As mentioned in another thread, eBay charges its fee to the seller based on purchase price & shipping charges combined, (thanks eBay ). So I'm wondering about a recent sale of mine. I sold an item for $45 to a fellow in France. I used the eBay Global Shipping option. So, it cost me something like $16 to ship the item to eBay's facility in Erlanger, KY. I happen to know however, that the buyer paid a total of $120.00, (purchase price, plus int'l. shipping, etc.). So, would eBay charge their percentage based on $51, ($45 + $16), or would they charge based on $120, ($45 + total shipping cost)?
Thanks!
eBay Fees & Int'l. Shipping Costs
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- Victor Monarch Special
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Re: eBay Fees & Int'l. Shipping Costs
Ebay will charge you the amount you would normally pay, around 13% of the $61 you received. The amount paid by your customer in France includes additional fees (markups) that you are not responsible for.
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Re: eBay Fees & Int'l. Shipping Costs
This may differ depending on the country, but over here in the Netherlands, Ebay charges the seller roughly 13% on
-the final sales price of the item
-the shipping costs (even though you aren't making any money on this)
-the VAT the buyer has to pay to Ebay (even though not one single cent of this is received by the seller)
I think it's ridiculous. It has happened to me that I sold a record for 5 euro's to UK citizen. Shipping costs were EUR 25, including brand new packing materials. So the buyer had to pay EUR 30 to Ebay, plus 20% VAT, so EUR 36 total. Ebay then charged me 13% commission on EUR 36, which was EUR 4,68.
So after expenses I ended up with 32 cents.
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