Fee Increases

 

Selling Price	New Insertion Fee	Current Insertion Fee
1 cent - $24.99	5 cents	2 cents
$25 - up	10 cents	2 cents

 

Selling Price	New Final Value Fee	Current Fee
1 cent - $25	10%	8%
$25.01 - $100	7%	5%
$100.01 - $1,000	5% (no change)	5%
$1000.01 - up	3% (no change)	3%

More on fee increases: http://pages.ebay.com/sell/announcement200607/overview/fees.html?ssPageName=CMDV:AB

 

How do these numbers compare?
Let's work out some scenarios assuming the list price and sale price are the same:

Item price: $24 Currently: Insertion Fee (IF): 2 cents + Final Value Fee (FVF): 1.92 Total: $1.94 Future: IF: 5 cents + FVF: $2.40 Total: $2.45

Item price: $100 Currently: IF: 2 cents + FVF: $5.75 Total: $5.77 Future: IF: 10 cents + FVF: $7.75 Total: $7.85

Item price: $1000 Currently: IF: 2 cents + FVF: $50.75 Total: $50.77 Future: IF: 10 cents + FVF: $52.75 Total: $52.85

According to Cobb, these increases are justified. He states that store listings take more than 40 times longer to sell than core listings. What this means is that eBay's cost to host a Store Inventory listing is more than 50% higher than for a core listing. In fact, current Store Inventory insertion fees don't cover eBay's costs for hosting them, he claims.