eBay To Show Fee Breakdown, Earnings On Order Pages
In a rare move of increased transparency, eBay is changing the Order page to now include a breakdown of fees paid and total earnings directly on the order record so sellers don't have to navigate to the Payments section of Seller Hub to find this important information.
Sellers report seeing a banner on the Orders page in Seller Hub that says "You can now view what you earn for each order. Click on any order number to see it on the Order Details page."
Here's what the breakdown looks like on an actual order:
It appears to be another phased rollout as only some sellers have received the notification so far. It's also not entirely clear yet whether Promoted Listings ad fees, if any, will be shown in the breakdown.
I'm continuing to dig into this and will update as soon as I have more information. In the meantime, if you're seeing an earnings breakdown on your eBay order pages - let us know in the comments below, especially if they include ad fees!
much too complicated now for a few pounds a year in sales
They just "killed the golden goose". I imported my 1500+ eBay items to there since it was free. Turned out just to be a lot of work for (maybe) 3 sales a month.
The total fees were higher there before this new $20 a month cost structure, even though they claimed otherwise. When one factors in the 3.49% + 49 cent PayPal processing fees so one can get paid, there went a good chunk of profit.
Now they have boosted their commission to 11%, and still claim that the cost to sell there is less than eBay's. And remember that this does not include payment processing. WHY?? Makes no sense at all.
On eBay, for $27.95 a month, I sell over 100 items there every 30-31 days. Makes ZERO SENSE to pay a site $20 to make just a couple of sales. Since they now allow 50 "free listings", I have trimmed my offerings back to just below that amount. Also had to raise all my prices accordingly to absorb the extra selling costs.
The people who run the show here obviously didn't realize that eBay sellers who imported their listings gave the site a great depth of product, which would attract more buyers. Now that will be gone, because NO ONE will pay them $20 monthly for little to no sales.
The site also has technical issues that they refuse to fix. It was a decent resource to enable the occasional sale, but they will soon be stacked onto the eCommerce trash heap of companies that THOUGHT they could compete with Amazon and eBay. Etsy may also suffer the same fate soon, as many sellers are also leaving their site due to high fees, website issues, and poor management.
Basic eComm rule here: When you do not carry any inventory, and sellers are solely responsible for supplying your site with the goods offered, DON'T BITE THE HAND WHICH FEEDS YOU!!!