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Cost of selling on ebay

  • 28-11-2007 2:40pm
    #1
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    When selling something on ebay do they take a certain percentage of your sale or do you just pay to list the ad.


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  • #2
    skibum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭skibum


    They charge you for placing the ad, plus extras if you want a lot of pictures, top of page listing, small photo beside your listing, when you sell they charge a % of selling price. But you do get to sell your item to a huge market.


  • #3
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Also the lower your price start bid the better chance Your item has of attracting buyers .


  • #4
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Also, if you offer payment by Paypal then they will also take a % of the sale price (if the buyer pays this way of course). Both eBay and Paypal do not take a % of the P&P charges, so you often see inflated costs here. Do be sure to cover yourself for post and packing anyway, not just the cost of the stamps.


  • #5
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    What % do they take?


  • #6
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    I've no idea what the charges are. Could be lists in their respective help pages.


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  • #7
    zarquon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭zarquon


    jor el wrote: »
    Also, if you offer payment by Paypal then they will also take a % of the sale price (if the buyer pays this way of course). Both eBay and Paypal do not take a % of the P&P charges, so you often see inflated costs here. Do be sure to cover yourself for post and packing anyway, not just the cost of the stamps.

    Actually paypal will take 3.5% of the postage receipt as well. They take 3.5% of all received fees. The rates are variable with a merchant account though (between 1.9 and 3.5 depending on volume)


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