Re: OT Q re Antiquarian Bookdealer


"Kay Robinson" <Kay_Robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mpldR1MmJ5oWtFU0uqy9zQBSWBiQ@xxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:35:46 +0100, "Jo Taylor" <jo.taylor@xxxxxxxxxx>
sharpened a new quill and scratched:

"Kay Robinson" <Kay_Robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message:

Ebat does use a percentage charge for each auction based on start
price. This does have a low ceiling however and big sellers get
special treatmant besides.

I wrote:
Ebay charges a listing fee based on the start price of the item,
irrespective of whether it sells or not.
There are no concessions for high-volume sellers.


Kay wrote:
You're living in a dream world if you believe that :-)
Kay

Sorry, Kay, but it's true - on what basis do you believe to the contrary?

If you're thinking that eBay "powerseller" status confers some advantage,
the only extras are 'phone support and a separate discussion board; the
higher echelons have an account manager - there are *no* fee concessions.

I know a powerseller who does get preferential rates. If you actually
counted the number of buy now auctions many powersellers put up each
week, and then check how many sales they get, the sheer number of
constantly relisted items would make ebay unviable as a sales medium
if fees were charged at standard rate.

Ebay also allow other concessions, for instance freedom from the
excessive postage rule in cases (such as China) where government
'courting' for trade benefits apply. One good concession is that made
for charities though.

Please provide a link to the eBay rates for preferential rates for
Powersellers - I'm sorry but this is simply *not* the case. and would cause
great elation & incredulity on the Powersellers' forum were it to be the
case!

One thing you appear to be a little confused by is 'Buy-it-Now' listings.
These come to exist by two different methods:

1) If one has an eBay shop, items listed in one's shop *only* - Shop
Inventory Format (SIF) have a very small insertion fee, but a higher final
value fee, thus enabling the seller to keep higher number of listings
running at any one time. However, if items are listed as SIF they have
little-to-non-existent visibility in normal searches, and will only show on
a search if there are very few matching criteria on 'normally listed' items.
You can have an eBay shop once you have more than 5 feedback with a PayPal
account linked OR more than 10 feedback, and pay the £6.00 a month fee -
hardly restricted to high-volume or Powersellers. Once you have a shop all
your listings - SIF and normal listings - will appear in that shop. Here's a
link which sets out the rules & fees for shop listings:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/storefees.html

2) Any 'normal' listing not listed as SIF can also be Buy-it-Now (either
solely BIN or with a BIN price on an auction which disappears once a bid is
placed)

There are also absolutely *no* concessions for Chinese sellers with
excessive postage - they are a huge problem but if they're reported the
offending listings will be removed - eBay are somewhat lax at pro-active
removal and rely on members' reports. This problem is discussed daily on
eBay forums and generates much anger amongst those who are trading fairly.

Jo Taylor.


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