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eBay announced late Sunday evening that they were making changes to certain fee structures. Included were changes in Reserve fees, Home Page Featured fees and Bold fees. The change puts a cap of $100 on Reserve Price fees instead of the previous $2 maximum fee for that optional feature. (The Reserve Price feature puts a hidden minimum price on the auction; if a bidder does not meet Reserve price, the seller is not obligated to sell the item.)
The restructured Reserve fees will primarily affect listings with Reserves over $99.99, as shown in a comparison of the old and new rate schedules:
New Reserve fee schedule:
| Reserve Price |
Reserve Price Auction Fee |
| $0.01 - $24.99 | $0.50 |
| $25.00 - $99.99 | $1.00 |
| $100 and up | 1% of Reserve Price |
Old Reserve fee schedule:
| Reserve Price |
Reserve Price Auction Fee |
| $0.01 - $24.99 | $0.50 |
| $25.00 - $199.99 | $1.00 |
| $200 and up | $2.00 |
The change in Reserve fees will affect all auction-style listings in all eBay.com categories including eBay Motors non-Vehicles categories, and Real Estate auction-style format. The Reserve fee for eBay Motors Vehicles and Real Estate Ad Format will remains the same.
In other fee changes, Bold Fees decreased from $2.00 to $1.00, and Bolded listings in stores also decreased:
| Duration | Current
Price | New Price |
| 30
days
| $2.00 | $1.00 |
| 60 days
| $3.00 | $2.00 |
| 90 days
| $4.00 | $3.00 |
| 120 days
| $5.00 | $4.00 |
| Good 'til Cancelled | $2.00 every 30
days | $1.00 every 30 days |
eBay is also adding a second level of pricing for Home Page Featured based on quantity of items in the listing. For a single item listing, the fee will remain unchanged at $99.95. When the quantity of items in the listing is two or greater, the fee will be $199.95.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/marketing.shtml
Changes will be effective March 4th 2003 on the eBay U.S. Site. eBay is also making changes to its Canadian and Australian Sites effective March 25, 2003.
http://pages.ebay.com.au/feechanges.html
http://pages.ebay.ca/community/news/changes.html
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