don't be fooled by the headline; the final value fees are being raised as much as 67% on items (from 5.25 to 8.75%).
so if you sold an item for $9, you would have paid 40c+48c=88c.
now, you'll pay 35c+.78 = 1.13 (total increase of 25%).
and that's *if it sold*. sell-through's been dropping on there for a while.
i stopped selling almost anything on there a while back when sellthrough dropped dramatically while listing fees, final value fees, and headaches all went up.
i see a short-term blip for ebay's revenues for the first quarter they do this - and then a sharp dropdown after, as the big sellers realize that can't take another 25% notch out of their bottom line.
so if you sold an item for $9, you would have paid 40c+48c=88c.
now, you'll pay 35c+.78 = 1.13 (total increase of 25%).
and that's *if it sold*. sell-through's been dropping on there for a while.
i stopped selling almost anything on there a while back when sellthrough dropped dramatically while listing fees, final value fees, and headaches all went up.
i see a short-term blip for ebay's revenues for the first quarter they do this - and then a sharp dropdown after, as the big sellers realize that can't take another 25% notch out of their bottom line.