eBay fees adding up to 75% of gross profit

[brickcanada]

I sold an item with a gross profit of $20.40. eBay charged 20.8% for whats supposed to be an 11% ad fee and 28.7% final value fee which I've heard is only supposed to be 13.5%. After shipping label and regional taxes eBay has taken over 75% of my gross profit. Why has eBay overcharged on ads and final value?

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

Yes as listed in the original statement I had a promotion set at 11% yet was charged 20.8% on it.

The Promoted Listing fee is added to the normal selling fee.

So if your item was normally charged a 9.8% fee and you chose to add a PL fee of 11%, you were choosing to pay a total percentage of 20.8%, because both fees are charged.

Did you think you were only going to pay the 11%? It is higher than the 9.8% selling fee and I can see why you might make that mistake.

You can opt to use only the 2% minimum PL fee.

Which would have made your total selling fee 11.8%

And again, eBay calculates its fees on the buyer's payment, including sales taxes which vary from destination to destination.

[brickcanada · Accepted solution]

I see thank you very much.