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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: astor on January 09, 2013, 07:42 am
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I noticed that people ask about the SR commission a few times a week, so I made these handy graphs
http://32yehzkk7jflf6r2.onion/srcom/
The first graph is the total SR commission in dollars and the second one is the SR commission as a percent of the product price.
Here's how it works. Let's say the product costs $200. You find 200 on the x-axis and move in a straight line up until you reach the blue line, then move in a straight line left until you reach the y-axis (I drew some grid lines to help you along). You'll intersect somewhere between $16 and $17. If you do the actual math, it's $16.50, but this gives you a good estimate, no calculator required.
The grid lines are every $50 on the x-axes, and $2 or 0.5% on the y-axes.
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Thanks mate!
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Very nice. :)
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Very cool - thanks :)
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I thought it was a fixed commission, the curve on the graph seems to indicated higher priced items have smaller fees?
What are the actual rules that commisions are based off of?
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Great information as when I have to cancel larger orders (most recently because a buyer put his name down a Sylvester Stallone) and after I cancelled his order he was dismayed with me saying I pocketed the some money from him. I explained this situation but the buyer didn't want to hear it.
At least now we've identified a rough of the fees they'll incur - Thanks for the 411
ce
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Awesome Astor - thank you!
Crazy Eights: I don't think SR takes their commission if the order is cancelled. As I understand it the 'missing money' is due to the vendor hedging their escrow account.
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@Tessellated
The commission is
$0 - 50 -> 10%
$50 - 150 -> 8.5%
$150 - 300 -> 6%
$300 - 500 -> 3%
$500 - 1000 -> 2%
$1000+ -> 1.5%
BTW, I put bigger, more detailed graphs up. If you click on the graphs you get the bigger ones. :)
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Great information as when I have to cancel larger orders (most recently because a buyer put his name down a Sylvester Stallone) and after I cancelled his order he was dismayed with me saying I pocketed the some money from him. I explained this situation but the buyer didn't want to hear it.
At least now we've identified a rough of the fees they'll incur - Thanks for the 411
ce
I had no idea SLy stallone gets down like that.
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Great information as when I have to cancel larger orders (most recently because a buyer put his name down a Sylvester Stallone) and after I cancelled his order he was dismayed with me saying I pocketed the some money from him. I explained this situation but the buyer didn't want to hear it.
If you want to inform buyers how much they are losing due to SR commission, then you actually want to get that from the total product price. That's what the buyers see. The original graphs were based on the initial price. I have updated them so you can look it up either way. It's not much different. In my original example, the total price is $216.50, which has a commission of $16.50, while a total price of $200 has a commission closer to $15.50.
But hey I'm pedantic. :)
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But hey I'm pedantic. :)
I would of said persnickity. ;-)
Great points all around.
Thank you for contributing.
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I thought it was a fixed commission, the curve on the graph seems to indicated higher priced items have smaller fees?
What are the actual rules that commisions are based off of?
10% on the first $50 of price($5)
8.5% on $50 - 150(Up to $8.5+previous)
6% on $150 - 300(Up to $9+previous)
3% on $300 - 500(Up to $6+previous)
2% on $500 - 1000(Up to $10+previous)
1.5% for everything over $1000
That's what I tell vendors when they ask, myself. But yeah, Astor has it right, mine just explains fee up to certain amounts. :)