Originally Posted by
crazy_lazy_bear
The seller fees imposed by Ebay have gone through the roof. Vendors have to raise their prices just to break even. Ebay takes 9% of the final price, including shipping. Paypal takes another 3%.
Same here.
Don't forget the posting fee, buy it now fee, picture fee. All the fees add up and for a sale of $20 widget plus $5 shipping, the fees will total at least 30% the gross sale for even the most basic listing.
Historically, eBay's slice would have been 5% of the final price of the widget not including shipping at the most. For up to $25, it was 5%. Above that, the percentage was on a sliding scale. For $25 to $1000, it was something like 2 or 3% of the value $25 to $1000 plus $1.25 (5% of $25). For a $900 widget, the fees went from about $23 to more than $81 since the shipping cost is taken into account now.