confused

If you use ebay for business purposes can you tell me do you get a subsidised rate for your items for sale? do you get a subsidised rate for paypal? can you give me an example of lets say £50 per month sales. if we say £10 per item buy it now inclusive of p&p .. 5 listings per month.. total cost for listing and paypal would be?????

kampwomen

All businesses have running costs and the cost of listing on ebay or using paypal to collect money are no different to having rent on a premises and incurring bank charges in the 'real' world, so to speak.I think there are reduced charges for ebay businesses, but I think these are based on volume...Just make sure you sell your items for enough to cover your costs, and good luck.

recycling

If you go into the business side of ebay, you will have to start paying the tax man!

DAVIDB

Hey confusedWell to answer your question you don't get a subsidised rate as such. Instead you pay fees for listing your items individually. If you have a multiple items listing then you will be charged a fee for each item. Your £10 buy it now listing for example. Say it was a dvd for £10 then it would cost you 10p to list the item as buy it now (adding a picture would increase this to 25p) then you would also have to pay a final value fee of 9% of the sale value. Buy it now though is an option that is only available if you have a feedback score of 20 or have a direct debit on file or paypal account in which case you can have a score of ten and accept paypal as your payment form. Listings have to have a minimum price of 0.99p. As for paypal you don't have to pay any setup fees though you will have to take out a premier account to receive money which is free. You do pay fees on the actual payments though which are 1.4-3.4% + 20p. If you wish to open a shop with ebay then you will have to pay a subscription (£6 a month-basic, £30 a month - featured, £300 a month - anchor). This will give you insertion fees of 3p and final value fees of 10% of the initial £4.99 plus 8% of anything over that. Obviously this option is only for the point when you are used to selling and are making a good return. If you choose this option though you will come under new legislation governing business online. I really hope this helps.David Barclay