Ebay Price Hike, Challenge Coin Alternative
Ebay Price Hike, Challenge Coin Alternative
Well the verdict is in along with the eBay math on the soon to be new fee schedule of eBay. The entire hubbub is that 60% of eBayers will save money while the other 40% will suffer the increase. In fact this is not true in many areas and more propaganda than anything users are reading and discussing. In areas such as below the 0 mark sellers will suffer an increase for each successful sale they have. Challenge coins generally go for – and will be directly hit by this price hike. As with anything there is much padding in those prices to ensure a seller reaps some kind of profit on their product. What’s a seller to do? Amazon.com is in no way an alternative to selling at rock bottom rates for challenge coins and anything else out there that relates will never have the niche traffic to support this vast area of military collectibles. Challenge Coin Auctions .com released it’s new auction house specifically for the opportunity for sellers to find an alternate spot that will generate the traffic, low fees, and niche specific floor sellers need giving buyers a new edge at great prices and search. The word is getting out to hobbyists and many people are welcoming this new auction site into their browser favorites. Why should buyers care you might ask? The sheer economics of fees work in a way that when the seller doesn’t have to pad the auctions for 15-20% of the listing fees, the seller usually wins at lower prices making it advantageous to both parties. Besides sellers don’t have to search through weird categories just to find the coin they want to bid or buy. EBay has been running through the muck for a long time in this area without concern to clean it up. With the new auction house buyers and sellers now get personal easier and people feel at home. A seller’s point of view might breakdown something like this:
100 listings on eBay using 2007 rates
100 listings like the attached screen shot: .00 upfront
This is all I pay if I don’t sell anything…
If I sell:100: .00 upfront 25% sold: .00 total final value fees
Paypal Fees: .25 Shipping: .48 FC 2oz through paypal:
Federal Tax: 15%-28% (we will leave this out for now)
Cost of Coin Avg: (assuming you sell a decent coin):
Total Cost: 6.25
25% Coins sold at .99: 9.75
Shipping you Charge: .00 (because this is the right cost any seller should charge according to eBay): Your Profit: .50
Now looking at this you can see as a buyer what you’re paying for on the back end. What if your seller only pays about 10-20% of eBay’s fees on the new challenge coin auction site? If you have your thinking cap on you right to say you would save a lot and the seller would make more money as well. The days of annual monster hikes are over and many people have cheered the rise of something better. No one likes to be bullied into opening their wallet to only expect less in return. Stand with others and show everyone it’s time to move onto something new.
The author of this has been an active seller on eBay since 2000 and writes extensively in the challenge coin hobby. You can find the reference site at Challenge Coin Auctions .com. For more information on the hobby and the author please visit U.S. Challenge Coins .com.