eBay is raising commission fees (Final Value Fees) on Store items from 5.25 percent to 8 percent effective February 18, but some Storeowners have figured out a way to extend the old fees for several months.

eBay sellers can launch an item in a 30-, 60-, 90- or 120-day duration listing, or "Good Til Cancelled." Some storeowners are canceling their entire eBay Store inventory of "Good Til Cancelled" items and will relaunch them as 120-day listings so the old Final Value Fees will apply until the listings end at the end of the 120 days.

eBay spokesperson Hani Durzy stated in an email to AuctionBytes, "I can confirm that store inventory format (SIF) listings created prior to 2/18 are subject to the old FVF, even if there is a sale after that date. The exception are Good Till Cancelled listings as the new FVF apply to them once they relist after 2/18 (this happens automatically every 30 days) even if the GTC listing was first created prior to 2/18."

He referred AuctionBytes to a clarification post on the Stores Discussion Board: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jsp?forum=21&thread=410450297&modified=1106773195788

More information about eBay Store fees can be found on eBay's site: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/storefees.html