I’ve closed my store on eBay and have found the perfect eBay alternative EZ33 Free Auctions. They are a new site so not a lot of activity right now but if enough people get ticked off and knew about EZ33 that could drastically change the situation. They have all the features and more… check it out, you’ll see I’ve set up a store on there (Gold Misers) and get this $3.33 for a year!

From Denise Van Patten,
Your Guide to Doll Collecting.

Explaining the eBay Stores Fee Increases and How They Will Affect You

I wasn’t going to devote an entire article to the latest round of eBay fee increases, because I ran extensive articles on the last fee increases in January 2006, and eBay seems to raise fees so frequently now that I had to ask myself if it was really news. Well, I noticed today that at the top of my “What’s Hot” articles on my site was the January, 2006 article on the eBay fee increase, so I realized that people are actually looking for information on this, the latest eBay fee hike.

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By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
July 23, 2006

eBay Store owners posting on discussion boards last week reacted strongly to eBay’s announced fee increases. Sellers are considering various options, from “clearing out deadwood” inventory, to taking the drastic action of closing their Stores.

eBay is increasing both listing and commission (Final Value) fees for Store inventory effective August 22. Listing fees will rise 150 percent for items under $25 and will rise 400 percent for items priced at $25 and over. Commission fees will rise 25 percent for items $25. For items priced over $25, the percentage increase in rates is variable depending on the selling price (http://pages.ebay.com/sell/announcement200607/overview/fees.html).

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So what should eBay Store sellers do in light of last week’s announced fee increases? I decided to ask some experts for advice on how they thought eBay Store owners could cope in an even more challenging and costly environment.

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