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 2013New fee caps in many categories |
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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 2013Flat rate auction insertion fees |
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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>