Ebay sticking their mitts into sellers pockets again

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

Iggyman has a nice chart, but in all fairness you should subtract the 35 cents (or so) listing fee from the new fee chart to show that the break-even point is a sale price of around $38. That's their target audience.

I believe you can avoid this new fee structure if you just start the opening bid at $1 or more. So for items expected to sell for less than $38, start the bid at $0.95. If more then start at $1.00.

You are correct about the chart (it is flawed), here is a corrected one:



AUCTIONS NO STORE

Sell Price - OLD FVF -NEW FVF -$increase -%increase
$10.00..........$1.03.......$0.90.......(0.13).... .....-12%
$25.00..........$2.34.......$2.25.......(0.09).... ......-4%
$26.50..........$2.39.......$2.39.......(0.01).... .......0%
$50.00..........$3.21.......$4.50........1.29..... .......40%
$75.00..........$4.09.......$6.75........2.66..... .......65%
$100.00.........$4.96......$9.00........4.04...... .......81%
$150.00.........$6.71.....$13.50........6.79...... ......101%
$200.00.........$8.46.....$18.00........9.54...... ......113%
$250.00........$10.21.....$22.50.......12.29...... .....120%
$300.00........$11.96.....$27.00.......15.04...... .....126%
$400.00........$15.46.....$36.00.......20.54...... .....133%
$500.00........$18.96.....$45.00.......26.04...... .....137%
$600.00........$22.46.....$50.00.......27.54...... .....123%
$700.00........$25.96.....$50.00.......24.04...... .......93%
$800.00........$29.46.....$50.00.......20.54...... .......70%
$900.00........$32.96.....$50.00.......17.04...... .......52%
$1000.00......$36.46......$50.00.......13.54...... ......37%


I have not seen where it states that you can get around the new fee structure by listing stuff for $1 or more???? As far as I know, it's .09% irregardless (with the only exception being if you have a store). If my math is correct, the break-even point is $26.50 on auctions that start at .99 cents (assuming an insertion fee of .15 cents).

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