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The Costs of Running an eBay Store
Dec 13,2006 00:00
by
admin
The Costs of Running an eBay Store
Naturally, opening an eBay Store costs money. (eBay isn't in
this for the betterment of mankind, after all.) You pay a monthly fee to be an
eBay Store merchant, choosing from three subscription levels, as shown in Table 27.1.
Table 27.1. eBay Stores Subscription
Levels
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Level |
Fee |
Features |
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Basic |
$15.95/month |
Store listed in every category directory where you have items
listed; position based on number of items listed; receive monthly store reports;
send 100 emails a month to buyers; create five customizable pages; free
subscription to eBay Selling Manager |
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Featured |
$49.95/month |
All features of Basic, plus Store rotated through a special
featured section on the eBay Stores home page; Store receives priority placement
in Related Stores section of search and listings pages; Store featured within
the top-level category pages where you have items listed cross-sell products on
view item pages; receive more detailed monthly reports; create 10 customizable
pages; send 1,000 emails a month to buyers; and you get a free subscription to
Selling Manager Pro and $30/month to spend on the eBay Keywords
program |
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Anchor |
$499.95/month |
All features of Featured, plus premium placement in Related
Stores section of search and listings pages; your store logo rotates through
category directory pages (1 million impressions); send 4,000 emails a month to
buyers; create 15 customizable pages; and you get dedicated 24-hour live
customer support and $100/month to spend on the eBay Keywords
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You also have to pay eBay for each item you list and each item
you selljust as in a normal auction. The difference is you're not listing for a
(relatively short) auction; you're listing for longer-term inventory.
The insertion fees associated with an eBay Store are relatively
simple. You pay 5 cents per month for items priced from $0.01 to $24.99, and 10
cents per month for items priced over $25.00. That's not as cheap as it used to
be (the old listing fee was 2 cents per month across the board), but it's still
not bad, compared to listings on the main eBay site.
In addition, for every item you sell in your eBay Store, eBay
charges a final value fee. Table 27.2
lists these selling charges.
Table 27.2. eBay Stores Final Value Fees
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Closing Value |
Fee |
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$0.01$25.00 |
10% |
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$25.01$100.00 |
10% of the initial $25, plus 7% of the remaining
balance |
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$100.01$1,000.00 |
10% on the first $25 plus 7% on
the part between $25 and$100, plus 5% on the
remaining balance |
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Over $1,000.01 |
10% on the first $25 plus 7% on the
part between $25 and$100, plus 5% on the part
between $100 and $1,000 plus 3% on the remaining
balance |
eBay Stores also
offers a full assortment of listing upgrades, just like the ones you can use in
regular eBay auctions. These enhancementsGallery, bold, highlight, and so onare
priced according to the length of your listing. You can also offer multiples of
the same item in Dutch auction format.
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