http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/ebay+commissions/default.aspxTags: ebay commissionsenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2011/03/23/ebay-dangles-free-shipping-incentives.aspxTue, 22 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:16341Linc Wonham0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=16341http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2011/03/23/ebay-dangles-free-shipping-incentives.aspx#comments<hr /> <p><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/ebay-mini.gif" style="float:left;margin:10px;" width="75" height="75" alt="" />Good news and bad for eBay sellers this week.</p> <p>Under a new pricing structure that begins on April 19, the first 50 auction listings per month will be free. The online marketplace also announced that sellers can add the fixed-price Buy It Now tool for free, which previously cost 5 to 25 cents to use.</p> <p>That was the good news.</p> <p>The potentially bad news for nearly three-quarters of eBay sellers was that the company reduced its commissions structure by 1 to 2 percent to provide incentives for free and low-cost shipping. The commission fees will now be based on a product&rsquo;s final sale price plus the shipping costs.</p> <p>That will reward sellers of higher-priced items that can withstand free and low-cost shipping, while those sellers of lower-priced items that have no free-shipping options will most likely experience severe fee increases.</p> <p>Currently, 30 percent of products sold on eBay in the U.S. ship for free.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16341" width="1" height="1">ebaybuy it nowebay commissions