Ebay seller fees now mostly removed.

[Fenlander]

Has anyone else picked up on the fact that since late October Ebay has removed seller fees from most private listings? They still charge on vehicles and for business sellers but everything else is free to list and sell.

Removing fees makes a huge difference to the net you receive on items in the hundreds, losing that deduction enables more competitive pricing for faster sales too.

Makes it a much more worthwhile seller platform again.

[Steve509926]

Since the fees have been removed I've sold, but also bought a lot more.

[Orwell boy]

The other thing i like is the " money from sales pot "is back ,this enables you to sell some unwanted goods and spend it on some other un nesscesary items ,without ever touching the bank account

[Fenlander]

Yes OB agree. I've not sold much on Ebay recently after selling a huge amount on there in the previous decade. When I used it to sell a Garmin the other day and decided to buy a hi-fi amp a couple of days later I was surprised to see no fees were deducted and liked the smooth way the balance was applied to the purchase.

I like the click through to discounted postage too with print label at home.

About the first time in a decade they've made changes that have made the platform better for the seller.

Are you using it for new or used stuff Steve?

[Steve509926]

Originally Posted by Fenlander

Are you using it for new or used stuff Steve?

A mixture. Most of the stuff I'm selling is the surplus from recent jobs, tiles, tanking paste etc and a couple of old cameras I don't use anymore. Buying is mostly used.

[spartacus]

Originally Posted by Fenlander

Has anyone else picked up on the fact that since late October Ebay has removed seller fees from most private listings? They still charge on vehicles and for business sellers but everything else is free to list and sell.

I hadn’t realised Ebay had sold Gumtree, which to be honest I’d use for larger items where postage wasn’t practical or customers weren’t local. Incidentally Ebay has seen its user base decline from its peak in 2018. I’m sure most of it to the likes of Jeff Bezos with cheap imports from China, so it will be purely commercial reasons that fees have been dropped, and not an early Christmas present for customers!

I use Ebay, but for genuine outboards parts, gaskets, fuel connectors and such like, then folk would opt to buy pattern parts or give low ball offers on the off chance you’d sell. It’s a funny old game.

[Fenlander]

There is an interesting angle to this fee free selling I've just noticed. Private sellers will no longer be paid out automatically in the days following a sale. You will have to remember to manually request funds. If you forget to withdraw Ebay will send funds out quarterly.

There is quite a bit of grumbling about this on the Ebay community forums but it's no different to how things were when funds would go through Paypal.

It is said Ebay is trying to encourage folks to leave the balance untouched until using it for another purchase on Ebay.

[Steve509926]

Originally Posted by Fenlander

There is an interesting angle to this fee free selling I've just noticed. Private sellers will no longer be paid out automatically in the days following a sale. You will have to remember to manually request funds. If you forget to withdraw Ebay will send funds out quarterly.

There is quite a bit of grumbling about this on the Ebay community forums but it's no different to how things were when funds would go through Paypal.

It is said Ebay is trying to encourage folks to leave the balance untouched until using it for another purchase on Ebay.

That's one thing I actually prefer. When the funds from a sale automatically got sent to my bank account, those "extra" funds just disappeared into everyday spending. Now when I buy something off eBay and those "held" account funds are used to pay for the purchase it feels like a gain.

[Fenlander]

>>>those "held" account funds are used to pay for the purchase it feels like a gain.

Despite no logic in it to the overall scheme of finances I absolutely know what you mean. I'd forgotten the funds for the last item I sold the other week and it was a nice surprise when the system offered to take the majority of the funds for my next purpose from that balance.