Amazon fee increases for Electronics Accessories
Amazon has informed sellers today that they will be increasing fees as they introduce a new Electronics Accessories category in the next few days. The notice from Amazon to sellers says: “The Electronics Accessories category will have the following referral fees on the UK, German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon Marketplaces: 12% or 0.50 GBP/EUR minimum fee per unit, whichever is higher.”
The current % fee is 7%. The new fees will come into effect on the 5th April 2013.
Existing listings for Electronics Accessories will be moved into the new category today the 5th April. Other Electronics fees will be unaffected.
Explaining the change Amazon says: “The new store will help to improve customer experience by providing a central destination for millions of unique Electronics Accessories products, a more intuitive browse structure, and other features to help make it easier to discover related products.”
We understand that other Amazon categories will also be changing fees, and Amazon sellers are advised to log into their Amazon seller account for announcements.
Darren says
4:48 pm on 05/02/2013
And people moan at ebay……
Robert Mansell says
5:46 pm on February 5th, 2013
Darren it’s still cheaper selling fee than Ebay and no listing fee and also no paypal fees either.
Do the Math(s).
dwayne dibley says
7:56 pm on February 5th, 2013
Its also a much better less hassle environment to trade. If i had to choose to sell on only 1 platform it would be amazon. Any day of the week. eBay only gets worse and worse.
Craig says
10:32 pm on February 5th, 2013
I’ve done the maths and it isn’t cheaper than ebay. amazon are probably doing this so that they can increase their own prices and actually increase their own profits, good news for ebay and amazon’s competitors bad news for amazon marketplace sellers.
Cambridge_Blue says
12:22 am on February 6th, 2013
You are correct but perhaps missing the point.
I object to any increase in my costs period especially with no benefit that we can see today.
The reasons given are pure PR rubbish – this is all about getting more money from their marketplace sellers.
Their margins go up and mine go down and we have to just suck it up but heh ho.
As long we can make money we will stay and they know it.
If you think this is bad just wait till they get stuck into FBA fees!
pip pip
Chris says
7:09 am on February 6th, 2013
What are the fees for ebay for electronics? From what I see its 5%? If you have a shop the listing fee will be from 0p – 9p. If you doing a bit of money on Paypal the fees will be below 2.9%.
So around 8% + around 25p..
I always find Amazon fees are a lot more than ebay.
Robert Mansell says
12:19 pm on February 6th, 2013
Amazon fees are more, agreed, but without the constant listing fees this makes amazon cheaper. Well for me nayways.
Clarky says
11:05 am on 06/02/2013
Our categories are all 15% on amazon and 10% on ebay so I have no sympathy for you
PayPalUser says
12:59 pm on 06/02/2013
We have always found that we sell more on amazon than eBay, and at a higher price and we have far fewer INR disputes.
So as far as Amazon’s fees are concerned we don’t mind the increase, we’ll adjust out prices to maintain the same profit.
At least Amazon marketplace seller support actually supports sellers and usually reply to queries within 12 hours, eBay on the other hand do not do not give a toss about sellers.
Mike says
7:59 am on 07/02/2013
I think when you look at it it’s a win win situation for amazon, the company’s biggest issues is profitability, by raising fees sellers can’t compete with them or undercut them quite so easily, amazon then can raise their own sale prices making them more profitable, so not only do they bring in more fees from marketplace sellers but they also appease their shareholders with higher margins.
Gary says
8:36 am on 08/02/2013
No matter how it is dressed up when has a cost increase ever been good for marketplace users? There is only one winner when costs are increased.
The only exception ever to this rule was when ebay changed their shop structure to show shop BIN items in regular search. The fee increase then was worth the benefit. It has been downhill all the way since then though.