Raise sent out an email today informing ordinary sellers that their commission rate will increase from 12% to 15% beginning June 19th.
In January 2017, they lowered the overall rate from 15% to 12%, and now they are pushing it back up to where it was before. Definitely makes it harder for a small-timer to sell on Raise, especially when they have to compete with people who have better rates.
This change should not affect bulk sellers who have special rates based on their sales volume. I know Raise has been working on streamlining their bulk seller rates as well, and it’s likely we’ll see some information given on that front as well, we’ll see. For now this is just a non-bulk change.
Update: Raise has sent out an email to bulk sellers confirming that nothing has changed for them. They also note that someone who wants to try out being a bulk seller might be able to get a trial bulk seller rate (to see if they can prove themselves as a bulk seller).
