Shoestring Theory

eBay announced today that they will cut listing fees further in several media categories, which will include books, music, movies and video game software.
$0.01 – 0.99 (auction-style only)
Original Categories Insertion Fee: $ .20
[Previously announced fee: $0.15 -ed]
New Media fee: $ .10
$1.00 - 9.99 (auction-style and fixed price)
Original Categories Insertion Fee: $ .40
[Previously announced fee: $0.35 [...]

Reader Andrew over at the AuctionBytes blog sent them an awesome calculator to show the difference between the old and new fee structure on eBay. It’s set up to do individual items and the monthly impact provided you know your average item cost and sell through rate. I (and I imagine many others) [...]