Q. What are the auction house fees?
During the Diablo III closed beta test, the Seller will incur a 0.15 Beta Buck listing fee and a 0.65 Beta Buck fee per successful transaction in the currency-based auction house. These numbers are not final and are for testing purposes only; they're subject to change.
Of course the Blizzard's rule number one always applies: everything is subject to change. I guess those numbers reflect the general expectations, at least for what concerns the listing fee. If 65c seems a bit high, keep in mind that we're talking about fixed rates. Not having to deal with percentage-based fees is very very good for everyone. That sounds bad if you try to sell your stuff for few dollars... but it looks much more interesting for higher numbers.
What about PayPal? Not a word about it, yet. Let's wait... and see.
They're still making the RMAH available for the beta sooner than I anticipated...
ReplyDeleteThe fees aren't bad at all, I mean if you sell something for $10 and they deduct $0.80, Paypal deducts another $1 or so (or even less) and you're still left with $8. Not too bad.
But it gets even better if you can sell another thing for $100 and you only pay a few bucks in fees.
I don't think it would have been possible for them to test actual money rather than these fake Beta Bucks. PayPal integration shouldn't be too hard. I bet they have already nailed that internally.
Fees are indeed good, as long as they are fixed. I hope PayPal will apply a special % fee for us too.
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