Ebay Store Owners - Some Help Please

[RockinPrettyBeats]

I recently opened an Ebay store because well, I want to see if it will be more profitable and be less fees overall. Now I know they have that generator but actually it's not much help at all.

Now that I have a store open, is there a way to see how much on fees I am saving on the final value? It seems like I can't find this info anywhere. I know there is a graph somewhere that says how much you pay for final value fees when you have a store versus when you don't...but it's a lot a math when you factor in the top-seller, store and different category final value fees.

I was wondering if there was a place on Ebay's sellers reports or something in my account that says "these items sold this week and your discount is this much". I've been searching for a while and can't seem to find it. Some kind of summary or item by item would be great. Any of you lovely store owners know?

[ponylady]

I honestly do not think there is a way to see a break-down for each week/day/etc. itleast I have never found one.  They only let you know what your 20% discount is at the end of your billing cycle.  The same as if you were just a regular Top-Rated Seller without a store.

I am not sure what your Selling Manager may have looked like before you opened the Store.  I have never not had my store to know exactly. But the only thing I have found that even remotely gives you some sort of a breakdown is under your Account Tab.  If you click Sales Reports it gives you a breakdown of ebay and Paypal fee's for each month plus your sales growth.

And there is also a section in your Seller Account that you can click on all activity.  And that gives you a break down of all your fee's but not your discounts.  I am sure though if you have been playing around with it you have seen all those. 

[RockinPrettyBeats]

Thanks for answering. Part of the problem is that under the "fees" tab there is just a blank page that says "processing"?!

It's been like this for 24 hours whereas before I had a store it was all immediate and showed the shipping & payment fees. However, as you mentioned, I do think it didn't show the 20% discount until later.

But now it's not showing anything which is making it very hard to keep track! I have to go to the sales page and do all the math myself.

Maybe this is a fluke and it will fix itself? I certainly hope so since I would like to be sure I'm being charged correctly.

Well, can you tell me something cause I can't find anything that specifies. Does the new 7% rate for store owners apply to the shipping fees that you have to pay? Or is it only on the actual item?

[ponylady]

Are you asking about the 7.5% FVF's on an item?  Because if so it is based on the total amount of the sale which includes the shipping cost.  And that rate is only good on items up to $50.  The higher the amount of the item the more fee's they tack on.  So if your item reaches let's say between $50.01 and a $1,000 it is 7.5% of the first $50 then 4.0% of the remaining balance of the total amount of the sale.  Having a store is great but they still nickel and dime you to death.

[RockinPrettyBeats]

No kidding, I'm fuming right now because I can't find anywhere where they are charging me the correct FVFs. I got my first invoice while I have a store and all the fees are just like my top rated seller fees. It's not 7% and I'm very upset.

Thanks for explaining the fees on shipping. I always thought they did it separately with different rates for some reason. Now I know they just do it as a total. Never put that together before...