What percentage does eBay take?

Your eBay final value fee will vary depending on the category, and the store subscription you own, eBay percentage fee can range from 2% to 15%.

What are the eBay Managed Payment fees?

eBay managed payments fees are deducted per transaction. Any transaction will have a fixed fee of $0.30, plus a category fee that ranges from 2% to 15%, based on the item category. There is also a shipping charge fee should you charge for shipping. All of these are taken into consideration to calculate your final value fees which are deducted via eBay managed payments.

How are eBay fees calculated?

When your item sells, eBay charges one updated final value fee. The final value fee consists of a variable fee based on your product category, applied on the total selling price of the item (including the shipping price). There is also a fixed fee charged per order. eBay will automatically deduct this final value fee from your sales earnings, and pay out the balance to your bank account. NOTE: Paypal's fees are no longer charged on sales through eBay. Don't include a brand name, if the product is unbranded/unknown. Don't include excessive punctuation. Don't forget to include the brand, if the product is a popular brand and isn't a VeRo item. Overall, we want to make sure that we keep it concise, clear, and focused on high traffic keywords that attribute to more eBay sales. In doing this we also want to make sure to choose keywords which are relevant to key product details to grab your buyer's attention.

Why are eBay fees so high?

Your eBay fees may be higher than usual for a few reasons. First, if you have an eBay store subscription, you will pay 0.9% lower final value fees compared to if you didn't have an eBay store. The second reason can be that you exceeded your plan list limits, and paid insertion fees. There are also some categories that will charge for insertion fees regardless of your listing limits. The reason why you pay eBay fees is because they will provide you with buyer traffic. This is something that you would need to source yourself, or pay for on other marketplaces such as Shopify if you wish to get exposure to your products. eBay selling fees are the cost of doing business on the eBay platform, and they are not necessarily high when you consider what your eBay fees actually cover. You may consider your eBay fees high, however they comprise of more than just the selling fees to use the platform, but also cover lead generation as well. If you want more clarity on your profits and eBay seller fees, and you need to use our eBay profit calculator to make sure you will know your potential profit. Place important keywords at the beginning for better visibility and relevancy. Organize them logically to attract the right audience and improve search rankings. Bear in mind that the bot that reads your title to analyze how your title satisfies the eBay Cassini algorithm (see our detailed guide on eBay search engine optimization to find out more) reads your content from left to right, just as we do. A heavier weight is placed to the keywords at the start of your title, because that is what we read first. To take full advantage of this, make sure that you have the most relevant, and high traffic keywords and phrases at the front of your title to give it a higher weight for when the algorithm analyzes your title to find out where your eBay listing should sit in the results. HOT TIP: Look through all of the listings on your eBay store, and run the ones that are not performing well (the ones that don't have traffic or don't rank high) through our title builder today. Make sure you prioritize your important keywords at the front of the title (based on data provided by our title builder) and review how your listing performs over the next 30 days. Keep doing this process for all your listings until you don't see incremental increases from changes. At this point, you can be sure that your title is optimized very well, and will outperform other eBay sellers for this specific ranking factor.

Is it better to sell on eBay or Amazon?

Both eBay and Amazon are great marketplaces with a lot of buyers. If you are selling your own products, you shouldn't just be looking to list on one platform - but both of them! If you have a limited budget and you are just getting started, eBay has a lower barrier to entry and is generally easier to get started with for new eBay sellers.

Is it worth paying for an eBay store subscription?

It depends on how many eBay listings you plan to list. If you have up to 50 listings, you don't have to pay anything. If however you exceed your store limit, you will have to pay insertion fees. So based on the amount of listings you have you should choose the right store subscription. Using our eBay fee calculator, you will be able to get a fairly accurate idea of the various charges that can arise when using the store model vs not having a store. You will need to consider the savings on your final value fees vs the eBay store subscription price and decide if it costs outweigh the benefits of reduced selling fees.

Do we still need to worry about Paypal Fees?

No. Now that eBay has migrated to Payoneer by way of eBay managed payment fees, Paypal fees are no longer part of your eBay charges.

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