I'm close to done selling on ebay. They have become extremely greedy and customer service is rubbish
It's a 12.8 % commission but that includes your postage and now also includes the customs tax that an international buyer pays plus they have a $2 international fee. All up this pushes it closer to 20%. I just sold a card I had listed for $230. However ebay will charge commission on $287( $230+$29 postage+ 10GST on the amount of $259 which is $26) as they include postage, customs duty,). I'm surprised they don't also take a commission on the $2 international fee.
It's pretty ordinary imo. The only benefit is that you get your cash within 3 days as opposed to a month if you send to comc.
I cringe whenever I sell an item overseas as it means less money. If the card is less than $100 I don't offer international anymore.
My ebay will now be for cards $3-$100 max. Everything else - as well as all ice hockey cards which have no market here - is going to comc. It also ends up being around 20% if you factor in the 5% sales commision and the 10% cash out fee plus listing and postage fees. However, unlike previous submissions to comc I'm not going to cash out but buy the best card I can get.
Also, if you haven't sold on ebay before they will keep your money in escrow for 3 weeks - at least they used to do that until you built up a dozen sales with 100% feedback. I remember chasing them up asking them to release the money as the buyer had received their item and left positive feedback. They just take advantage wherever they can because they effectively have a monopoly.
Good luck with them.
It's a 12.8 % commission but that includes your postage and now also includes the customs tax that an international buyer pays plus they have a $2 international fee. All up this pushes it closer to 20%. I just sold a card I had listed for $230. However ebay will charge commission on $287( $230+$29 postage+ 10GST on the amount of $259 which is $26) as they include postage, customs duty,). I'm surprised they don't also take a commission on the $2 international fee.
It's pretty ordinary imo. The only benefit is that you get your cash within 3 days as opposed to a month if you send to comc.
I cringe whenever I sell an item overseas as it means less money. If the card is less than $100 I don't offer international anymore.
My ebay will now be for cards $3-$100 max. Everything else - as well as all ice hockey cards which have no market here - is going to comc. It also ends up being around 20% if you factor in the 5% sales commision and the 10% cash out fee plus listing and postage fees. However, unlike previous submissions to comc I'm not going to cash out but buy the best card I can get.
Also, if you haven't sold on ebay before they will keep your money in escrow for 3 weeks - at least they used to do that until you built up a dozen sales with 100% feedback. I remember chasing them up asking them to release the money as the buyer had received their item and left positive feedback. They just take advantage wherever they can because they effectively have a monopoly.
Good luck with them.
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Most of my sales on eBay are international, so I'm not cutting off that audience.
, but if the biggest problem you had was fees then you could try marketplace such as MERQARY.com. We offer a range of membership tiers that cater to all types of sellers/collectors.
