How does ebay work?

[Dubbzy]

can someone please be kind enough to give me a summary of what it costs to use ebay, i can see alot of fees but really cant work it out?

[Jords]

You pay what you bid for the item plus the stated postage cost (some are free). There is occasionally a 'buy it now' price which avoids the hassle of an auction. Some sellers offer postal insurance or postal tracking but neither of these are necessary with cheap items. Hope that helps!!

[Dubbzy]

Sorry I meant as a seller

[woody1]

For a standard auction it usually costs about $1.50 to list, then they take about 5% of the final price if it sells. If you start at $0.99 it is free to list! but they will still sting you with the final value fee. There are other online auction sites that dont charge as much as Feebay, but none of them reach as big of a market so its worth the cost.

[rayke1938]

Also if you use paypal as payment method another 1.5 %

Cheers

Ray