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Excessive selling fees 35%

Long time / full time seller (1999) , I tried no promotions and got zero sales, zero questions, zero watchers, I tried all the promotions both general and smart and offsite and store and sales were sporadically good but seems they still throttle sale...

Any plans for fighting tariffs?

These tariffs are going to impact all of us either directly or indirectly, I am curious if any sellers have a plan for fighting this problem outside of just surrendering & lowering your prices to ridiculous levels just to make a sale., It's going to ...

Canceling an order after it's paid because buyer did not read fine print

We have a unique business model for CDs in which we do not offer combined shipping.. the margins are so low on our products, and our prices are so low, it wouldn't justify staying in business if we were to combine shipping. We would effectively be gi...

Best ebay alternatives

Ebay has become a little too woke for my tastes, what are some of your fave non ebay sites to sell on.

Pricing

How is it that ebay sellers want to charge more for items than retail stores? Its like going to a flee market and paying more than walmart for an item that was purchased at walmart!

Drop Down Box

I have about 400 lps listed for sale, but would like to start selling cds, all at the same price. How do I create a drop-down box to list them all instead of listing each one individually? I called eBay, and they sent me thru Variations, but I could ...

eBay seems to have deleted 10,000 - 15,000 of my feedback that was more than 2 years old

Hi folks- I've been active on eBay as a buyer and seller for 25+ years. About 2 days ago I noticed that the total amount of feedback I've received dropped from 15,000+ to 5000 and the feedback I've left for others dropped from 25,000+ to 11,000. I ch...

Jeez, good thing I use scan forms and my mailman scans them

Otherwise to the buyer it would look like I just printed the label on Wednesday then sat on it for 2 whole days. Also if the package ends up getting delivered late, eBay would call it my fault and give me a performance strike for it. But fortunately ...

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Resolved! Automatically enrolled in International shipping!

Just received an Ebay message.... I'm not sure if this is a good thing.Any thoughts in this would be appreciated.

Traffic count down ad fees go up

So in the last month in my 2 stores traffic has been in a steady decline so I decided to boost my ad rate from 2% to 4% a 100% increase. My traffic count said down -20% compared to the week before now 2 weeks later it says down -37.4% compared to the...

I sent a package via FedEx SmartPost ground parcel. It got stuck with FedEx. How do I file a claim?

I sent a package via FedEx SmartPost ground parcel. It got stuck in transit at a FedEx facility. The system says that I called before and that my package did not move since then. The package was shipped on 24 March. As of 4 April, it is sitting in a ...

why do I keep getting offers from other sellers, when I only viewed their items?

See above "subject", thank You - I am new at this?

Foreign "buyer" claiming financial institution does not recognize the transaction. Item r'ced

About a month ago, I sold a lot of costume jewelry to a person registered in China but the address was one of those Freight Forwarding addresses in Delaware. Item was delivered within days, Delivery Confirmation showing the delivery but then buyer fi...

Late Shipment - Transaction Deficit

Has anyone else had this issue? I put an item in my mailbox on 3/3/25. The carrier picked it up but evidently did not scan the item at the time. I always monitor shipping because USPS has been so spotty lately - particularly in the Indianapolis area....

Seller contacting blocked buyer; opinions?

I have a buyer that purchased an item thata.) clearly stated what it fit and what it was forb.) clearly showed 'no returns' (I know about INR) Buyer requested 'return' because 'it didn't fit'I deniedBuyer left nasty negative, including something pret...