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Update to eBay Seller's Fees
Received this eBay response via email last night.
Dear eBay Seller,
Recently, we announced fee changes taking effect on February 18th and affecting certain optional listing upgrades on eBay.com, the subscription fee for a Basic eBay Store, and Final Value Fees on Store Inventory Format listings. Based on Community input, we understand our original communication was a bit unclear.
To clarify, no changes are being made to the Final Value Fees on Auction-style, Auction with Buy It Now option, and Fixed Priced listings (with the exception of certain Business & Industrial capital equipment categories). Final Value Fee changes apply only to Store Inventory Format listings, a listing format only available to Store sellers and with durations of 30, 60, 90, and 120 days and Good 'Til Cancelled.
The Final Value Fees for Auction-style listings, Auction with Buy It Now option, and Fixed Price listings have remained unchanged since 2002.
You can view the full details of the pricing announcement here.
Regards, eBay
We already knew from the first eBay email and the buzz on the forums that the increase was directed mostly at eBay store sellers. So, this is not a huge shock. It seems that the eBay store feature, which wasn't very beneficial to begin with, has further devalued. I believe that this is because eBay would rather push quick sales such as 3-5-7 day auctions. This is apparent in the premium they charge for 10 day listings and now with store listings (which span much longer periods) going up. I don't think that eBay receives much value from the stores feature either.
It's better though that eBay is clarifying the announcement and putting emphasis where it should have been since the beginning. eBay was pretty thoughtless with their first communication to sellers and may be irreparably damaged by it, regardless of the back paddling you see in their communication above. But there will always be buyers and sellers on eBay it seems and this could present opportunity for the sellers who stick it out. Mike Enos wrote a great entry to his blog at platinum powerseller which looks into this opportunity. Stop by if you get a chance.
Bye for now,
Thalia
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