eBay sellers will have to get used to a new way of selling on the U.S. site in March when eBay eliminates Store inventory format and institutes new fees. The changes to eBay Stores don't come as a surprise to most sellers, especially after eBay's fourth-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts last week where CEO John Donahoe gave broad hints about what was to come.
With the new eBay Stores pricing, it's much more expensive to list in fixed-price format for low-volume Stores sellers - sellers pay the same $15.95/month subscription fee, but rather than paying as low as 3 cents to list, they must pay a 20-cent insertion fee. However, all listings appear in Core search results. Sellers may pay a higher monthly subscription fee - almost $50, and get insertion fees of 5 cents, but according to eBay this works best for sellers who list over 250 items per month.
It will also cost non-Stores sellers more to list in Fixed-Price format: 50 cents instead of 35 cents; Final Value fees vary by category, it appears for most categories the FVF increases from 8% to 12%. More information and tables are found on the AuctionBytes Blog.
eBay is scheduled to hold a Town Hall meeting on January 27 and will host a webinar on January 28th at 11:00 AM.
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