how much are they raising rates? I heard it was ridiculous (and the rates already were high....I thought about listing some stuff, but since they were cheap items, I didn't find the listing cost worth it).
For a typical item selling on Ebay for $100.00, Ebay will collect 8 percent of the first $25.00 of the sell price and 5 percent of the remaining $75.00 of the sell price, or a total of $5.75 of the $100.00 purchase price. In addition, Ebay also derives a fee of anywhere from $0.40 to $1.00 per listing depending on the selling features the buyer selects.
Should that $100.00 purchase also be paid for using Ebay's PayPal service, Ebay will the earn another $3.50 on that transaction, bringing Ebay's total commission on the sale to $10.25 of an item selling for $100.00.
Some eBay sellers lash out over fee increase
eBay shares slip after word of fee increase
I'm not sure but my daughtewr was upset because they don't get alot for their stuff either and ebay listing fees, ebays cut of the sale,photo fees and Paypal fees eats up most of their profits. The listing fees alone are up to around 3.00 or more now.