Will the new Ebay flat fee comission change your selling strategy??

[vintagetoppsguy]

I gave up selling on eBay a long time ago. I use our B/S/T and a list of contacts that I have built. I’ve dealt with many great people on the boards and have always had pleasurable transactions. Our B/S/T is great and I thank Leon for that.

If I have a card that has $100 VCP average, I would rather sell if for $90 on the B/S/T and let the buyer save the 10% rather than giving it to eBay (or whatever their % is now). I’m going to net the same either way, right?

I still list some stuff on eBay occasionally, but only after I've tried the B/S/T. Not trying to sound like a jerk, but anybody that still sells on eBay is just a glutton for punishment.

[D. Bergin]

Hell, even on a lower dollar item, if you're working with true auctions and have a store, the straight Ebay fee (not including the Paypal fee, Paypal transaction fee, Ebay cut of the shipping) on a $100 final price just went from $5.75 to $9.00, which if my math is correct (and admittedly it's not a strong suit of mine), is about a 64% jump in fees.

The higher the value, the worse it gets.

But hey, you get to save 25 cents in listing fees, so it's not all bad news.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Hell, even on a lower dollar item, if you're working with true auctions and have a store, the straight Ebay fee (not including the Paypal fee, Paypal transaction fee, Ebay cut of the shipping) on a $100 final price just went from $5.75 to $9.00, which if my math is correct (and admittedly it's not a strong suit of mine), is about a 64% jump in fees.

The higher the value, the worse it gets.

But hey, you get to save 25 cents in listing fees, so it's not all bad news.

I spoke with a large ebay vintage seller yesterday. He doesn't know what he is going to do but is looking at maybe doing a small auction...as so many others are now doing. I don't sell on ebay but if I did I would have to re-evaluate if it was worth my time.

[bobbyw8469]

I spoke with a large ebay vintage seller yesterday. He doesn't know what he is going to do but is looking at maybe doing a small auction...as so many others are now doing. I don't sell on ebay but if I did I would have to re-evaluate if it was worth my time.

If it is who I think it is, that would be so cool. Ebay is just a venue, and quite honestly, has long gotten too big for its' britches! That person would probably be very successful if he opened up his own auction house, thus controlling the comission and fees he could charge.

[rjackson44]

Agree with David and Leon feebay will kill you if you sell a big ticket item along with PayPal its nuts.I only buy on eBay and not like I used to.I stuck to net 54 Leon runs a great ship no scams here and I've made good friends octavio.

[Runscott]

Ebay continues to encourage the 'store with free shipping and no-question returns' model.

Doubt I'll run any more straight auctions on ebay, other than to clear out junk inventory.

[sports-rings]

I spoke with a large ebay vintage seller yesterday. He doesn't know what he is going to do but is looking at maybe doing a small auction...as so many others are now doing. I don't sell on ebay but if I did I would have to re-evaluate if it was worth my time.

I see more and more that the small and mid-size auction houses in our hobby are using simpleauctionsite.com for their auctions.

Anyone have any knowledge or idea what the threshold is, where it makes sense to start your own auction website using their software?