thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months agoOnline retailer eBay scraps fees for private sellers in UKwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkOnline retailer eBay scraps fees for private sellers in UKwww.theguardian.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarewiccan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoAny info out there on how they actually plan on making money going forwards? The article talks about other platforms charging a fee to buyers instead but mentions nothing about eBay introducing this. Are they really making enough from ads on the site and vehicles to replace the lost revenue?
minus-squareElleo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPreviously you got 10,000 free listings a month on private seller accounts, now it’s 300. Which is plenty for actual private sellers, but businesses operating as private sellers will have to start paying for their listings
minus-squarewiccan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoThat makes a lot of sense, I hadn’t considered that business sellers would still be charged.
Any info out there on how they actually plan on making money going forwards?
The article talks about other platforms charging a fee to buyers instead but mentions nothing about eBay introducing this.
Are they really making enough from ads on the site and vehicles to replace the lost revenue?
Previously you got 10,000 free listings a month on private seller accounts, now it’s 300. Which is plenty for actual private sellers, but businesses operating as private sellers will have to start paying for their listings
That makes a lot of sense, I hadn’t considered that business sellers would still be charged.