Selling Your Stuff Online – Overview & Fees
eBay, Meraci, Craigslist, LetGo, Facebook Marketplace & Etsy
eBay
eBay is, arguably, the most popular site for selling items online. eBay provides a platform to
selling items around the world – which can add a layer of difficulty. eBay allows sellers to post
items for sale in an auction format, buy it now at a fixed price, or in a classified style posting.
The biggest pro with choosing to sell with eBay is the seller and buyer protection. eBay will
investigate selling hardships from fraud to non-payments.
Fees
Insertion Fees – 50 listings a month free, then $0.35 per listing after. *Note, eBay will charge
listing fees every 30 days until you cancel your listing.
Final Value Fees – fees are determined by what you are selling on eBay. In most cases the fee is
10% of the final sale price. This is only charged to you when an item sells. The only differences
are books, DVD & movies – 12%; Heavy equipment 2%; Musical Instruments 3.5%
*Note: eBay will also increase the final value fee if you have a low rating score. Feedback is
important.
Local Classified Listings – the fee is $9.95 to sell locally with a 30 day duration. There are no
final value fees with local classified listings.
Other eBay fees – eBay will also charge various fees to upgrade your listings. These upgrades
can be anywhere from adding more than 12 pictures per listing or even bolding text on a listing.
eBay does also charge for additional posting features, such as reserve pricing, international
visibility, adding bold text, adding more than 12 photos, and more. For full eBay fees, go to:
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4364#if_auction
Pro tip:
1. Feedback is important. As a seller, you have the opportunity to leave feedback
pertaining to buyers. Also, you have the opportunity to view feedback to see if the
buyer has caused problematic issues with other sellers.
2. Leaving feedback for buyers helps the eBay community. eBay will encourage sellers to
leave feedback. You may also message buyer to leave positive feedback about each
transaction.
3. Shipping can be a costly endeavor as prices to ship have gone up in the past few years.
However, buyers can filter their searches in eBay to sellers that offer “free shipping.”
Consider offering free shipping but incorporating the shipping costs in the sale price.
Free shipping can signal competitive pricing.