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Received, March 15/2011
Seller fee update coming this Spring:
List Auction-style FREE, any start price, all the time. Add Buy It Now FREE.
Dear valued ebay seller,
Starting April 19, Standard Auction-style fees will be changing for non-store subscribers. If you don't own an eBay store, you'll be able to list FREE at any start price--up to 50 items a month and Auction-style Final Value Fees will apply to the total amount of the sale (including shipping).
You will also be able to add the Buy It Now option FREE to grab those buyers who don't want to wait for your listing to end. In short, you can now list even your higher priced items free--pay only if it sells.
Fees adjusted to reward low-cost shipping.
We know online buyers pay attention to shipping costs when deciding what and where to buy. That's why, to encourage low-cost shipping, starting July 6 Fixed Price Final Value Fee rates will be reduced for all sellers and applied to the total amount of the sale. When you list on eBay.ca and sell to a US or international buyer, we'll charge your Final Value Fee rate against your first domestic Canadian shipping service, or the actual shipping cost paid by the buyer, whichever is lower.
This means that even if you frequently sell to US buyers, you can keep your overall fees down by offering free or low cost shipping to your Canadian buyers
Subscribe to an eBay Store for as low as $15.95 per month for lowest overall fees.
You may be able to reduce your overall fees by subscribing to an eBay Store. For as low as $15.95 per month you'll get all the great benefits that come with a Store subscription, including discounted Insertion Fees for Fixed Price, low Insertion Fees for Auction-style, FREE pictures, and powerful Store marketing tools.
If you already have an eBay Store, consider upgrading to a Premium or Anchor store subscription. With a Premium Store, you can list in Fixed Price for just 5¢ plus get the same discounted Insertion Fees for Auction-style. Subscribe to an Anchor store and you can list in Fixed Price for just 3¢.
5% PowerSeller discount retired--aim now to be an eBay Top-rated seller to earn 20% off
Starting with your June invoice, the 5% Final Value Fee discount for PowerSellers who are not eBay Top-rated sellers will be retired.
As before, if you qualify for either the US Top-rated seller program on eBay.com OR the Global Top-rated seller program on eBay.ca, you'll get the 20% Final Value Fee discount for all your listings, whether you list on eBay.ca or eBay.com. The Global Top-rated seller requirements, applicable to the program on eBay.ca, will be modified in May to allow more Canadian sellers to qualify and receive the 20% discount.
Be sure to check your Seller Dashboard for up-to-date information on your rating and what you can do to achieve eBay Top-rated seller status in either program and earn a 20% discount as soon as possible.
Improving upfront shipping information for Canadian buyers
Starting in June, the domestic Canadian shipping options you offer when listing on eBay.ca will be displayed to Canadian buyers using industry-standard terms and including delivery estimates. Several new generic domestic shipping services are being added to support this change, while the existing generic services "Standard Delivery" and "Expedited Delivery" will no longer be available.
New minimum global standards for selling on eBay.ca
New minimum global standards will take effect in May and must be met in order to sell on eBay.ca (and all other eBay sites except US, UK and Germany). Check your Seller Dashboard for more insight on transactions with buyers around the world. New requirements for the Global Top-rated seller discount program applicable on eBay.ca will also take effect.
New eBay Shopping Cart introduced on eBay.com
Online shoppers are accustomed to adding items to a shopping cart--and they're often motivated to buy more. That's why - starting on eBay.com, and later on eBay.ca as well - we're introducing the new eBay Shopping Cart that works with both Fixed Price and Auction-style items. Buyers can add items from multiple sellers and pay in one easy checkout--making it easier and more likely for them to buy more.
New way to shop coming to more Electronics categories
Buyers come to eBay every day in search of the best deals on the hottest electronics. To make sure they find them and keep coming back, the new way to shop for popular products--introduced before the holidays for DVDs and Blu-ray, GPS devices and MP3 players--is coming soon to more electronics categories including cell phones, cameras, video game systems and video games. Starting May 16, you'll be required to list and relist items in these categories with the catalogue.
Item specifics required for Clothing, Shoes & Accessories
Buyers in Clothing, Shoes & Accessories categories will find your listings even faster shopping by Brand, Style, Colour, Size Type, and Size. These item specifics will be required in Fashion categories starting May 9.
Update for Parts & Accessories sellers who use the US Motors Site
To build confidence and reduce buyer questions, sellers will be required to specify shipping and handling time, return policy, and item condition when listing parts and accessories on the US Motors site. Parts and accessories listings created on eBay.ca already require return policy and handling time and are not impacted.
Update to funds availability for Below Standard sellers
Starting in June, for sellers without an established track record, sellers listing on eBay.ca who do not meet eBay's minimum global performance standard, and sellers listing on eBay.com who do not meet eBay's minimum US performance standards, funds from buyer payments may be unavailable for a period of time to ensure successful fulfillment.
New communications hub
Starting in May, you'll be able to manage your communications with buyers from just one location within My eBay. View the emails that eBay sends to buyers after a transaction, manage your buyer-facing Automated Answers, or access your Store newsletters--all from one convenient page.
Specified shipping required for Canadian, US, UK and Australian buyers
Specifying shipping information for your Canadian and international buyers makes checkout faster and easier and can also help your DSRs by setting buyer expectations for shipping costs. Later this year, we'll be requiring specified domestic Canadian shipping costs for listings created on eBay.ca. You'll also need to specify shipping to the US in order to maintain free exposure on the eBay.com site for your eBay.ca listing. And later this year, Canadian listings that specify international shipping information to Australia and the UK will receive increased exposure by being displayed in the main search results for these eBay sites.
Category and item specifics changes
Category and item specifics changes are also consolidated with rest of updates. Find out if your listings are impacted.
Get details on the 2011 Spring Seller Update.
For more insight, you're also invited to:
* Talk with members of my staff during the next two days on a special eBay.com discussion board we've set up for this purpose.
* Join me and other leaders from eBay in an eBay.com Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, March 16.
* Take part in the upcoming eBay.com webinar on Thursday, March 17.
As always, thank you for selling on eBay.
Sincerely,
Dinesh Lathi
Vice President, Seller Experience
Seller fee update coming this Spring:
List Auction-style FREE, any start price, all the time. Add Buy It Now FREE.
Dear valued ebay seller,
Starting April 19, Standard Auction-style fees will be changing for non-store subscribers. If you don't own an eBay store, you'll be able to list FREE at any start price--up to 50 items a month and Auction-style Final Value Fees will apply to the total amount of the sale (including shipping).
You will also be able to add the Buy It Now option FREE to grab those buyers who don't want to wait for your listing to end. In short, you can now list even your higher priced items free--pay only if it sells.
Fees adjusted to reward low-cost shipping.
We know online buyers pay attention to shipping costs when deciding what and where to buy. That's why, to encourage low-cost shipping, starting July 6 Fixed Price Final Value Fee rates will be reduced for all sellers and applied to the total amount of the sale. When you list on eBay.ca and sell to a US or international buyer, we'll charge your Final Value Fee rate against your first domestic Canadian shipping service, or the actual shipping cost paid by the buyer, whichever is lower.
This means that even if you frequently sell to US buyers, you can keep your overall fees down by offering free or low cost shipping to your Canadian buyers
Subscribe to an eBay Store for as low as $15.95 per month for lowest overall fees.
You may be able to reduce your overall fees by subscribing to an eBay Store. For as low as $15.95 per month you'll get all the great benefits that come with a Store subscription, including discounted Insertion Fees for Fixed Price, low Insertion Fees for Auction-style, FREE pictures, and powerful Store marketing tools.
If you already have an eBay Store, consider upgrading to a Premium or Anchor store subscription. With a Premium Store, you can list in Fixed Price for just 5¢ plus get the same discounted Insertion Fees for Auction-style. Subscribe to an Anchor store and you can list in Fixed Price for just 3¢.
5% PowerSeller discount retired--aim now to be an eBay Top-rated seller to earn 20% off
Starting with your June invoice, the 5% Final Value Fee discount for PowerSellers who are not eBay Top-rated sellers will be retired.
As before, if you qualify for either the US Top-rated seller program on eBay.com OR the Global Top-rated seller program on eBay.ca, you'll get the 20% Final Value Fee discount for all your listings, whether you list on eBay.ca or eBay.com. The Global Top-rated seller requirements, applicable to the program on eBay.ca, will be modified in May to allow more Canadian sellers to qualify and receive the 20% discount.
Be sure to check your Seller Dashboard for up-to-date information on your rating and what you can do to achieve eBay Top-rated seller status in either program and earn a 20% discount as soon as possible.
Improving upfront shipping information for Canadian buyers
Starting in June, the domestic Canadian shipping options you offer when listing on eBay.ca will be displayed to Canadian buyers using industry-standard terms and including delivery estimates. Several new generic domestic shipping services are being added to support this change, while the existing generic services "Standard Delivery" and "Expedited Delivery" will no longer be available.
New minimum global standards for selling on eBay.ca
New minimum global standards will take effect in May and must be met in order to sell on eBay.ca (and all other eBay sites except US, UK and Germany). Check your Seller Dashboard for more insight on transactions with buyers around the world. New requirements for the Global Top-rated seller discount program applicable on eBay.ca will also take effect.
New eBay Shopping Cart introduced on eBay.com
Online shoppers are accustomed to adding items to a shopping cart--and they're often motivated to buy more. That's why - starting on eBay.com, and later on eBay.ca as well - we're introducing the new eBay Shopping Cart that works with both Fixed Price and Auction-style items. Buyers can add items from multiple sellers and pay in one easy checkout--making it easier and more likely for them to buy more.
New way to shop coming to more Electronics categories
Buyers come to eBay every day in search of the best deals on the hottest electronics. To make sure they find them and keep coming back, the new way to shop for popular products--introduced before the holidays for DVDs and Blu-ray, GPS devices and MP3 players--is coming soon to more electronics categories including cell phones, cameras, video game systems and video games. Starting May 16, you'll be required to list and relist items in these categories with the catalogue.
Item specifics required for Clothing, Shoes & Accessories
Buyers in Clothing, Shoes & Accessories categories will find your listings even faster shopping by Brand, Style, Colour, Size Type, and Size. These item specifics will be required in Fashion categories starting May 9.
Update for Parts & Accessories sellers who use the US Motors Site
To build confidence and reduce buyer questions, sellers will be required to specify shipping and handling time, return policy, and item condition when listing parts and accessories on the US Motors site. Parts and accessories listings created on eBay.ca already require return policy and handling time and are not impacted.
Update to funds availability for Below Standard sellers
Starting in June, for sellers without an established track record, sellers listing on eBay.ca who do not meet eBay's minimum global performance standard, and sellers listing on eBay.com who do not meet eBay's minimum US performance standards, funds from buyer payments may be unavailable for a period of time to ensure successful fulfillment.
New communications hub
Starting in May, you'll be able to manage your communications with buyers from just one location within My eBay. View the emails that eBay sends to buyers after a transaction, manage your buyer-facing Automated Answers, or access your Store newsletters--all from one convenient page.
Specified shipping required for Canadian, US, UK and Australian buyers
Specifying shipping information for your Canadian and international buyers makes checkout faster and easier and can also help your DSRs by setting buyer expectations for shipping costs. Later this year, we'll be requiring specified domestic Canadian shipping costs for listings created on eBay.ca. You'll also need to specify shipping to the US in order to maintain free exposure on the eBay.com site for your eBay.ca listing. And later this year, Canadian listings that specify international shipping information to Australia and the UK will receive increased exposure by being displayed in the main search results for these eBay sites.
Category and item specifics changes
Category and item specifics changes are also consolidated with rest of updates. Find out if your listings are impacted.
Get details on the 2011 Spring Seller Update.
For more insight, you're also invited to:
* Talk with members of my staff during the next two days on a special eBay.com discussion board we've set up for this purpose.
* Join me and other leaders from eBay in an eBay.com Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, March 16.
* Take part in the upcoming eBay.com webinar on Thursday, March 17.
As always, thank you for selling on eBay.
Sincerely,
Dinesh Lathi
Vice President, Seller Experience