Online retailer eBay scraps fees for private sellers in UK

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• wiccan2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Any info out there on how they actually plan on making money going forwards?

  The article talks about other platforms charging a fee to buyers instead but mentions nothing about eBay introducing this.

  Are they really making enough from ads on the site and vehicles to replace the lost revenue?

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  • swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not certain but I believe listings are now free to post but when you sell something they charge a commission. It has been this way in the USA for a while, if you’re a small vendor you can list a couple hundred/thousand items for free and they charge fees when sold.

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    • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Those are exactly the fees they’re removing in the uk:

      On Tuesday, eBay said its move, which has taken effect immediately, meant private sellers would no longer pay so-called final value fees or regulatory operating fees when they sold on the site.

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    • GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They’re also changing the way you get money after someone buys something.

      eBay balance, apparently. So by default, when a transaction happens, the money stays in eBay, and you have to manually transfer it out, instead of scheduled timed payouts.

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  • Elleo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Previously you got 10,000 free listings a month on private seller accounts, now it’s 300. Which is plenty for actual private sellers, but businesses operating as private sellers will have to start paying for their listings

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    • wiccan2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That makes a lot of sense, I hadn’t considered that business sellers would still be charged.

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• Naich@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yay.

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