eBay just removed fees for private sellers (Except motors)

[StonedPenguin]

Hi,

Didn't see anything on this here so:

Starting Oct 1, 2024, it is free to sell for UK-based private sellers. Sellers do not pay transaction fees when the item sells. This applies to all categories, except motors (Cars, Motorcycles & Vehicles listings). You can list up to 300 items for free each month; after that, you'll pay 35p per listing. You may incur additional fees if you add optional upgrades to your listing, or if an item sells or ships to a buyer in a different country. Learn more about fees.

https://pages.ebay.co.uk/selling-on-ebay/

#Note#
From 16 October 2024, private sellers will no longer have a payout schedule, as part of the launch of eBay balance. eBay balance will let you use the earnings from your sales to pay for items, postage labels, and cover other selling costs on eBay.co.uk. You can still withdraw your payouts on demand to send your funds directly to your linked bank account.


I did wonder why no 80% off selling fees have came through in the last few weeks, makes sense now.

 

[Adam]

Brilliant, love that. No need to wait for the 80% off FVF fees weekend anymore.

 

[Jono8]

Yeh I thought the 80% off fees deal going was odd.

This is great news for sellers and buyers.

It likely means things from private sellers will be a little cheaper as they won't have to factor in fees.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

What no fees at all? except those listed above

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

Most importantly they seem to be making a separation between UK and global, meaning it sounds like it should be easier to get local listings rather than some widget in Timbuktu with £300 postage. Hopefully.

Either way, good news. I have a bunch of stuff to offload, so this is great to hear.

 

[Diddums]

You have to make 15 posts a month on their forums tho

 

[ddoubleep]

I wonder if this to combat a big chunk of sellers also listing on FB Marketplace for free? I have not listed on eBay for ages due to the buyer making up random things for refunds.

 

[dave28]

What no fees at all? except those listed above

Yeah but i suspect this is a temporary experiment by them to get a load of new users and then slowly introduce fees

 

[Haggisman]

Makes sense tbh - eBay has pretty much become just another marketplace for drop-shippers, rather than the auction site for buying/selling 2nd hand unwanted stuff that it started out as

 

[voidshatter]

I did wonder why no 80% off selling fees have came through in the last few weeks, makes sense now.

I've been wondering this as well, and before I saw your post, I decided to make 15 posts for access to MM.

 

[kona786]

Yay. Great move from ebay.

 

[chippie]

Well that’s useful. Had been waiting for an 80% of final value offer, but not had one for ages. This is much better.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

must be getting hit from fb marketplace amongst others to drop fees on majority of items

 

[kona786]

So how much is eBay making off a private sale now then?

 

[Drollic]

300 items per month 'private'

 

[Martynt74]

300 items per month 'private'

Haha yeah i thought that. It's a bizarre amount. Surely just set it to 5-10

 

[danlightbulb]

Actively avoid ebay where possible. Its just commercial selling now - not real people selling genuine used items for a reasonable used price.

I'd never sell anything high value on there, too much risk of getting scammed.

 

[Glanza]

Wondered why I hadn't had a 80% off for the last month, this explains it. Good change.

 

[Jim99]

Haha yeah i thought that. It's a bizarre amount. Surely just set it to 5-10

To be fair, a lot of people do wind up doing big clearouts all at once.

It's probably more about making sure they can still charge reasonable sized businesses a decent chunk of change than really trying to define exactly where private and business differs.

My one concern is that we'll probably now see dropshippers setting up multiple accounts to sit under 300 items per month, making the market even more congested and confusing than it already is with dupe listings.

 

[zaniro]

Fees apply if you sell international.