Poll: Adding handling fees to domain sales here

[Dr.goldname]

I want to know if people here are interested in being able to add a handling fee to their sales listings here on NamePros. It is currently not against Paypal TOS to add a reasonable handling fee to you sales that are paid for through Paypal. It is against their TOS to pass on your payment fees to your customers which has been posted and enforced by all of our attentive moderators.

This from the paypal website

You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as a payment method. You may charge a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services, as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge and is not higher than the handling fee you charge for non-PayPal transactions.

Since initiating transactions, email buyers/sellers, and handling pushes on sales all takes time and energy I think it should be allowed to add a reasonable handling fee to my sales thread. I am talking 3-4%. Especially since paypal allows it and it breaks no rule.

Please post yes or no on the poll and respond if you agree or disagree.

 

[irishmat]

just adjust your pricing accordingly, no need to get into adding the 3-4%

or request mass pay by paypal = no fees for the seller

 

[notlikeyou]

just adjust your pricing accordingly

Agree completely.

Other thoughts covered here:

http://www.namepros.com/the-break-r...paying-fees.html?highlight=seller+paying+fees

 

[GreenGambler]

Yep, price your domains accordingly expecting to receive a PP payment.

If you receive another form of payment for your sale, and the fees are less for you, either offer a discount to the buyer or just keep the little bit of extra.

I wouldn't be adding surcharges or handling fees, personally.

 

[Dr.goldname]

I see this point from the buyers side of course, but this is not asking the buyer to cover all paypal fees, or any payment fees period. This is the cost of buying anything, like shipping and handling, there are extra things involved in selling domains. The paypal fees would be covered by the seller. But the time spent dealing with transfers and communication back and forth is sometimes substantial. I also feel this should be an option for sellers choice. If they want to roll it in the price fine, If they choose to add handling cost, it should be their option. I guess in the end it should be up to the seller to do as they need to to cover extra time invested if it breaks no TOS or Namepro ethics. IMO.

 

[Pred]

just adjust your pricing accordingly, no need to get into adding the 3-4%

or request mass pay by paypal = no fees for the seller

yep, that is solution, and what i do now

 

[dag]

I see this point from the buyers side of course, but this is not asking the buyer to cover all paypal fees, or any payment fees period. This is the cost of buying anything, like shipping and handling, there are extra things involved in selling domains. The paypal fees would be covered by the seller. But the time spent dealing with transfers and communication back and forth is sometimes substantial. I also feel this should be an option for sellers choice. If they want to roll it in the price fine, If they choose to add handling cost, it should be their option. I guess in the end it should be up to the seller to do as they need to to cover extra time invested if it breaks no TOS or Namepro ethics. IMO.

A "handling" fee for a domain sale seems somewhat ludicrous to me. If e-mailing or PM'ing a couple of times in regard to the sale is too much for you, don't bother selling it. You're both spending that time, and presumably, you're getting as much out of it as the buyer, so why should you be compensated extra for it? :imho:

Ultimately it just seems like an excuse to charge more to make up for the PayPal fee, in which case, just roll it into the domain price, as others have said.

 

[goodkarmaco]

Adding a fee is akin to a tax.

What ever happended to customer service?

I have a real brick and mortor store, should I charge my customer for walking thru the store and pointing out my products, lol.. I would sell squat if I did. Its all part of the sale.

Making a sale is not a sure thing, we have to put effort into the deal.

 

[Dr.goldname]

This is not for me specifically it is just a poll for everyone to have and talk about. I have read those who don't think it kosher. As a buyer and seller I don't mind it. If there is a domain I really want 10 bucks isn't going to hold me back from buying the name. I pay sedo and others more for backorders and auctions daily. Their prices are criminal. Once again, it is just my opinion. Not very popular, but mine none the less. Funny how everyone is fine with paying sedo 50 bucks but scoffs at any Np sellers. I also think that rolling it in is fine to. Whatever floats your boat. Both are good. But is should be sellers option. All I am saying.

I have a real brick and mortor store, should I charge my customer for walking thru the store and pointing out my products,

You miss the point entirely... And in your brick and mortar you do have to charge tax for purchases. So once again not exactly a good analogy.

 

[dag]

Funny how everyone is fine with paying sedo 50 bucks but scoffs at any Np sellers. I also think that rolling it in is fine to.

Completely different! You're paying them as the seller, not the buyer, to promote your domain and hook you up with a buyer.

You're talking in this poll about a handling fee where the buyer pays extra to the seller for no true value-added service.

 

[Dr.goldname]

Easy Dag... your heart rate is going up. I see that vein in your forehead from here. I said it different from a brick and mortar store....

Did I miss something...

 

[Red Rock]

I vote No.

Like everyone else says, roll it into the cost.
What COULD that be...$5.00,
Fine so if you have a Domain you wanted $50.00 for,
but wouldn't want to sell it because of all of your hard work to push it,
then keep it or start the price at $55.00
Let the domain sale speak for itself.
If, by you jacking it up that extra $5.00, no one wants to purchase it,
Well then, time to reconsider.
This is pretty much common sense.
PayPal charges for the convenience of being able to send $$$
from one email address to another, in an instant!
I think they have a couple of expenses to cover ...
with their "little computer automated program".
LOL

Just my 2 cents,
Red Rock!

 

[dag]

Easy Dag... your heart rate is going up. I see that vein in your forehead from here. I said it different from a brick and mortar store....

Did I miss something...

Don't worry, I'm fine...thanks for the concern.

In any case, yes, I think you're missing something: my comment had nothing to do with the "brick and mortar" comments. This was all about your comparing handling fees to Sedo's fees...and as I said, you're comparing apples and oranges. Sedo's fees are for the seller to pay, and the handling fees you've started this thread about are for the buyer to pay.

 

[robertjr]

Ditto Red Rock's comments.

Having made several hundred transactions on NP, I just do not see it as a problem, it's just a part of doing business.


BTW- My TR does not indicate even half the transactions I have made here.

 

[Dr.goldname]

Good common sense post from redrock. Roll it in is good. Options are good too. But it appears that everyone just gets that warm fuzzy feeling from not paying anything more. Paypal deserves their cash... they have a good service. I guess my argument favors the option more than the principal. Though I am fine with the principal too. Good talk..

In any case, yes, I think you're missing something: my comment had nothing to do with the "brick and mortar" comments. This was all about your comparing handling fees to Sedo's fees...and as I said, you're comparing apples and oranges. Sedo's fees are for the seller to pay, and the handling fees you've started this thread about are for the buyer to pay.

I didn't compare the two.. I said it was funny one way not the other... Not really a comparison there. But they are different, I made a mistake mentioning them at all. My bad..

 

[DotWeekly]

The time factor is all part of doing business. Look at domaining as a Commission job! If you work smarter, then the time factor should not play an issue. If you sell your domains on the forums all day, you won't be around very long anyway.

If some jackass tried to charge me a 3-4% fee for buying a domain name that they are already making a profit on, I would tell them that I was changing my offer price by 3-4% LESS and see how they feel.

If you are not making enough to add the 3-4% into the price of the domain, then you need to buy better domains or again, you will not be around long.

 

[TheBulldog]

Sorry this is slimey to me.

The handling fees are there if you are shipping or packaging something.

A domain is an electronic item and it takes less then 2 minutes to do a push. Even from a sellers perspective this is stupid.

Good luck with your handling fees, I won't be buying anything from you.

 

[bemarnet]

If someone does not want to pay Paypal fees, they should transact with NP$.

If I get high amounts I am happy to pay the paypal fees.
So my vote goes to No Additional fees.

 

[Mark]

- Lets keep the silly Ebay "Domain" handling fees at Ebay please .... That is stuff that has only popped up in the past 3 or 4 years and is considered a joke by most.

 

[notlikeyou]

I just bought an item off ebay for .01 wanna know what the shipping & handling was? 9.99 (still worked out to be the cheapest I could get the item for). Ebay silliness at it's best, not really something that needs to be worked into the domaining commonplace.