Comments on: eBay Fee Changes… Look At Your Own Numbers! http://imamerchant.org/blog/with-ebay-fee-changes-look-at-your-own-economics/ Internet Merchants Association Blog - Thoughts and ideas from our IMA members for online sellers. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Tony P. http://imamerchant.org/blog/with-ebay-fee-changes-look-at-your-own-economics/#comment-21 Tony P. Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:56:11 +0000 http://imamerchant.org/blog/with-ebay-fee-changes-look-at-your-own-economics/#comment-21 Excellent post, Steve! Those numbers show just how irrelevant that 'discount' is, as far as it being anything like a true Carrot to motivate sellers. It makes a person wonder if ebay thinks that everyone is stupid - or that they are the only ones that can 'crunch the numbers'. Applying your numbers to a seller of, say, DVD's, that seller *might* consider the option of lowering their shipping by 19-cents, because their shipping cost is initially low. (it still isn't feasable - your numbers are Spot On) Apply that potential 19-cents to a seller of large Dolls that cost between $8-14 to ship (yes, as much as the doll's cost). The 19-cents becomes absurd, at that point. This is the scenario presented by the majority of Excellent post, Steve! Those numbers show just how irrelevant that ‘discount’ is, as far as it being anything like a true Carrot to motivate sellers. It makes a person wonder if ebay thinks that everyone is stupid - or that they are the only ones that can ‘crunch the numbers’.

Applying your numbers to a seller of, say, DVD’s, that seller *might* consider the option of lowering their shipping by 19-cents, because their shipping cost is initially low. (it still isn’t feasable - your numbers are Spot On)

Apply that potential 19-cents to a seller of large Dolls that cost between $8-14 to ship (yes, as much as the doll’s cost). The 19-cents becomes absurd, at that point. This is the scenario presented by the majority of

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