aspects of selling on ebay
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ASPECTS OF SELLING ON EBAY FOR SNEHA Following would be the aspects to be taken care of while selling on ebay:
1. REGISTERING ON EBAY:
Registration on ebay can be done on the following link:
https://scgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RegisterEnterInfo&bizflow=2
Details required to sell on ebay:
1) Business/NGO name
2) Business/NGO type
3) Name and details of contact person
4) Business/NGO address
5) Business/NGO telephone number
6) Business/contact person email ID.
2. REQUIREMENTS TO SELL ON EBAY
2.1. VAT & CST registration:
A statutory tax invoice is required while shipping the goods/products. As the shipping
would be pan India, hence a Central Sales Tax registration is required along with the usual
MVAT no. The tax invoice would have to reflect both the VAT as well as CST registration
numbers.
However if the total business/sales done by the NGO from all sources is less than
Rs. 10,00,000 then VAT registration is not mandatory
2.2. Register for Paisa Pay :
Paisa pay is an online payment gateway used by ebay. Before selling on ebay a Paisa pay
ID has to be created online
2.3. Select the payment methods that will be accepted by the NGO
2.4. Notify ebay on how the NGO intends to pay the seller fees applicable(i.e. by which mode:
Card, Paisa pay, Cheque/Demand Draft)
3. SELLING FEES:
There are three basic seller fees on ebay:
1) Insertion fees:
These are fees for listing a product. However there are no insertion fees for products listed
under Charity/NGO category.
2) Final Value Fees:
The Final Value Fee for listing is charged on the final sale price of the item (item price +
shipping price) based on the category that they are listed under. Minimum Final Value Fee
of INR 10.00 will be charged. Which means you will be charged the higher of (INR10 or the
FVF for your category).
The detailed fees chart can be found here: http://pages.ebay.in/help/account/fees.html
The fees for Clothing/Accessories and Home linen is 7%.
3) PaisaPay Facility Charges:
PaisaPay Facility Charges are charged to sellers for processing a payment through
PaisaPay.
PaisaPay Facility Charges are as follows:
PaisaPay Service Facility Charge
PaisaPay Online Payments 4.5% + applicable taxes
The above PaisaPay Facility Charges are subject to 14% Service Tax subject to change as
per applicable taxation law.
4. Service Tax:
Selling fees are subject to a 14% Service Tax thereon, where applicable. Service Tax will be
assessed at the time of invoicing
For Example:
For example, you sold a Quilt for Rs.3,000. on ebay.in. Assuming this item attracts a 7%
eBay transaction fee, hence eBay transaction fees amount would be Rs.210.. The Service Tax
on this eBay transaction fee of Rs.210 will be charged at the rate of 14% (i.e. Rs.29.4). The
total amount payable by you for this transaction will be Rs.239.4 (i.e. Rs.210 eBay transaction
fee plus Rs.29.4 Service Tax).