ever and i just lost almost $230 to ebay invoice fees? after im already charged listing fees and paypal fees. I think im going to have to start requesting buyers to sent the money directly to my paypal or switch completely over to craigslist lol.