zhowar1 wrote:Has anybody tried opening up a second PayPal account that is a Personal account only, and then directing all of the non-credit card paying customers to that account? This would cut out all of the fees for the non-credit card paying PayPal folks. I've found that a significant portion of PayPal payments are through PayPal balances. Of course, I only sell used personal stuff, with very few auctions a year.

Although I'm pretty sure PayPal has a rule of one account per person, could you have your wife (or friend, etc.) open another PayPal account for this purpose?

Actually they do even alow that.  You just can't use the same bank accoutn for both of them IIRC.

Paypal FAQ: Mulitple accounts

It is a bit of a hassle though to make buyers understand where to send their paypal payment.

Another random thought: does anyone else remember when it was hugely profitable to be using PayPal?

Think back ... PayPal had its ugly brown-ish web-site, they made fun of eBay and Billpoint constantly, and they ran all kinds of promotions and gimmicks. Ringing any bells yet ... ?

I'm thinking specifically of their "sign up another user" program. When I first got involved, they were offering $10 for every new user I could sign up. And it required no effort at all: if the winning bidder clicked on the PayPal link from the auction page and then decided to register with PayPal, my account was credited with $10. After a time, the offer went down to $5, then (of course) to zero, but I made, IIRC, something like $165 for doing essentially nothing. And it could have been more: the program initially offered $15 for signing up another user.

Also, there was a time when PayPal didn't charge the way they do now. The details have totally escaped me, but I believe I received PayPal payments for a few weeks with no fees whatsoever. Over time, the site changed, their battles with eBay/Billpoint became more intense, and various fees for various things were rolled out. Even then, though, it was pretty reasonable: PayPal used to do side-by-side comparisons with its service versus Billpoint, and (believe it or not) PayPal was clearly the way to go.

Man, I sound like Grandpa Simpson: "Back in my day, we didn't have any of these high-falutin' fees!"

so far people in the business of collectables, in general,have and are complaining about how EBAY has changed how people look for thir vises  :cry:.   but from this thread i think EBAY is destroying themselves with big fees.  for ten bucks or less and some gas money i can do several hundred selling at a flea market then go to my uncles house get smahed and and watch the pats win their third in a row.   may be the Ebay community should rethink how they do business.


anyone up for starting a gaming store???

jeff

ebay is not going anywhere until it has competition, and there is no one even on the horizon.

No, believe it or not, the costs would not be all that high. If listings were free and the auction site took 1% of the sale price, AND offered free Paypal-style services, then the initial fees would be hardware/software, plus a few other minor ones. Ongoing ones would be salaries, ISP costs, and advertising costs. Millions maybe, but certainly not billions. It can easily be done, it is just a matter of someone doing it.

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January 2005 February 2005 March 2005

Sales -- $3,118.12 $1,510.89  
Month-to-month sales growth -- -- -51.5%  
Ended listings -- 232 123  
Ended items -- 232 123  
Sold items -- 198 119  
Sold items % -- 84.2% 96.2%  
Average sale price per item -- $15.75 $12.70  
Total buyers -- 198 119  
Total unique buyers -- 89 57  
Repeat buyers % -- 40.4% 35.1%  






 



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January 2005 February 2005 March 2005

Net eBay fees -- $262.15 $116.82  
Net PayPal fees -- $112.38 $100.08  
Net eBay & PayPal fees -- $374.53 $216.90  





 



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Unpaid Item reminders sent -- 0 7  
Final Value Fee claims requested -- 0 6  
Unpaid Items reported as % of sold items -- 0.0% 5.9%






13% thats 13 fucken % man
what a bunch of gready cocksukers


January 2005 February 2005 March 2005

eBay

Fees

Insertion fees -- $93.22 $12.06
Listing feature fees -- $20.58 $7.85
Final value fees -- $139.75 $87.35
Subscription fees -- $15.52 $15.95
Subtotal -- $269.07 $123.21

 

Credits

Store referral credits -- $0.92 $0.00
Unpaid Item final value fee credits -- $0.00 $1.14
Other credits -- $6.00 $5.25
Subtotal -- $6.92 $6.39
 
Net eBay fees -- $262.15 $116.82
Net eBay fees as % of sales -- 8.4% 7.7%


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Fees -- $112.38 $100.08
Credits -- $0.00 $0.00
 
Net PayPal fees -- $112.38 $100.08
Net PayPal fees as % sales -- 3.6% 6.6%


eBay & PayPal
Net eBay & PayPal fees -- $374.53 $216.90





I think I'm gonna say fuck you paypal

ya I was thinking the online store thing but I wouldn't have the cash for the startup, you need a ton of stock.

lol well ok are 2 problems for me, A money, B space I am so out of room as it is......

jhstissot wrote:what about combining forces with a site like this one that has a good following. though the acaeum has a narrow focus the auction site not to

combine forces with draco  8O  8O  8O  8O

(only joking chummer)