Several listeners have pointed out a mistake I’ve made over the past year. I have stated many times that I assume that eBay/Paypal fees are about 17% of our profit. But as Mike points out, I’ve been way off base:
I understand for Paypal, it’s 2.9% plus $0.30 USD of the amount you receive.
eBay is up to 8% (minus 20% for Top Rated Sellers) of final value plus maybe $.20 listing fee if that applies and an average of $.22 an item sold for the monthly store fee.
So eBay/Payal fees are in reality closer to 11% of the profit we make. In my defense, I came up with that number is our early selling days as a quick way to estimate our expenses. I was probably including all our costs such as taxes, storage, etc. But it’s good to be clear on the numbers. Thanks to everyone who pointed out my error.
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