I have been buying on ebay for many years but never tried selling anything.

I know they charge to list the item, and I know they take a cut of the final sale price including the shipping. What I can't seem to figure out is how much do they actually take.

If I list something for say, $480+shipping vs $500 shipped, What would be the better option to get the most money out of the sale. Also I know the actual shipping cost will make a difference, I just don't want to end up loosing too much money on things.

10% fee on sales. Flat rate shipping included is the best way to list.

Know your shipping costs before listing.

It is what it is.

I can't really answer your question directly but beware Ebay favors the buyer. If something happens, even a scam, you may be debited for the amount of the sale.

That said, a lot of sellers are straight up good guys and very honest.

depends on the style of the auction if it's a buy it now they hit you pretty hard, ebay use to be a good place to sell things but not so much anymore. the seller has zero power and the buyer is always right, they can get your item strip everything off of it they want, call ebay tell it's defective and ebay will refund them 100 % right out of your account including shipping and there is nothing you can do about it.

It isn’t as good as it used to be. Paying via check or Money Order used to be an option. Nowadays between the Paypal fees (the only payment option, also owned by ebay) and ebays listing fees I believe the entire nut is probably around 10% or so. They also add sales tax, which the consumer pays, but you collect at time of sale. At this tine ebay is my last sales option.

Thanks. I did know ebay favored the buyer more than the seller. That did have me worried a bit lol.

I have been hearing some horror stories over the last few years and that is kinda why I haven't bothered trying. I might just give facebook market a try first.

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Originally posted by braillediver:
10% fee on sales.

braillediver is correct, but don't forget the PayPal fees too. PP takes 3.16% of the total sale, to include the tax(that is BS )

I just sold a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds + (they were just released.) I paid $100 after rebate from Samsung but had no interest in keeping them. I listed them on eBay and here's the breakdown:

Buy it now price: $108.72 + free shipping.

Fees:
Shipping: $7.50
eBay fees: $10.87
PayPal fees: $3.73

Total fees: $14.60 on an item listed for $108.72, or about 14.60% of the sale.

remsig Thanks for the breakdown. Seems like it could be a good chunk with some of the more pricey items I am thinking of getting rid of.

I think I will definitely try some other options first

eBay gets 10% of final value which includes what you charge for shipping. They eliminated the "pay for your fees out of overpriced shipping charge" loophole years ago.

Then, since PayPal seems to be the only viable payment option, they clip you 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction fee.

I never use up my free listings or buy any attention grabber enhancements.

I figure 14% to be on the safe side.

Use their discounted postage along with ordering USPS Regional (Zoned) Flat Rate boxes to save money on postage.

I figure about 13% total. 10% to eBay, 3% or so to the payment provider. Some product categories can be more and some less. If you have an eBay store there are various fees for that too and some discounts for volume sellers.
Cars are (I think) a flat fee.
PayPal was sold by eBay several years ago. They have recently started their own service that they are pushing/transitioning everyone towards.

I stopped selling there several years ago after I was burned by their refund process. If a buyer buys an item in perfect condition from you and they break it and demand a refund, guess what? You'll be forced to refund them and you get a damaged, worthless item back. It's just not worth it.

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Originally posted by PakRatJR:

I have been hearing some horror stories over the last few years and that is kinda why I haven't bothered trying. I might just give facebook market a try first.

I've been selling mostly and some buying since almost the start of ebay. Any issues with buying came from me not reading the fine print. Selling issues came from me not insuring the item. Had a customer who sent me pictures of a $400 item absolutely crushed to pieces and there was no way with my packaging could it have happened. He likely stepped on it. Fortunately I had another one of the same kind to replace it that I had paid pennies for. So all in all not really any complaints about ebay if you CYA.

If you are going to sell on FB be prepared for a whole lot of stupid. No matter how explicit you are in the description or sales criteria e.g. cash only, you will get a lot of responses asking the exact things or opposite that are in the description. You will also get a lot who want it but change their mind or you don't hear back from them, are from waaaaay out of your zip code (scammers), want you to deliver, etc., etc. Best thing I've found is to put a time limit on their purchase/pickup.

I have about 600 positive feedback at 100%. But I did get a neutral one once. I sold a Strat to a guy, who complained about it when he got it. But I was on a business trip on my motorcycle and this was before smart phones. I called and told him I'd deal with it when I got home the next day. By then he had left neutral feedback and the comment, "Item as described, but not as expected." Huh?

13%. 10% selling fee and 3% paypal fee.

Some categories get discounted fees in order to compete with other sites.

I've done plenty of deals outside of eBay, but eBay is a great advertising platform and it's usually free to get your listing on there. These days a lot of businesses are able to put their URLs and phone numbers in the listings, so you can go around eBay, if you want. Not that there's much point in a buyer going around eBay, but sometimes the seller will discount heavily to not have to deal with eBay and PayPal.

In the event of a dispute eBay heavily favors the buyer. I don’t know if it’s gotten any better recently.

Thanks for the insight so far

Most of what I have is older computer parts that I probably couldn't get much for to start with. The few things I do have that might still be worth something, I think I would end up needing to price them higher to make it worth the effort. Hmmm

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Originally posted by stickman428:
In the event of a dispute, eBay heavily favors the buyer. I don’t know if it’s gotten any better recently.

It has not it may even be worse. eBay was great 10 years ago, now the C/S people are 22 yo have no concepts of business. Ask for a supervisor and you will get a 25 yo that has no concept of business.
Whatever you have for sale find another avenue, would be my suggestion. What are you looking to move?

Can you combine, group the items into Lots so the price would be higher to make it worth while? 3 of something for $40 vs $15 each?

My lower threshold to sell is around $20. Even then my take home is around $14. It's better than going to the landfill.

downtownv

Mostly computer parts. Some older some fairly new. The older stuff I know I won't get a lot for to start with so trying on ebay may not be worth it. The newer stuff still seems to be doing ok price wise but if I can't actually get the prices they seem to be selling for, again it will probably not be worth the effort.

As far as grouping things, nothing really could be. Basically I have enough older stuff to build a couple more or less complete systems, but nothing that really seems to be sought after these days.