How much does it cost to open a store on eBay? How can eBay products infringe copyright?

How much does it cost to open a store on eBay?

1. Basic Fees

1) Listing Fees

As we all know, eBay sellers need to pay a certain listing fee to post a listing, but sellers can get a certain amount of free listing quota every month (the free quota varies for different types of sellers).

2) Transaction costs

When a seller successfully sells a product, a transaction fee will be charged. eBay transaction fees are calculated based on the fees paid by the buyer, including product costs and logistics costs.

If you don't have a store, the transaction fee for most products is 10% of the total sales, but the maximum amount does not exceed US$750.

2. Optional Fees

1) Subscription Store

eBay stores are divided into basic stores, advanced stores and super stores. Different levels of stores will charge different fees. There are two charging methods: monthly and annual. The number of free listings per month, the proportion of listing fees and transaction fees charged by stores of different levels are all different. However, the higher the store level, the more free listings there are, and the lower the rates of other fees.

2) Functional upgrade

For eBay listings, some features can be upgraded, such as pre-listing, subtitles, and bold title fonts.

3) Advertising Fees

Promoted listings: It is a paid promotion service within eBay that can increase product exposure and sales. Listings set up with promoted listings will be promoted to certain locations. Only after the product is successfully sold through promotional activities will a corresponding commission be charged. No advertising fees will be incurred if the product is only clicked but not sold.

Promoted listings can set a promotion commission rate of 1% to 20%, and this commission rate is charged as a certain percentage of the transaction price, excluding logistics costs. eBay sellers can modify the commission rate in batches or for a specific listing based on their actual situation.

How much does it cost to open a store on eBay?

1. Image infringement

This is the easiest to avoid. You can take and edit product pictures by yourself. Don’t just take someone else’s good-looking pictures and make them your own. You can imitate other people’s methods, but you must never use them directly.

Don’t learn from some sellers who directly take other people’s pictures without even removing the watermark. It’s simply outrageous.

2. Trademark Infringement

When developing new products, be sure to ask the supplier whether they have a brand and whether the brand can be authorized.

If you don’t get an accurate response, you need to check whether the product has a logo and whether the logo belongs to a certain brand. If you really want to take the risk to sell it, then you must photoshop out the logo when posting the image and fill in “unbranded” for Brand.

3. Brand keyword infringement

Previously, a seller named "Blue Sky and White Clouds" listed a product on her eBay store. Because a certain keyword infringed the registered trademark of the Ray-Ban eyewear brand, it triggered an infringement lawsuit, which led to her PayPal account being frozen.

4. Design infringement

Design infringement is the most difficult to avoid because many products in our country more or less imitate some well-known brands in appearance.

You can check on Alibaba at any time, especially there are a lot of Rubik's Cubes and glasses on eBay. Sellers usually look at products from well-known brands.

Another thing to do is to check how many sellers are selling the product on our platform. If there are very few listings and most of the brands are branded, then the product is dangerous.

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