The slow decline of eBay! | Seller Lounge

spieleheld · 2026-01-27T12:12:25.841000Z

Hello dear traders and sellers.I need to vent a bit of my frustration here. Ebay's pricing policy has been forcing more and more traders to **bleep** over the past few years.No advertising costs, no pictures you have to take yourself, no descriptions, everything is created automatically by **bleep**.And then there are ten times as many sales at **bleep**... BUT!!! Ebay is raising prices yet again and once again the traders are the suckers! You really have to let that sink in.Ebay charges commission on SHIPPING, but not on the net amount, instead on the GROSS amount plus VAT!.Plus advertising costs that once again really squeeze the margin. I and many other traders ask ourselves, why Ebay why ??We already have to do so much ourselves and then pay even more than at **bleep**??How can you explain that and please don't come with the standard phrases, "we invest" .... You force and drive so many of us to **bleep**..Ebay charges a whopping 12% commission + a MINIMUM of 2% advertising (otherwise no sales = coercion) commission on the sale price + shipping + VAT ,, Can it get any worse?? We are frustrated and seriously thinking about switching to **bleep**, and that after over 16 years with EBAY!! Too bad, you used to be something special, that was once...

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