eBay seller limits are monthly caps on the number of listings and the total selling amount that eBay imposes on new seller accounts to manage fraud risk and build seller trust incrementally. New seller accounts typically receive a starting limit of 10 listings and $500 in total monthly sales. These limits increase automatically over time…
eBay charges casual sellers 13.6% Final Value Fee on Toys and Hobbies sales and 15.3% on Video Games (as a subcategory within the Books, Movies, Music, and Video Games category) up to $7,500, then 2.35% above $7,500. Store subscribers pay 12.7% on Toys and Hobbies. The Video Game software rate of 15.3% is the same…
eBay return policies are seller-defined rules that specify whether the seller accepts returns, the return window duration, and who pays return shipping costs. Sellers choose from 5 return window options: No Returns, 30-day buyer pays return shipping, 30-day free returns, 60-day buyer pays return shipping, and 60-day free returns. The return policy choice directly affects…
The eBay unpaid item policy is the seller protection process eBay provides when a buyer completes checkout but does not pay for the item. A seller who does not receive payment from a committed buyer reports the buyer through the unpaid item process. After the unpaid item report is filed, eBay gives the buyer 4…
eBay charges casual sellers 13.6% Final Value Fee on Home and Garden sales up to $7,500, then 2.35% above $7,500. Store subscribers pay 12.7% up to $2,500, then 2.35% above $2,500. The per-order fee of $0.40 applies to all Home and Garden sales above $10. Home and Garden is one of eBay’s largest sales categories…
An eBay multi-variation listing is a single listing that offers multiple versions of the same product, such as different sizes, colors, or configurations, where each variation shares one listing page but can have its own price, quantity, and photos. Multi-variation listings reduce insertion fees by consolidating what would be separate listings into a single listing….
eBay listing upgrade fees are optional charges sellers pay to enhance listing appearance and visibility beyond the standard listing format. The 4 primary listing upgrades are: Gallery Plus (large image display in search results), Subtitle (a second line of text below the listing title), Bold (bold font rendering of the title in search results), and…
eBay Best Offer is a listing feature that allows buyers to submit a price below the listed Buy It Now price for the seller to accept, counter, or decline. Best Offer is available on fixed-price listings in most eBay categories. Sellers who enable Best Offer pay the Final Value Fee on the accepted offer price,…
eBay calculates seller profit by subtracting all selling costs from the sale price. The 4 costs that reduce seller profit on every eBay transaction are: the Final Value Fee (13.6% standard casual seller rate in most categories), the per-order fee ($0.40 for sales above $10), the Managed Payments processing fee (2.7% plus $0.30), and the…
eBay feedback is the seller rating system where buyers leave a positive, negative, or neutral rating with a written comment after each completed transaction. The feedback score is the cumulative count of unique positive feedback ratings a seller has received. The feedback percentage is the ratio of positive feedback to total feedback in the past…
