What type of platform is eBay? What are its characteristics?

What kind of eBay platform is eBay? For eBay novice sellers, this is indispensable e-commerce common sense. Next, let's take a look at what the eBay platform is like!

eBay official website address: https://www.ebay.com/

The online auction and shopping website, which was founded in 1995, was once very popular. Although its development in recent years has lagged far behind Amazon, it still has a huge customer base around the world. eBay pays more attention to Chinese sellers and encourages Chinese merchants to open overseas online direct sales channels. It has a full Chinese backend management interface and has set up a special eBay training center to provide online and offline store opening and operation guidance. Registration is free and it is quick to get started.

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So what are the characteristics of eBay as an international B2C cross-border e-commerce platform?

eBay platform features:

1. Unique sales methods. eBay was originally an auction site, and the most common sales method used by eBay sellers is auctions. There is also a fixed price method for selling hot-selling products. Of course, there is also a comprehensive sales method, which combines auctions and fixed prices.

2. eBay platform charges fees. There are five main types of fees charged by the eBay platform:

a. Listing fee: A fixed fee that needs to be paid when publishing a product, with different standards for different categories.

b. Transaction fee: After the transaction is completed, a certain percentage of the total transaction amount will be paid. If the transaction is not completed, no fee will be charged.

c. Feature fee: Sellers can add special features to the products they list, which must be paid together with the listing fee at the time of publication.

d. Store fee: Monthly store rental fee. The monthly store rental fees for sellers of different levels are different.

e. PayPal fee: The fee for using PayPal tools is charged separately at PayPal.

Sellers on the eBay platform are divided into "non-store sellers" and "store sellers." Those who list less than 40 products are non-store sellers, and those who list 40 products are store sellers. The fees that store sellers need to pay include: store monthly rent, listing fees, transaction fees, feature fees and PayPal fees.

The above is the relevant content about the eBay platform. If you want to get more knowledge about eBay, please continue to pay attention!