eBay Makes It Easier For Charities

Ebay has made it more attractive for sellers to give a percentage of their
profits to charity.

The auction site has
cut the minimum fee for its
Ebay for
Charity programme which lets auction sellers donate between 10 –
100 per cent of the proceeds of a sale.

When the donation programme was first set up, sellers had to give £5 or 10
per cent of the item’s final selling price, whichever was greater.

Changes have also been made to the way that
MissionFish, the UK
charity that partners Ebay on the programme, charges to collect and
disburse donations. Initially the charity deducted either four per cent of the
donation and any
Gift Aid collected on the donation or £2, whichever was
greater.

Although the initiative has proved popular, with more than 1,100 charities
registering with the programme in less than a year according to MissionFish,
some of the Ebay community felt the charges were too steep.

The fees deterred many people who were selling items at very low costs. They
ended up out of pocket if the final selling price of their auction didn’t meet
the charges, in which cases they had to pay the difference.

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