eBay takes roughly 13% of a jewellery sale including the postage the buyer paid. Here is what a sale is really worth once that and your costs come out.
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eBay’s jewellery and watches category runs at about 13% of the total amount of the sale, which includes postage and any handling charge. There is also a fixed per-order charge in most regions.
Sellers with a store subscription pay a lower percentage and get some zero-insertion-fee listings, which changes the arithmetic once you list in any volume.
Promoted listings come out on top of everything else. A 5% ad rate on a 13% category is 18% before you have posted anything, so it needs to be earning its place.
International postage is where thin margins disappear. A chain that clears a reasonable profit domestically can lose money once tracked overseas postage and customs paperwork are in the total, so it is worth pricing those separately rather than assuming.
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Get MyGoldWorthAround 13% of the total including postage for most jewellery, plus a small fixed charge per order. Store subscribers pay less.
Yes. The fee is calculated on the full amount the buyer paid, so postage is included in the base.
Only if the ad rate is less than the margin it adds. On thin scrap margins it frequently is not.