Being the author of a PayPal calculator I'm often e-mailed with questions about PayPal. One question I was asked recently is if I had a vector version of the PayPal logo. The person said they were reading the Wikipedia article on PayPal and the logo provided didn't look "quite right" and they were looking for a better one. I looked into my files and it turns out I do have one I and I'm providing it here in case any else would like it. The logo is in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format so you will need a vector image editing program to use it.

Download PayPal SVG Logo
(right-click and choose Save Target As)

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I went through all my fee calculators today and made sure they were all up-to-date with the latest fee rates. I also spent some time adding a "Previous Versions" dropdown list at the bottom of each calculator so that people can see how the calculator has evolved over time and what changes were made. Some people have actually told me they prefer the older versions better so I've decided to bring them all back and make it easy to jump from one version to another. I also updated the currecy exchange rates used by my advanced PayPal calculator, and I'm trying to figure out a way to get those to auto-update themselves, which I'll most likely add in a later version.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of the people who have been sending me donations lately and e-mailing me with their comments, ideas, and suggestions. I really do appreicate it and hope that I can make my calculators and other online tools better as time goes on. I also wanted to thank all the bloggers, publishers, and authors that have been writing about me lately. As far as I am aware, I've been mentioned in print twice, once on March 05, 2009 in a USA Today article entitled How to make some extra money by selling your extra stuff and once in a book called eBay QuickSteps, 2nd Edition published on October 12, 2007 by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. In USA Today, they made a quick mention of my eBay calculator at the end of the article, saying "...a shirt listed in an eBay auction for $12, with pictures and bold font, will cost you $5 in fees. Though the site is not affiliated with eBay, you can calculate your fees at ebcalc.com". And in eBay QuickSteps, on page 76, they mention "...A number of calculators that help you determine selling fees are available from third parties. eB Calc (www.ebcalc.com), a maker of eBay-related calculators, offers several calculators for free online use..."

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I updated my eBay Motors Fee Calculator today. As I was looking over the fees page for eBay Motors I noticed that the fees you pay for vehicle listings are always fixed amounts and not percentages like on eBay.com, it's only in the Parts & Accessories category that percentages come into play. Since I get the feeling that most of the people who use my eBay Motors calculator use it for Parts & Accessories and not for vehicles, I changed it so that "Parts & Accessories" is now selected by default when you first load up the calculator.

I also made a few other minor changes to the calculator. I made sure my fee rates were up-to-date, I disabled the appropriate listing upgrades for Parts & Accessories (for example Motors Pro Pack and Listing Icon are for vehicles only, so they'll get greyed out if you select Parts & Accessories as your category), and I changed my "For Deposit Only" Paypal sub-option to become un-checked when you select Parts & Accessories. I also made it so that whatever price you type as your "Buy It Now" price gets mirrored into your Opening and Closing Price fields so you can more easily see the difference in fees between a Fixed Price Format listing and an Auction Style listing.

I updated 2 of my calculators today, my Half.com Fee Calculator and my Amazon Marketplace Fee Calculator. On my Half.com calculator I rearranged the user interface to make it a bit more streamlined and I added in a new field for "Actual Shipping Cost". On my Amazon Marketplace calculator, I also streamlined the interface a bit and I improved the "Edit Fees" section. Now "Actual Shipping Cost" and "Amazon Shipping Credit" are visible at all times, it's easier to turn on and off the $0.99 per-transaction fee (if you're a Pro Merchant Subscriber) and it's easier to edit your Closing Fee and Shipping Credit amounts (by default, the calculator will fill these in for you based on your category and shipping method).