Ebay

tom_tarbucket

If I sell something in ebay for 250 euro via PayPal , how much will it cost me roughly

i.e. What percentage goes to ebay ?
What percentage goes to PayPal ?

Passenger

PayPal is by all intents and purposes free. For example its's free to open a PayPal account. Free to withdraw from your PayPal balance to your bank account and free to add money to your PayPal balance from your bank account. But some fees will apply.

Business ebay sellers must pay insertion fees.

peckerhead

About 10%.

It's not free to receive money by PayPal.

Celeron Media

On eBay there are different rates per category. It depends on what you are listing.
PayPal is normally a 3.5% deduction from your sale afaik.

tom_tarbucket

Thanks. So essentially if I sell something on e bay for 250, the fees are roughly about 30 Euro ? Meaning I only actually pocket 220.

kc90

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

Thanks. So essentially if I sell something on e bay for 250, the fees are roughly about 30 Euro ? Meaning I only actually pocket 220.

To sell for €250, it will cost about €37 including ebay and paypal fees. Bear in mind that if it is something that needs to be post, you also pay fees on that cost.

Celeron Media

tom_tarbucket wrote: »

Thanks. So essentially if I sell something on e bay for 250, the fees are roughly about 30 Euro ? Meaning I only actually pocket 220.

Yeah, you mght be better off trying to sell that item on Adverts for a success fee of €3

Tow

That depends on the item/market. There are people who make a good income buying on Adverts and selling on eBay. Good Income = enough money to get letters from Revenue re their ebay income :-)

tom_tarbucket

kc90 wrote: »

To sell for €250, it will cost about €37 including ebay and paypal fees. Bear in mind that if it is something that needs to be post, you also pay fees on that cost.

Thanks very much. Jaysus when ya actually stand back and look at it, the fees are rather substantial IMHO

B_Rabbit

Passenger wrote: »

PayPal is by all intents and purposes free. For example its's free to open a PayPal account. Free to withdraw from your PayPal balance to your bank account and free to add money to your PayPal balance from your bank account. But some fees will apply.

Business ebay sellers must pay insertion fees.

It's nowhere near free. Shill much?

ozmo

kc90 wrote: »

To sell for €250, it will cost about €37 including ebay and paypal fees. Bear in mind that if it is something that needs to be post, you also pay fees on that cost.

Ebay is very expensive on items up to about 1000 euros - then the max limit they change kicks in - but you do get an audience of a very large number of people willing to buy your stuff compared to adverts - so better chance to sell for what you want.

Also - check the limits of how much you can receive via paypal - if you are new to paypal the amount you can receive is quite low - unless you start the auction at a low price then they let it slide.

Its a pity the AnPost postage is so expensive to post stuff out of Ireland - look into parcelmotel for cheap to-uk postage if its bought there.