Confused

[j4]

Trying to set up an eBay seller's account and I'm confused already. It wants me to fill in a direct debit mandate -- are there regular fees for having a seller's account even if you don't sell anything? I couldn't see anything about that but I can't see how you can set up a dd to say "please debit however much these people need from my account whenever I sell something", you'd basically be signing a blank cheque.

And they've already asked me to keep card details "on file" to check I'm me, and to nominate a card to pay from, as well as an alternative card to pay from, and I'm running out of cards!

Having seen some of the people who apparently manage to sell stuff on eBay with no difficulty, if I can't do it I must be so stupid that it's amazing I managed to work out how to breathe. :-(

Update: Huh? "You are already a registered seller!" How'd that happen then? I've never tried to register as a seller before...

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[lnr]

Yup, that's exactly what happened to me. So I got round to listing things, and then discovered that you can pay fees at any time by paypal at http://cgi1.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?OneTimePayPalPayment without bothering to wait for them to invoice you, so I did.

You get charged a small fee for listing the item, which varies depending on starting price and on any extras like being in bold or having more pictures. And if the item sells you get charged a small percentage of the final value as well.

Full fee details are at http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html

NB if you want people to be able to pay you by paypal you probably need to upgrade (for free) from a personal to a premier paypal account, and they take a small percentage fee plus 20p from all credit/debit card payments into your paypal account. Or you could just say cheques only :-)

[j4.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the PayPal tip -- upgraded now!