Having looked at the discussion boards on eBay and read the plethora of objections and complaints concerning the recent changes at eBay Uk  , I thought I’d better check my calculations to make sure my future eBay plans are viable!

At the moment, I plan on listing 15 items per day @ 15p per listing x 30 days and I have a basic shop at subscription cost of £6.00 per month. That comes to a total of £73.50 per month.

Under the new pricing, listing without a shop: 15 items per day @ 40p per listing over 30 days comes to a staggering £180.00 !

With a Basic Shop : 15 items per day @ 20p per listing x 30 days plus the new basic shop price of £14.99 per month subscription adds up to £104.99! This is a massive price increase and I can fully understand the knee jerk reaction of some of the shopkeepers / sellers that are posting on the eBay discussion boards!

However, if I choose to go for the featured shop it looks a lot better : 15 items per day @ 5p per listing x 30 days plus the featured shop subscription of £49.99 adds up to a total of £72.49!

So basically my costs for listing and having an eBay shop will roughly remain the same but I will have the advantages of featured shop including telephone support and my shop listings showing up in the main ebay searches and as of 24th September Gallery Fees will remain free!

The only drawback for me from the changes is that they have taken away the option for your listings to be visible in the U.S and Canada. The way round this is to list an Auction with Buy It Now where the option for International Visibility will still be available.

All in all, I’m quite pleased with the changes and my plans for eBay look viable, although I can understand that other sellers are upset over them. But I’m sure, once the ‘red mist’ has disappeared, the majority of them will see that the changes are not all bad!
Colin

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