E-commerce site Shopee to start charging transaction fees from August

A 1 per cent fee will be applied on all successful transactions by sellers based in Singapore, says a company spokesperson.

is this apply for malaysian as well?

Sos: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singap...august-10524264

This post has been edited by Red_rustyjelly: Jul 27 2018, 04:32 PM

so far no news about charges (atleast for MY). where u hear this?

sorry forgot to link source
here you go

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singap...august-10524264

Well MY no news yet. Anyhow we all know this day will surely come.
Nothing is free forever.

1% is still consider low compared to other platforms.
Just increase the price to absorb the cost.

But they are smart coz they charge 1% of total income/withdrawal amount rather than from the actual sales amount.
So sellers cant sell low price item and put high price shipping fee to manipulate the system.

Good observation

Soon I guess

which also mean, the higher they charge the shipping, the more commission they need to pay?

no, for other platforms the take commission from the sales price excluding shipping price.
eg an item selling RM100 and shipping rm5 they get commission from RM100 only, but if u put the price selling RM50 and shipping RM50 then they only get commission from RM50.

what shopee MY earn for living beside from seller bidding on keywords/ads..

Commission for Shopee Mall

mind to elaborate further?

Start at July. Shoppe Malaysia charge 2% commissions. Just got the mail yesterday.

2% isn't really that big of a deal and shouldn't affect sales for seasoned/established stores with a loyal clientele.
considering the fact that from my experience, Shopee offerings are atleast around 10% cheaper than the competition, a 2% charge wouldn't be enough to sway customers from jumping ship to other platforms.