Ebay fees just keep getting higher.

September 17, 2008 – 3:16 pm – No Comment

As a Power Seller on Ebay I’ve noticed how the FFV(Final Value Fees) keep getting higher as the insertion fees keep getting lower. While this is ideally good on the front end b/c people risk losing less money if there product does not sell, for Power Sellers like me and others who have mastered the art of selling on Ebay we just keep getting nickeled and dimed to death.

The latest wave of new fees by Ebay gives ample reasons to list with greatly lower listing fees and the new 30-day listing features which where previously only available to Ebay Store owners, however it comes with a range of final value fees that differ by category. Before FFV where pretty much standard across all categories except autos now they differ “GREATLY” depending on your listing category. Click here for the new listing fees.

With sellers constantly having to come up with ways to save on listing fees and FFV fees, PayPal fees and etc we are left with fewer and fewer options as our costs rise. I and several other Power Sellers are experimenting with listing our items in different categories than what they actually are. Because of this I wouldn’t be surprised if the category “Computers & Networking” has a spike in listing because that category carries the lowest FFV, almost half of every other category, as long as you target your keywords right you should reduce your fees without harm to your over sales volume.