Has anyone posted items on eBay lately?

[PickOranges]

Is it worth it anymore? Yrs ago, I could sell alot until the fees kept going up and up. Then, you were working for them and I quit.

[Mindcrime]

If your starting price is low enough (under$1), you can post listings for free. Otherwise, they have sales now & then, such as half priced listing fees, free pictures, things like that.

What exactly are you selling?

[PickOranges]

I just have some new car buffers..

[Mindcrime]

Just got an e-mail today:

FREE LISTINGS FOR TWO WEEKS!

June 29-July 12

Free Insertion Fees for up to 100 Auction-style listings
Start the bidding where you want
Pay only if your item sells

This promotion does not apply to the following: Sellers who have an eBay Store, Fixed Price listings, eBay Motors Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, Boats, Power Sports, Other Vehicles, Motors Local Market, Real Estate, Classified Ad listings. The following business and industrial categories are excluded from the Insertion Fee Sale: Tractors & Farm Machinery (91952), Antique Tractors & Equipment (45009), Heavy Equipment (25249), Concession Trailers & Carts (67145), Imaging & Aesthetics Equipment (92036), Forklifts & Other Lifts (97185), Manufacturing Equipment (92080), Metalworking Equipment (92082), and Commercial Printing Presses (26247).

[yaksplat]

The fees on eBay are insane. The listing fees are cheap. But once you sell the item, you get nailed with the Final Value Fees. I'll stick with the weirdos from craigslist. At least then you can keep all of the money you earn.


Fixed price final value fees


Electronics
8.0% of the initial $50.00, plus 5.0% of the next $50.01 - $1,000.00, plus 2.0% of the remaining final sale price balance ($1,000.01 - final sale price)

Clothing, Shoes and Accessories
12.0% of the initial $50.00, plus 9.0% of the next $50.01 - $1,000.00, plus 2.0% of the remaining final sale price balance ($1,000.01 - final sale price)

Books, DVDs & Movies, Music, Video Games
15.0% of the initial $50.00, plus 5.0% of the next $50.01 - $1,000.00, plus 2.0% of the remaining final sale price balance ($1,000.01 - final sale price)

All other categories
12.0% of the initial $50.00, plus 6.0% of the next $50.01 - $1,000.00, plus 2.0% of the remaining final sale price balance ($1,000.01 - final sale price)

Then most likely you'll accept paypal as payment. There are more fees then.

An additional 2.9% + $.30

So you sell a $40 collectable out of print dvd with only a $.25 insertion fee, but then you get nailed with a 15% Final value fee and a 2.9% paypal fee. That's 17% of your selling price. I used to buy and sell on ebay, but the fees were so outrageous that it wasn't worth it.

[FMD]

I have completely stopped buying and selling on ebay..... their %'s are compounding so once you get over $1000 20% right off the top in fees... so if you sell an item for $1000 ebay takes $200... plus, paypal takes their share... thing is paypal is a part of ebay...

so now the fees are 23% if your over $1000.

Its rediculously expensive to run on ebay, and I have ceased all business as a result...

thing is, Ebay is attempting to get into the same market as amazon, to do that they raised their fees so that the little people cant make any money to get rid of them... which they have pretty much done.

[Mindcrime]

I rarely sell anything for more than $40, so the fees are minimal. If you're selling big-ticket items, then yes, any online broker is going to be expensive. With the exception of Craigs List

[yaksplat]

so now the fees are 23% if your over $1000.

Check your math. The fees are bad, but not as bad as you're stating.

On a $1000 item in "all other categories" the final value fee would be $63, or 6.3%. The papal exchange would be $29.30. Total cost would be $92.30, or 9.23%. The actual percentage goes down, the more expensive an item is. For a $10,000 item it'd be 5.33% total.