Originally posted by: stuartkahler
so what? it's called inflation and it's too late to do much about it.
don't use thier service then.
Inflation runs about 3-4% per year. Ebay's rate hikes have been going up by about 25% per year. Also inflation cannot justify their hikes on the final value % commission. 5.25% commission raises their cut as the value of the goods sold increases.
You have no idea what you are talking about. I started selling on eBay in Oct 1998. Their seller's final value fees were:
$0.1 to 25.00 - 5% of the closing value
25.01 to 1000 - 5% of the 25.00 and 2.5% up to 1000.00
1000.01 and above - 5% of 25.00 2.5% of 25.01 to 1,000.00 and 1.25% of value above 1,000.00
Since then (over 7 years) there was ONE price increase on final value sellers fees.
Current Insertion Fees
Starting or Reserve Price Insertion Fee
$0.01 - $0.99 $0.30
$1.00 - $9.99 $0.35
$10.00 - $24.99 $0.60
$25.00 - $49.99 $1.20
$50.00 - $199.99 $2.40
$200.00 - $499.99 $3.60
$500.00 or more $4.80
Final Value Fees
Closing Price Final Value Fee
Item not sold No Fee
$0.01 - $25.00 5.25% of the closing value
$25.01 - $1,000.00 5.25% of the initial $25.00 ($1.31), plus 2.75% of the remaining closing value balance ($25.01 to $1,000.00)
Over $1,000.01 5.25% of the initial $25.00 ($1.31), plus 2.75% of the initial $25.00 - $1,000.00 ($26.81), plus 1.50% of the remaining closing value balance ($1,000.01 - closing value)
Here is what eBay started out with in 1996 as far as fees for sellers:
Interesting little historical factoids about the eBay of 1996
First fees - final value fees- were introduced in February. (Pierre called them "listing fees"). Users were required to pay 5% up to $25 and then 2.5% thereafter.
Insertion fees were added in May. The first attempt was a flat $1.00 insertion fee, which due to "extreme member displeasure", lasted about 10 days. The community felt the $1 fee was killing low-value items and they let Pierre know it by their posts on the bulletin board (see below). In response, a sliding scale was adopted of 10 cents up to $1.00.
AuctionWeb hosted 28,000 listings
This I found was fees from 1998:
Opening Value or Reserve Price Insertion Fee
$0.01-$9.99 $0.25
$10.00-$24.99 $0.50
$25.00-$49.99 $1.00
$50.00 and up $2.00
Cars, Trucks, and RVs $25.00 fixed
Real Estate $50.00 fixed
FINAL VALUE FEES (also from 1998)
When the auction is over for the item in which you are selling, you will be charged a Final Value Fee based on the final value of your item. If you sell an item that is expensive, you can charge up a hefty fee by selling it over this site. The only fixed fees are if you are selling a car, truck, or RV then the seller pays a flat rate of $25.00. If one is selling real estate then there is no final value fee. For all other items the Final Value Fee is as follows: 5% of the amount of the high bid up to $25.00, PLUS 2.5% of the part of the high bid from $25.01 up to $1,000, PLUS 1.25% of the remaining amount of the high bid that is greater than $1,000.
Regular Sellers fees are not going up anyway except for the Buy it Now fees, the Gallery fee and the 10 day listing fee. Insertion fees and final value fees are not increasing. The bulk of the increases are for the eBay stores, which I think is too bad but does not affect most of the sellers on eBay.
The insertion fees have gone up a couple of time since Oct 1998 but not 25%/year. Read this in 2001 eBay had their first increase in 4 years
Bizjournal If you're going to make a claim like 25% a year increase, back it up with facts and not fantasy.