Comments on: Amazon increase international sales 47%

By: Whirly

Whirly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:43:44 +0000

#2 If you build the fee’s into your sale price I think it’s a justifiable expense, we regularly pay eBay/Paypal over Â£50 in fees on a single transaction but its no surprise as they told us upfront how much it would cost.

I agree it’s alot but the sale might not have ever occurred in the 1st place, our sales ratio against our website would be around 6-1 in eBays favour, I would much prefer to sell the 6 and pay Â£50 a pop than just sell 1 and not pay any fee’s, baring in mind of course my merchant account fee’s are not much different to Paypal these days so I only tend to look at the eBay fee’s anyway.

By: J R

J R — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:34:18 +0000

if we sell something for Â£500 there is no way we would be willing to give ebay Â£50 plus Paypal fees, there part in the sale simply does not warrant it,

that kind of marketplace is not viable for many sellers,

anyway back to the website and adding more items

By: Mark Classic

Mark Classic — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:45:49 +0000

Does this not call into question Ebays growth over the last few years?

I personally would like Ebay to be one worldwide marketplace with minimal listing fees and no International Site Visibility fees, a worldwide marketplace that made it succesful. Not these splintered markets we currently have.

All the listing enhancements should go unless they are free in my opinion.

FVF could be 15% for private sellers and 10% for business sellers.

Now wouldn’t that be simple?