In order to be better against Amazon, eBay wants to eliminate the setting fees for hobby sellers. Unfortunately, this will initially only be converted on the US side of the auction platform from mid-April. eBay.
Sell free of charge
The main focus is now on the hobby sellers that they will also come to the train at these the no more than 50 articles per month and without their own eBay store the sales fees completely canceled.
New tiered prices
For commercial sellers, the fees will then be differentiated between 4% and 9% depending on the product category.
Store model new
Also on the commercial seller is taken into account to stand out from the competition, here free article settings between 150 and 2500 articles per month should be possible.
Our opinion:
For the time being, eBay is only making these changes in the US, as we Europeans should be just as important to eBay. If this system also gains a foothold in Europe, then we can only hope that the auctioning of articles finally counts again. The current high sales commissions on eBay are a bottomless impudence.