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Ebay's 2015 Spring Seller Update
 

Started getting this notice from ebay on my accounts regarding the spring update.
And of course fees are going up.
I just love how they word it too - theyre 'helping' us increase our sales by increasing fees. Interesting logic there.
How about REDUCING fees in the formats you want to push sellers towards? or do the monkeys who make decisions over there at ebay cant figure how to sweeten the pot to attract sellers?
At least Final Value Fees are not increasing - this time...

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For all the people who do 1 day auctions to increase feedback with digital items...this affects them drastically.

I see alot of bad sellers that needed that 1 day auction format to boost quick feedback to offset all their negative feedback. Haha...

This update doesn't really affect me too much.

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And it won't affect Chinese Foo-Foo sellers......

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Haven't gotten the message or anything. Can you copy and paste it?

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It's bullcrap. Most of my auctions are 3-day, and extending them to 5-day won't make one hill of beans difference in attracting buyers.

But if I don't change to 5-day... eFlake pulls a nifty $1 out of my pocket for every single sale.

Talk about a buzzkill

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Message includes a link to more detail on the site, but here's the summary:

Fee updates encourage use of listing formats and durations for greater selling success
To improve the visibility of sought-after merchandise—and help sellers increase their sales—eBay is introducing a number of updates to eBay's listing fees and features on May 1. Changes include:

• Unlimited insertion fee credits for listings that sell in auction. As an incentive for using the auction-style format successfully, sellers will be credited for the insertion fee on auction-style listings when that item sells (exclusions apply†).
• Adjustments to monthly allotments of free listings. eBay will update the monthly allotments of free listings*—zero insertion fees—for both eBay Stores subscribers and sellers without an eBay Store.
• The 10-day duration on auction-style listings will no longer have an added feature fee. Sellers can maximize visibility and enjoy our longest duration for auction-style listings.
• A $1 special duration feature fee per listing for sellers who choose 1- or 3-day auction-style listings. Charging this fee will help discourage the use of shorter durations where they are least successful.
• Reserve price will increase. This feature fee will increase in price to the greater of $3, or 2% of the reserve price (the minimum price that must be met for your item to sell), with a cap of $100.

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So it's a $1 listing fee for 1 and 3 day Auctions??

As I typed this ricketty posted the email, thanks

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Can you post the link also?

Most of my auctions are 3 days too..

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WARNING!!! EBAY LINK

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/news/springupdate2015/index.htmll

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When I look to bid on items.. I'd prefer items ending in less than 3 days than an item ending in 9 days...

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oh crap!!

"Later this year, sellers will be required to include certain product identifiers, such as a manufacturer part number (MPN), on new listings of branded items in new condition within select categories. "

This will help so much for the fight against PHAKE items and eBay may let you sell items without getting VeRo if you have he correct stuff with proof?

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eBay seems to be so backwards company, if you think about it for a sec. It's seems that they are doing their hardest to make it as difficult as possible for "average joe" to make some money. Just alienating the whole small time market, but I guess it just makes big sellers even bigger.

Won't REALLY affect me personally as I run 7 day auctions or Buy it Now stuff. I don't think I've even had a 3 day auction.

Still, **** eBay.

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That $1 extra is it just for auction style or is it fixed price too?

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It still won't protect you from Vero, Vero is that you are selling a new Branded item that you do not have permission from the company to be an authorized dealer of that product

Even if you put an MPN won't allow you to list and sell 50 Apple Chargers or IPads

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A $1 special duration feature fee per listing for sellers who choose 1- or 3-day auction-style listings.

But then again... this is eBay

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But for restrictions that eBay puts on us, not the VeRo accounts.. or am I thinking wrongly

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Got this email on all of my accounts. And while it is complete horsesh*t, it doesn't affect me...much. I run mostly buy it now, but my auction style formats are all 5-7 days. They have to recoup fees somehow from plummeting stock.

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What did it cost before?

I am going to assume it was free *cough* :lol:

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Although I can't speak for the sellers who use the 1 or 3 day auction, I've found to what they're saying pretty accurate.

The longer the auction the more chance you get bidders to gain intersest. If you look at what they say at face value its not incorrect. But I know that doesn't help if your one of the sellers who utilizes the 1 or 3 day auction..

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If there is a big market for your item, 1 and 3 day auctions do well. If it is a collectible or antique, etc. then 7 or even 10 day would do well. Theyre charging $1 listing fee to "discourage 1 and 3 day listings"...thats bs. Theyre doing it to rake in the monry because they know a loooooooot of sellers utilize 1 and 3 day auctions.

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So, normally you get higher prices for 5 day auctions?

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In theory, yes. If you have something listed for 3 days and it sells for $100, what if 10 more people saw your auctions on the 4th and 5th day and are willing to pay $200 for your item? This is ebays logic and why they are trying to push longer auctions. Well....thats what they SAY anyways.

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I absolutely HATE the $1 fee for 1 and 3 day auctions because if you have many accounts shorter auctions are much easier to meet your quotas and more importantly it gives you more time for your sales to cool down and rest.

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This does effect me in a way. I usually use auctions 3 days mark. I intend to sell more this way. People at times do not want to wait 7 to 10 days auctions.


Seriously!!!!!

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They know that. For many people the 3 day format is the main one they use.
THAT is the reason for increasing the fees - NOT the one they gave.
Their logic is completely flawed in that sense. The 3 day format allows people to have enough time to get bids on their items and sell fast meaning they can sell more. Ebay know this. THAT is the reason for piling on the fees for that format - to make more money themselves of the popular format. Plain and simple.
Thank you ebay for yet again thinking youre our partner and dipping into our pockets.

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They are pushing auctions. I read a report on here I think that auctions are down this year like 7 or 8 percent I think. They are trying to entice you to go longer auction and make sure you use auction instead of fix price. They obviously were not too happy about that report. it doesn't affect me that much either because I normally do fixed price or 7/10 day auctions.

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Couldn't you get around this by simply going to the exact item that you are getting ready to sell and get the manufacturer part number (MPN), and global trade item numbers (GTINs) and the Universal Product Codes (UPCs) and International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs). All from a top rated power seller that has been selling the item for a while and still going strong?

What is Ebay trying to do? Its pointless because all you need to do is go to another seller and be a copy cat to get all of that information.

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Methinks EBAY has instituted the charge on 1 and 3 day auctions because of the people who "I only need my account up for a week". So now they will have to pay extra for short day auctions. Also the longer an auction is up the more chance they have to "discover" the guys who is gaming the system. Myself I never list 1 day auctions. I am happy not to have to pay the 30 cent upcharge as my margins are about $2-10 an item.

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They know 5,7 and 10 Day Auctions will get the highest prices, which will yield higher profits from there FV FEES.

AND especially with the traffic throttling and listing visibility , they probably are seeing a even lower ending price from the 1 and 3 day auctions the last year. Sometimes the listing won't be visible for 12-24 hours, so a lot of sellers that are using 1-3 day auctions are actually running auctions with a lot less visibility time than that, and it's affecting eBays bottom line

So a solution was too push sellers to use the 5,7,,10 day auctions and rather than just get rid of the 1 and 3 day they will make the sellers pay a nice listing fee

$1 per listing is Big, for sellers that use those Auctions and sell say 200 items they now need to add an extra $200 a month in fees, which is ridiculous

I run a lot of 5 and 7 day Auctions but I also like 3 day auctions and will add 1 day auctions as well, they are good to get quick cash flow going, which is something that eBay is against sellers having . They don't realize how much cash flow is important to operating a business

Or rather they don't care as long as they get there's

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When Ebay comes out with there new policy later this year that forces you to enter a UPC code for new certain items.

Does anyone think you wont be able to reuse them? Just like on Amazon.

Because you cant reuse UPC codes on Amazon platform once they have been used.

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Does anyone have any idea what categories they are even looking at?

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As far as imposing new rules goes, this "seller update" was pretty mild compared to past ones. Of course, for those who are negatively affected by the new rules, that is little comfort.

Remember, however, that this affects ALL sellers, so it is not like your competitors will have a leg up on you. They will be affected as well.

I also don't see the requirement to use UPC codes or MPN's having much of an affect on sellers. I somehow doubt that VERO members on the lookout for phakes are searching for them using UPC codes. This is more likely being implemented so that eBay can better track exactly WHAT is selling in certain categories.

At the end of the day, we all simply have to adapt to the new rules. We have all been through these things before, it is not the end of the world.

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Yeh I just got this messege on my accounts too. It is really a bummer for me because I love setting up 3 day auctions that run from Thursday night to Sunday night. It is gonna take an extra $300 from my pocket each month at the very least, but I seem to be getting much higher prices when I run 3 day auctions as opposed to selling it BIN, so I think I will be sticking to the auctions. It just doesn't make sense for me to run 5-7 day auctions because it greatly reduces the amount of items I can sell in a month, and eBay knows this so they are going to try and profit of it..

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I don't understand the logic of how running 5 days auctions will reduce the number of auctions you can list. Wouldnt 3 day auctions do that since they last a shorter period of time...? What am I missing?
Also, instead of listing them on Thursday why not just do so on Tuesday and let them run until Sunday? Sounds like it would be a very similar setup without spending that much more money. Plus youll get the extra couple of days of exposure for your listings. Worth a shot.

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Things that are usually being sold at 1-3 day auctions are usually not liked by EB. Pay 1 buck and get kicked from EB lol.

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Yes, used to be free.