eBay Raises Seller Fees in UK, Repackages Stores

eBay published the following post on the eBay UK Announcement Board on Tuesday, the same day it also announced its Spring Seller Update in the US and Canada:

We’re making some changes to eBay Shop subscription packages and listing prices for business sellers. This is part of our ongoing efforts to improve our marketplace.

We’ll be adding more value to our shop subscription packages to give business sellers a wider range of benefits. We’re also increasing the prices of listing fees, listing upgrades and eBay Shop subscriptions.

From 30 March:

We’re increasing listing and upgrade fees for all business sellers.

From 1 April:

We’re restructuring eBay Shop pricing and benefits to give subscribers more inclusive fixed price listings, as well as new benefits, such as:

Inclusive 7-day auction-style listings

A monthly eBay packaging voucher (Featured and Anchor Shops only)

Listing upgrade credit to spend on listing upgrades such as Promote your listings (Featured and Anchor Shops only)

Find out more about our new pricing and Shops benefits on this page.

Source: eBay UK Announcement Board Post

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