The Perks of Being an eBay PowerSeller

When you become a PowerSeller, you have access to some super-secret places on the eBay site reserved for PowerSellers! There’s a PowerSeller newsgroup, PowerSeller discussion board, and even special items at the eBay store. All this magic is accessed by the screen shown here, at the PowerSeller Welcome page.

The PowerSeller portal on eBay.

You must log in to this area, and only PowerSellers are allowed to enter.

eBay has come to value that quality sellers give people the best buying experience on the site. So they’ve devised a plan to reward PowerSellers who play by the rules. In addition to receiving premium support, eBay PowerSellers get other benefits:

Increased visibility in Best Match search: Now eBay gives the advantage to the listings of the upper half of sellers in terms of buyer satisfaction. Sellers with detailed seller ratings above 4.7 in the last 30 days will receive 5 to 25 percent more exposure than the average seller.
Discounts on Final Value Fees: eBay discounts the Final Value Fees on the monthly bill to PowerSellers who maintain high standards. As you can see in the following table, your detailed seller ratings must be 4.6 or higher in all four categories — item as described, communication, shipping time, and shipping and handling charges — to get the discount. (A 4.6% average detailed seller rating indicates that you are in the top 50 percent of sellers in terms of Buyer Satisfaction.)

eBay PowerSeller Final Value Fee Discounts
Detailed Seller Ratings Percentage for past 30 days	Discount
4.6	5%
4.8	15%
4.9	20%

Health care: PowerSellers, their employees, and their immediate families have the opportunity to purchase exclusive health insurance.
Approved use of the PowerSeller logo: eBay supplies PowerSellers with special templates so that they may print custom business cards and stationery that include the official PowerSeller logo.
Unpaid Item Protection: PowerSellers not only get Final Value Fee and listing credits when faced with a non-paying buyer, but they also get a credit for any Listing Upgrade Fees (for example, Buy It Now, Bold, or Subtitle).
Reseller Marketplace: This is a super-secret benefit for PowerSellers — and certainly reason enough to become one. eBay runs a site (just for PowerSellers) that sells liquidations and wholesale merchandise to PowerSellers. The home page is pictured here.

PowerSellers have the ability to buy merchandise wholesale through the Reseller Marketplace.