eBay officially removes selling fees across all categories

eBay UK, which abolished seller's fees in fashion earlier this year to boost the resale market, has today announced that it has removed fees for private sellers across all categories, except motors. This means that private sellers will no longer pay final value fees or regulatory operating fees.

These new features include:

• Simplified Selling: Sellers can list items across categories within minutes using guidance about the best pricing and shipping options, alongside AI-generated descriptions and photo-enhancing tools.
• Simple Delivery: This service offers sellers a tracked and fully covered delivery at competitive rates.
• Local: eBay Local lets shoppers find nearby items available for in-person collection, all protected by its Money Back Guarantee.
• eBay Balance: Starting in mid-October, this new feature allows sellers to use their earnings to shop on eBay, promote their listings, purchase delivery labels or withdraw funds.

Kirsty Keoghan, GM of eBay UK, said: "eBay is constantly improving the marketplace experience in order to deliver on what our customers want.

"Removing selling fees across categories is designed to give buyers access to greater breadth and depth of inventory, while creating a simplified and streamlined experience for sellers."

After eBay Germany removed selling fees last year, C2C volume in Germany returned to positive growth. Plus, not only did more people start selling on eBay, but more than 250,000 sellers started buying. These new customers purchased twice as much as buyers who don’t sell, illustrating how free selling drives holistic growth.

With an estimated 294 million unused items in homes across the nation, there is an estimated resale potential of over £9 billion to be unlocked. Nearly a quarter (24%) of UK households are sitting on items worth over £500. The most commonly unused items in UK homes include adult clothing (44%).