Auctiva users - no longer free as of July 1st!

What a shocker (not). In this article today, it was announced that Auctiva will be charging fees according to AuctionBytes, starting July 1st. Their users as of today still have not been informed of the changes. And they are hefty ones too. Looks like they are following Vendio's pricing structure. Quite a jump from free.

• The Professional Seller plan will cost $34.95/month plus 12 cents/listing, with zero transaction fees. It includes a free Auctiva Commerce store, and fees are capped at $250/month.
• A High Volume Seller plan costs $24.95/month with zero listing fees and a 1.75% transaction fee - Auctiva said this is good for sellers with high listing volume and low average sales price.
• The Part Time Seller plan costs $9.95/month plus 6 cents/listing and a 1 percent transaction fee. It includes an Auctiva Commerce store for $4.98/month.
• The "No Monthly Fee" plan for casual eBay sellers costs 12 cents/listing and a 1.25 percent transaction fee.
• Auctiva's Image Hosting plan will be free for the first 1 megabyte of storage, and $1.95/month for between 1 - 5 megabytes of storage up to $34.95/month for over 250 megabytes of storage.
• There's also a Big Ticket Seller plan. Auctiva said templates come free with all plans, but cost $4.95 for people who do not list with Auctiva and do not want to select any of its pricing plans.

For those of you getting ready to go into panic mode, let me suggest Turbo Lister. It's one of the very few Ebay owned products I would recommend. It's free, it's user friendly, and did I mention it's free?