ebay commissions? $9 from $545 sale and $9 from $129 sale??

ghoulardi

Dec 24th 2007, 10:31 am

I don't understand these commissions. Can anyone give me any idea why they are so different?

Yesterday I earned $18 from a $364 sale like this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250199654873

but only $9 from a $545 sale like this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300184413911

And yet I earned $9 from a $129 sale like this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200183485213

affordabook

Dec 24th 2007, 10:35 am

It's actually quite simple. Ebay charges users different rates for buy it now auctions as opposed to regular auctions. You also have to factor in what features/extras the user puts on their pages, as they cost extra too. They also charge differently for the length/duration of the auction.

Ebay charges more for buy it nows, which is why that one paid more.

ghoulardi

Dec 24th 2007, 10:50 am

Yeah but the $545 item was "buy it now" "gallery" "featured" "subtitled" and the $364 was only "gallery" with no "buy it now" so I dont get that one.

Thanks for the reply.

Well, I just noticed the $545 listed multiple items so that probably has something to do with it too.

zeropaid

Dec 24th 2007, 12:48 pm

actually i have also found the fees vary a lot based on the seller's feedback. If they are a brand new user then ebay charges them more to list items. If they have hundreds of auctions closed chances are the fees will be lower. I have gotten $46 off a $52,000 item before ... weird.

ghoulardi

Dec 24th 2007, 1:38 pm

actually i have also found the fees vary a lot based on the seller's feedback. If they are a brand new user then ebay charges them more to list items. If they have hundreds of auctions closed chances are the fees will be lower. I have gotten $46 off a $52,000 item before ... weird.

wow only $46 off 52 g! that stinks.

narsticle

Dec 25th 2007, 6:59 pm

actually i have also found the fees vary a lot based on the seller's feedback. If they are a brand new user then ebay charges them more to list items. If they have hundreds of auctions closed chances are the fees will be lower. I have gotten $46 off a $52,000 item before ... weird.

this is totally not true, ebay charges the same no matter what the sellers feedback.

mrmonster

Dec 25th 2007, 7:43 pm

I have gotten $46 off a $52,000 item before ... weird.

You probably sold something that has fixed listing fees, like cars.

LongHaul

Dec 25th 2007, 8:44 pm

I have gotten $46 off a $52,000 item before ... weird.

That would be heartbreaking. And someone who had 2 ACRU's that day, both of whom bid on something for $1 and didn't win, made $50!

Kerosene

Dec 25th 2007, 9:52 pm

Yep, some commissions stink - I sold a $500,000+ house and the commission was pathetic.

Target cheap impulse items and get eBay signups, you'll make more :)

depotgang

Dec 26th 2007, 8:49 am

Yep, some commissions stink - I sold a $500,000+ house and the commission was pathetic.

Target cheap impulse items and get eBay signups, you'll make more :)

I agree with this approach 100%!! It is hard to make much on ebay commissions. Thats said I paid for my BANS in about a month.

houselistedfree

Dec 26th 2007, 8:54 am

High qty is key with ebay commissions