eBay Vault Buyer's Premium, Submission Fees Set To Kick In April 1, 2024

Liz Morton
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When the eBay Vault for trading cards launched in 2022, fee free buying and selling was used to entice early adopters, but the free ride is coming to an end with a buyer's premium fee and submission fees being introduced April 1, 2024.

eBay Vault Buyer's Premium Fee

When you purchase a card that is already stored in the eBay Vault, starting April 1st you'll be charged a 3% fee to cover the costs of reassigning ownership.

This 3% fee will be assessed based on the last purchase price of the item.

What happens if I buy a card that is already in the eBay vault and keep it there?

When ownership changes for a card within the eBay vault, we will transfer ownership immediately without physically moving the card. Starting April 1, 2024, there will be a 3% vault buyer’s premium fee calculated against the last purchase price of the item.

The vault buyer's premium covers the administrative costs of securely reassigning ownership of the item within the eBay vault. Until then, we are waiving the fee, so there’s no additional cost to you when you buy a card that is already in the eBay vault and keep it there.

If you keep the item in the Vault, the 3% fee is all you will pay.

However, if you choose to remove it and have it shipped to you, you'll pay a withdrawal fee as well as tax and insured shipping costs in addition to the 3% buyer's premium.

Vault buyer's premium and withdrawal fees
When an item in the eBay vault is sold and the buyer ships it directly to their address, we charge the buyer both the vault buyer's premium and the withdrawal fee, as well as an insured shipping fee.

When an item in the eBay vault is sold and the buyer keeps it there, we'll only charge the vault buyer's premium at the time of the transaction.

As a security precaution, all customers are limited to three shipping addresses per month and five shipping addresses per year for eBay vault withdrawals.

Selling fees, including Final Value Fees, continue to be waived for items that are stored in the Vault.

eBay Vault Submission Fees

eBay is also introducing a $1 per card submission fee starting in April for users who want to submit cards directly from their own collections instead of purchasing a card on eBay to ship to the Vault.

Submission processing fee waived until April 2024
You'll see a submission processing charge, which will be waived with an automatic coupon. It covers Authenticity Guarantee verification, returns for any cards that aren't accepted, and vault processing.

More information about eBay Vault fees:

eBay - Vault Enrollment: Introducing the eBay vault
The eBay vault is the only vault you’ll ever need. Pay no fees until 2024, plus no seller fees when you sell from within the vault. And now you can submit your personal graded cards worth $250+ directly to the eBay vault. Just enroll and fill out our online form, and then you can ship your cards directly from home, you can ship from checkout, or you can drop off at select card shows. Submit today and tap into the state-of-the-art protection and peace of mind only a Top 10 global e-commerce company can provide.

Have you used eBay's Vault Service? We'd love to hear about your experience - let us know in the comments below or contact VAR!

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Liz Morton is a 17 year ecommerce pro turned indie investigative journalist providing ad-free deep dives on eBay, Amazon, Etsy & more, championing sellers & advocating for corporate accountability.

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"The eBay Vault: Where you pay to get your item, and you pay even more to not get your item." There is no satire anymore!
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Avatar PlaceholderConcernedYesterday
It is Slowwwwwww and is more expensive to the buyer. In the past items I have ordered will sit at the hub for around 2 weeks. I avoid ebay unless I cannot get it elsewhere.
Avatar Placeholdermarks3047Yesterday
Hi, I have a friend who had an interesting experience recently that fell under this issue. They sold an item, packed and dispatched to the UK Ebay hub, this was midway through the period as the pause occurred. They then received a message from the buyer that they had checked tracking and discovered that the item had disappeared on ebay, no advice. It then turned out that the tracking had been fudged and the package was with them but not forwarded on to the USA. A few hours of to and fro to get the answer that it was due to the tariff dilemma. NO fault of the buyer(who had paid) or the seller ((who had been paid) and a strange response that the item could not be delivered. The buyer would be refunded in full, the seller would keep payment and the item would not be returned. Strange, Ebay must be hurting paying our both sides of the deal+
Avatar Placeholdercwi2 days ago
  1. Start building out the brand and promoting the heck out of Canadian sellers to our domestic market. Work with Federal/Provincial level governments in the push to build a strong presence here in Canada.

  2. Add other calculated shipping options than Canada Post UPS/FedEx for domestic shipping - partner with couriers nationwide, leverage agreements and software integrations with courier reseller platforms such as Stallion Express. Build out a crowd sourced network using national/regional retail locations as drop points for rural regions, leveraging transport networks to move packages to courier pickup points, akin to the UK courier model but adapted to the Canadian realities.

  3. Create a centralized international shipping clearing house to aide micro businesses with affordable shipping rates and customs clearance to avoid pitfalls and complexities (akin to US eIS).

  4. Bring features forward to the platform from other localizations, such as prepaid best offer acceptance, etc.