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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
I'd like to know what these "very low Ebay fees" you are referring to are, beyond the standard 20% discount TRS sellers get.
What I see are these guys working on very tiny margins, compared to what most auction houses have to work with. I don't know how they do it without going into the red, to be honest, especially after the last Ebay fee increase that drove a few guys out of consignments entirely.
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Ebay's "emerging verticals" customers typically receive better FVF pricing than the standard 20% discount. Sellers like PWCC, Probstein (likely now), battersbox, 4SC/NESC, etc. are part of this program. Some of the sellers who participate are the sellers who have their company logo appear beneath each item in the ebay search lists/screens. All of the sellers above do a minimum of $1M in annual sales, so that is likely a threshold for this program.
A friend of a friend, who oversees the emerging verticals of another ebay category, mentioned to me that the sellers noted above are part of the program and, without any specifics, told me that they do receive some sort of added discount(FVF).
The apparent theory of this program is top down approach designed to help grow various ebay categories by allowing the larger sellers to drive the growth.
Here is a link to an older article concerning this program(however, it mentions that Probstein is not receiving a discount).
http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y12/m08/i29/s01
To get an idea of what someone in this position does for ebay, here is a job description of an emerging verticals intern:
http://jobs.ebaycareers.com/san-jose...tern-ebay-jobs