Ebay Introduces a New Fee Structure
January 27, 2010 
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As Ebay’s business has struggled due to sellers moving their inventory to Amazon, they have finally thought of a good way to attract sellers back to its platform. Ebay has introduced a new fee structure for all sellers that will take affect on March 30th. The fee structure deals with fixed-price listings for the most part, but occasional aucitoneers will get a break from Ebay was well. It looks like Ebay is finally fighting back against Amazon for taking it’s sellers away, but who was to blame for that in the first place? Ebay in the past has made some changes that did not really bode well for their image in the eyes of sellers. Hopefully this will help them clean up that image a bit.
Occasional sellers on Ebay that have used their auction listings have been able to list up to 5 items per 30 days for free with 8.75% of the sale price or $20, whichever is less, going to Ebay when the item sold. Starting March 30th, occasional auctineers will be able to list up to 100 items every 30 days with 9% of the sale price or $50, whichever is less, going to Ebay. Now if you use Ebay randomly to get rid of your garage junk, then this will be a great relief to you as now you can list more and not have to pay as much. This is a good move on Ebay’s part.
Professional sellers that use Ebay as an income stream will see a smaller fee as well starting March 30th. Ebay will be rolling out a four-tier pricing strategy that will decrease listing fees for their subscription models as well as sellers without a store. Listing fees for sellers without a store will be 50 cents. Listing fees for a basic store will be 20 cents, 5 cents for an anchor store, and 3 cents for a premium store. This pricing change should really help retailers and store owners to see their bottom line decrease upfront. This is something that all sellers like to see and I think Ebay will hear postitive vibes from this change.
If you are interested in more information, then you can visit Ebay’s Spring 2010 seller update and be able to view all the changes that are taking place. If you are an ebay seller, we would like to hear from you about these price changes. Will this help you with your business on Ebay? Will this bring you back to Ebay if you left? Let us know, we are intrigued!
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