I love selling on eBay. Need to call out MINK I LOVE.10% fee on what you sell. There is nowhere else you can sell for such a small commission. I sell at consignment stores and flea markets as well as eBay. Nobody can beat eBay with millions of buyers. I sell at Gold Rush Flea Market Rochester, MN. Costs me about $200. Bring home $700 on a good weekend. Way more than the 10% eBay charges. In addition, no packing, unpacking, pricing every tiny item which I do for flea markets.
Folks who complain FEEBAY are simply unrealistic. Your alternative is a what? Garage Sale?

I’ve bought and sold alot of things on ebay, a bunch of gun parts too. Mostly bought but i’ve done quite well on selling things on there too. As far as buying you have to watch the feedback, most anyone that has a bunch of good feedback is not going to rip you off and in my experience will do anything to make things right if something comes up. As far as selling i’ve done best when i do free shipping and i always make sure to end the auctions on thursday evening. Most people are gonna have a paycheck coming the next day.

Don't forget the 2.9% + .30 for Paypal…….

Wasn't calling anyone out...….But the Paypal fees are a must when figuring out fees.

Looked at Ebay still no shotgun hulls or AR parts kits but I did see chokes and barrels listed now.

Ok. My Bad.

It’s probably changed 10 times in the last 10 years so it’s tough to keep up with the ebb and flow.

If its been that many years since you used it, one thing that may have changed since- is the customer/buyer is always right. They can return items for any reason, even buyers remorse, or say if they found one cheaper, ANYTHING.

I sell on ebay regularly, i have between 40 to 50 items listed most of the time. Those that say fees are high, try to go out and open a brick and mortar store and pay all the overhead costs that comes with a physical location, 10% is a drop in the bucket. Websites arent free and dont run theirselves, it all costs money that had to be made somehow.
Everyone that hates ebay screams scammers. Out of a thousand or so sales I can say I have been scammed once, and I should of have caught on, but my spidey sense didnt kick in till it was to late. But I had so little invested in the utem it wasnt worth fighting over it.
Ebay had a rough patch where they had a lot of bad sellers, they permantly bannned a lot of sellers quite a few years ago. If its been a while since you have used ebay you should try it again.
I hope in the next few years I will be able to make a full time living from ebay sales.

Offer free returns. I know, I know it sounds crazy. I offer 30 day free returns and have not seen an increase in returns. In fact I cannot remember my last return. The other plus is if you offer free returns ebay allows you to issue partial refunds, so if they list the reason as "changed my mind" you can subtract the return shipping from their refund. Or if it was a brand new item and they used it then I believe you can go as far as only issuing a 50% refund.

It’s like anything if you get in and go through all of the changes your outlook is different then the guy starting later in the game being new to the rules with the fee increases and customer domination outlook.

No interest in ever going back and the same with gunbroker I played fair and because of others that did not and everyone was punished with new rules and fees.

They never go into detail about the real reason for returns, just the "item not as described". Unscrupulous buyers will win a new item, use it and say "item was used". I offer returns buyer pays return shipping. One question, who decides what percentage you deduct if they say "changed my mind" or "used a new item" and decided to return it?

Question for Ebay Sellers. How do you do that with Taxes meaning how do you file?

Insole in the old days, I won't sell now. eBay is on the buyers side so if they say there is a problem the seller looses. I do still buy on eBay because I know if have a problem eBay has my back. I believe eBay collects sales tax and files it because they are the actual store. Everyone is just selling on conseinment.

Great place to buy. But for every thing that is a bargain, the same item is sold by another dealer for three times the value, or the shipping is three times actual cost. Need to know your item and the value.

You about have to give things away on ebay because shipping the item costs so much. USPS is getting carried away with what they charging for postage.

If you offer free returns, the amount withheld is up to you the seller. Ebay does however cap the amount you can deduct and I believe the limit is 50%.

I have a full time job and sell on ebay for extra income. I keep track of expenses and use godaddy book keeping which is linked to my ebay account. So it automatically pulls info for all sales including fees(ebay&paypal), shipping costs, etc. Then I input cost of goods sold as they sell. I could keep fuel receipts and track mileage but I dont mess with that at this point. My CPA could even write off home office space because I sell online. As far the actual forms, I dont know I just drop it off at the CPA and pick it up.

EBay does collect and pay the sales tax. As for income tax I compile the information and turn it over to H & R Block. As for fees I think what has been said is pretty much right on. I figure having the millions of eBay buyers as potential customers off sets their fee schedule. My only complaint is they collect their commission on shipping fees in addition to the selling fee. There are some sellers that charge a high shipping fee so that is why they do that. I always try to charge actual shipping fees. On the other hand the shipping fees when using eBay shipping are discounted, so that is nice.

I always charged actual shipping and like lawdog said, played by the rules but got caught up by the few that cheated the system. I feel charging fees on shipping is the most criminal corrupt thing going.