Ebay can be helpful in some shopping needs but I noticed that the convenience it gave means another dollar for you to shell out. Why Is Ebay So Expensive? Aside from item bidding, what makes the product more expensive is the shipping fee. If you are buying from another country, there are times that the shipping cost is higher when compared to the product cost. You may stumble on an item and would like to purchase it but you step backwards when shipping cost are included. You end up finding another buy and sell website to search for a cheaper item. This is the common reason why other buyers leave the site and look for their local website to free themselves from drowning on a whooping shipping cost. The bidding makes the item even more expensive. If you are the seller, the favor is all on you but if you are the buyer you are lucky to win the bid though sometimes you realize that it is somehow expensive than its regular cost. But expensive or not, you still have the free will to choose whether to buy from ebay or look from other websites.