Now I'd like to talk for a minute about the features eBCalc has to offer. I have tried to make eBCalc in such
a way such that it supports pretty much every conceivable way of listing an item on eBay. This includes everything from
eBay Motors to eBay Stores to
eBay Real Estate, from Dutch Auctions
to Reserve Auctions and everything in between. Here's a quick run-down of all the different features eBCalc has to offer.
eBCalc has the ability to calculate fees for both
Single Item and
Multiple Item auctions. It supports all of the different
listing formats for Single-Item auctions (including
No Reserve,
Reserve, and
Buy It Now style auctions). It also supports
all of the different listing formats for Multiple Item auctions including
Dutch Auctions and
Buy It Now auctions. For Multiple Item
Auctions you get to specify both the number of items you have available and the number of items that you have sold. eBCalc
also supports calculating the fees for
eBay Real Estate (for all property types) and for
eBay Motors (for all vehicle types).
It also supports calculating the fees for items sold in the "Parts & Accessories" category of eBay Motors.
eBCalc also supports all of the available
eBay Listing Upgrades as well (including the new
Value Pack and
Pro Pack listing upgrades). It also supports
eBay Picture Services and all of
the upgrades that go along with it (such as
Picture Pack,
Supersize Picture, and
Picture Show). eBCalc is also the only eBay fee calculator
in the world that supports Custom Listing Upgrades. Custom Listing Upgrades are just like they sound,
they are new (custom) listing upgrades which you can add into the calculator at any time and assign
them any name and any price you want. These are often useful if you are using a third-party listing tool that charges a
per-item listing fee or if eBay suddenly adds a new listing upgrade to their site and you don't see it reflected yet in
the calculator's listing upgrades list, you can simply add it yourself. eBCalc also supports calculating the fees for
eBay Stores (for 30, 60, 90, and 120-Day listings) and it correctly accounts for
the difference in price in the listing upgrade fees. It also supports calculating fees for items listed in the special
Business & Industrial category of eBay.
eBCalc also supports a wide variety of options for receiving PayPal payments
as well. There is a built-in PayPal Fee Rate Finder which will basically fill in the correct PayPal fee rate for you depending on
which country the payment is coming from, which country the payment is going to, and what your Monthly Sales Volume is.
There are over 200 different PayPal fee rates built into the calculator. You can also edit the PayPal Fee Rate manually
if you like to any amount of your choosing. eBCalc also has options for PayPal eCheck payments and to
account for PayPal's currency conversion fee. You can also specify to the calculator whether your item sold or not (because this
affects your fees as well).
Another useful feature of the calculator is that it allows you to enter in both the S&H amount you have
charged to your buyer and your actual S&H cost. By entering these two items seperately it allows the calculator to
more accurately determine your true Net Profit. eBCalc also allows you to enter in your Cost To Acquire,
which is basically the price you paid to first acquire the item. This amount is also extremely vital in
determining Net Profit.
After you have chosen all of your options and entered all of your amounts the calculator will give you a
number of useful pieces of information. First, it tells you what your total Insertion Fees have come
out to be, along with your total Listing Upgrade Fees, and your total Final Value Fees.
Then it combines those three together to form
your Total eBay Fees. Next it looks at the PayPal options you have provided and the amounts you have
entered to determine your Total PayPal Fees for that transaction. Next it combines your Total
eBay Fees with your Total PayPal Fees to form your Total Fees. Next it takes
the total amount you have received from your buyer and subtracts all of your applicable outgoing costs (including fees, actual
shipping costs, and your cost to acquire) to form your Net Profit. Your Net Profit is
the single most important part of your auction. It is pretty much your auction's bottom line. Your goal is to make
this amount as high as possible. Next I would like to go over each of the features of the calculator in detail and
explain what each one does and how it works.