eBay & PayPal Fees.

WoodruffsDad

I have "discovered" a product which I plan to sell on eBay on a regular basis probably on a Buy-it-Now basis. I will sell it for around £9.00 + postage.

1) Are there formulas for calculating what eBay & PayPal fees would be for selling such a product? I want to be able to build the fees into my selling price so that I don't end up making a loss.

2) If I have multiple quantities of this item, is it best to put one auction on eBay with a large quantity of items for sale or lots of individual auctions for one item at a time?

blued

There are lots of fee calculators, a quick google includes a thread on this board about it

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=340742

WoodruffsDad

blued wrote: »

There are lots of fee calculators, a quick google includes a thread on this board about it

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=340742

Thanks but I'm a Mac user and that one is not Mac-compatible!

blued

Which one? There are at least 4 mentioned on that thread!

blued

http://auctionfeecalculator.com/uk_ebay_fee_calc2.html

cyberbob

Some of those calculators can be quite random with their accuracy. Its normally better to just work it out from the published rates

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html

https://www.paypal.com/uk/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?PPREDIRECT=iKIvAF1QwlKqCCgxIE7PkDEwjl2cFbIEywtOKJx_TTMmnAmMPlBkVWdZ9fzTQ2jhUxz!!!oq2_G9v8HL2arkTIbX2KG&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f059ee17e99acf195b5f3a4b6a78dddb43ff8dd61b662c86b

soolin

If calculating all your fees don't forget tax and NI as well, that can eat into your final profit figures.