CLK Man,

Have you done much selling on eBay? If so, have you done so recently - say, during the past six months or so? They've made a number of substantial changes.

Here's the 2011 Spring Seller Update, which includes some fee charts. Note that in some cases, different fee schedules apply to those who have store subscriptions.

If you're not a store subscriber, then you can list up to 50 auction-style listings in a month without paying any basic insertion fees. The Buy It Now feature is available for those at no additional cost, too.

Of course, you pay a final value fee for any item that sells. That fee is based on the sales price plus shipping & handling costs.

Even with the "free 50", there could be some up-front fees to list, depending on optional features you could use. Look at "optional feature fees" on their regular page of selling fees. For example, some folks pay a lot of money to let eBay host their pictures. However, some categories - Collectibles, Art, Pottery & Glass, and Antiques - get a certain number of eBay-hosted pictures for free. Some sellers (I'm one of them) host their images elsewhere and avoid eBay picture hosting altogether.

See how nice and simple it all is with eBay?

You might try working with the "free 50" for a while, and see how it goes before considering a store subscription.