eBay Germany Motors’ fee changes
March 1, 2010
As of 30th March, eBay Germany Motors prices are changing. The good news is that picture pack will be free; the slightly less cheery news is that FVFs, reserve price fees and buy it now fees are all increasing. Check out the full details in… Read more
eBay UK Motors fees increased
February 14, 2010
From 30th March 2010, there are some changes to fees for selling on eBay UK Motors: FeeOldNew Add BIN to auction listing£0.99£2.99 Reserve fee£4.00£7.99 Classified ad£12.99£14.99 Picture pack£1.25Free All other fees The… Read more
eBay.com 2010 Spring Seller Update
January 26, 2010
The news is out and we now know what the changes for eBay.com will be for the next few months. For those of us in the UK there’s not too many clues as to what will happen in the UK as it appears eBay.com are playing catch up with many of the changes… Read more
Would you list more on eBay if fees were lowered?
October 28, 2009
Auctionbytes has some interesting screenshots of a survey eBay is currently running, asking members if they would list more if fees were lower. Respondents were asked to consider selling items of values between $25 and $1000 on eBay, and to assess… Read more
eBay France: fee changes and a cheap listing weekend
August 28, 2009
on 31st August and 1st September. Insertion fees will be just 5c for fixed price items, in most categories (except Vehicles and Media). In addition, the long-running 15c insertion fee “promotion” for business sellers’ BIN listings is being… Read more
PowerSeller & Top Seller requirements and fees
July 28, 2009
eBay are switching from focusing on high quantity business sellers to high quality business sellers. The PowerSeller program has always focused on volume with minimum criteria but in the future even relatively low volume sellers will be able to… Read more
eBay UK free insertion, FVF increase for private seller 99p auctions
February 26, 2009
for private sellers on auctions starting at 99p or less are to be abolished. At the same time, Final Value Fees are being increased to 10% across all price tranches (regardless of starting bid), up to a maximum FVF of £40. eBay say: We’re… Read more
PayPal withdrawals to be free in the UK
January 12, 2009
PayPal have announced a raft of changes to their user agreement, the most significant of which is that withdrawals to UK bank accounts will be free of charge for all users. Currently this is free when withdrawing more than £50.00 but for smaller… Read more
Featured first double dips on fees
November 5, 2008
It appears that there is a glitch on items using the Featured First enhancement where users are getting billed again for the feature if they make revisions to their listing. The glitch has appeared on 30 day listings for which a 7 day Featured… Read more
Mutual cancellation fee credit glitch resolved
October 15, 2008
We’ve heard from a few sellers recently that they have not been receiving final value fee credits on transactions cancelled by mutual agreement. This is in contradiciton of eBay’s own statement that “if the buyer confirms this mutual agreement, the… Read more
eBay / ChannelAdvisor webinar oversubscribed
September 22, 2008
Although held on possibly the busiest day of the week for eBay sellers the ChannelAdvisor hosted eBay webinar was oversubscribed. ChannelAdvisor will be making a recording available within the next few days. If you were unable to get logged or… Read more
Under-99p BINs and relist credits cancelled
September 9, 2008
eBay have confirmed two changes coming into effect with the fee and listing structure changes on the 24th September. Relist CreditsIn the past, if a listing ends without a sale it could be relisted and if sold the second time of listing the… Read more
Which eBay shop is best for you?
August 30, 2008
I’ve always believed that an eBay shop was worth more than the ability to use SIF listings, so the announcement that SIFs are to be retired in September is not going to convince me to close my shop. In view of the fee changes and possible… Read more
No more under-99p BINs on eBay UK
August 27, 2008
eBay UK have stated that after 24th September, it will no longer be possible to sell buy it now items for less than 99p on the site. In a post on the PowerSeller Board, Community Manager James stated that: Concerns around feedback manipulation… Read more
eBay France announces new fee tariff
August 26, 2008
eBay France is the latest site to announce a new fee schedule designed to “make selling on eBay less risky”. They follow the general pattern seen last week in the UK, US and Germany, moving more of the emphasis from insertion fees to final value… Read more
eBay Germany : returning stores to search
August 21, 2008
eBay Germany have announced fee changes for business sellers today, creating perhaps the most complicated fee schedule ever seen on any eBay site. The most important change is that Shop items will be converted into a new fixed price format,… Read more
eBay.com changes : we’re no longer only a venue
August 20, 2008
Rather late in the day on this side of the Atlantic, the US fee and other changes have been posted. eBay.com fee changes There is no change to auctions or SIF listings: unlike the UK, SIF remains. Insertion fees for BIN listings are 35c across… Read more
eBay UK fee changes : goodbye SIF and Gallery fees
August 20, 2008
It’s the news everyone has been asking for: Gallery on eBay UK, which has been free for the summer, will remain free forever instead of returning to the 15p per listing of the past. But that’s the least of the changes eBay UK are announcing this… Read more
eBay Motors’ price changes bad news for small business
August 14, 2008
Last night, eBay announced some major changes to pricing for North American Motors’ sites. The restructuring continues eBay’s current trend towards ’success-based fees’, moving more of the fee burden onto final value fees and away from insertion and… Read more
eBay Spain introduces PowerSeller discounts
August 11, 2008
eBay Spain have announced that from 24th September, Spanish PowerSellers will receive a discount of 20% on their Final Value Fees, so long as they have a minimum DSR rating of 4.5 on each of the four criteria over the previous 30 days. The discount… Read more
Ireland Motors’ classified fees increased
June 4, 2008
eBay Ireland the fee for Motors’ classified ads is to increase from €9 to €20. Classified ads last for 28 days. The new fees will be in effect from next Tuesday, 10th June, so we predict a busy weekend on the Irish Motors’ site…. Read more
eBay fee savings: 20 Top tips
May 26, 2008
We’ve looked at how to see how much money you’re spending, and how to budget for listing enhancements. Today we have 20 top tips for fee savings using the to your advantage:Save where you can1) When listing set your start price a penny less to fall… Read more
eBay fee savings: Setting a budget
May 25, 2008
Yesterday we looked at how to find out how much money you are spending on eBay fees. Today we’ll look at how to deploy your money more effectively One of the best ways to save money on eBay fees is to stop using listing enhancements on an item by… Read more
eBay fee savings: Know what you spend
May 24, 2008
One of the most voted for suggestions in TameBay’s Skribit is “How can i pay less Ebay fees?”, so we’ll be running a series of three articles over the Bank Holiday weekend, with some ideas to do just that. Firstly though you need to know what you… Read more
Offer free shipping, save 15% on .com, .ca FVFs
May 23, 2008
photo credit: Mr. T in DC Between 23rd May and 1st June, listings which offer free postage within the US can save 15% on FVFs. The offer is valid for auctions and BINs including Motors’ parts and accessories, for sellers with all four DSR ratings… Read more
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