eBay updates – UK fee changes Summer 2013 Seller Update

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Updates are coming to eBay and it’s a case of swings and roundabouts. The downside is that eBayplans to start charging fees based buyers’ total costs. This means that buyers will have to pay fees on the postage and the sale price.

It’s not all bad news however! The upside is that eBay is reducing the final value fees. Fees will also be capped for certain categories. Other perks include reduced auction insertion fees and an increase in free listings for eBay shop sellers.

Final value fees update from September 4th 2013

So, let’s see how the updated final value fees will work. You can expect new fee caps in a range of categories and fees charged on postage.

 

Final Value Fees from 4th September 2013

New fee caps in many categories
Fees are now charged on postage

Category

Current Final Value Fee

Final Value Fee from September

Clothes, Shoes & Accessories 12% 11%
Collectables 10% 9%
Consumer Electronics 5% 5% with a FVF Cap of £10
Furniture, Bath, Holidays & Travel 10% 10% with a FVF Cap of £40
Media 9% 9%
Tyres 8% 6% with a FVF Cap of £15
Vehicle Parts & Accessories and all other Electronics Vehicle Parts & Accessories 8%
and all other Electronics 5%
8%
Watches 12% 11% with a FVF Cap of £50
All other categories 10% 10%

 

 

Insertion Fees from 4th September 2013

Flat rate auction insertion fees
Anchor Shop fee reduced from £349.99 to £249.99
More free listings for Basic and Featured Shops

Shop Subscription

Monthly shop Fee

Free Fixed Price Listings

Additional Fixed Price Listings

Sub 99p Auction Fee

£1 and over Auction Fee

No Shop £0 0 30p 10p 30p
Basic Shop £19.99 200 10p 5p 15p
Featured Shop £59.99 1200 5p 5p 15p
Anchor Shop £249.99 Unlimited Included 5p 15p

 

These changes to Top Rated Seller discounts came into effect on August 1st 2013.

If you transfer your postage and packaging costs onto you item selling price, you will qualify for the new eBay Top Rated Seller discounts. <link to Top Rated update page>

 

eBay has also issued updates on international sales, which you can read about here. <link to international page>