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How do people sell items for below the price of shipping....with free shipping????

So I used to see this on DVD's all the time, someone selling a DVD for like $3 with free shipping. I inquired about it to a few sellers selling DVD's like this over the years. Most sellers ignore me, one guy told me he ships them in hard envelopes wi...

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The eBay community isn’t just there to help you with technical issues or support you when you run into trouble with a transaction – it’s also a source of inspiration and motivation. Here, you can learn about pricing strategies, how to write compellin...

Seller Status Not Updating After Defects Removed – Sales Have Collapsed

Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone here can help or guide me in the right direction. I’m a high volume eBay seller, and my account was recently downgraded to Below Standard due to three defects. After contacting support, all three defects were fully rev...

BBE bad buyer experiance s-a-r-c-a-s-m

Hi, ebay member for 21 years, the last 18 years mostly as a seller, flawless 100% feedback and then one day ebay invented BBE. I was judged by a situation in which the buyer did not know how to initiate a partial return of 3 computers. After checking...

Will tariffs with Canada apply to eBay sales?

If I ship from Canada to the US will the 25% tariff apply to eBay sales going from Canada to the US? If so, who pays the 25%, the sender or the receiver? Thank you

Traffic Count Discrepancies?

Anyone else watch their traffic on a regular basis? I admit, I'm one who checks it daily. However, in doing so, I happen to notice substantial adjustments to impressions, listing views and external views. For example, two weeks ago, my external views...

Seller $ Threshold

Saw an email about the seller threshold is going back up to $20,000 - 200 transactions, does anyone know if that is for 2025 or is that for next year ?

Can I sell on German ebay eventhough I´m located in Finland? and what are the fees for selling?

Never sold anything on ebay before and was wondering if I can make a listing on ebay.de ? and what fees will apply for selling there if I´m located in Finland?

Ebay Main Street Message 1099-K

I got this today in my messages from Ebay Main Street and figured I would share it for everyone to see.

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My views are low even with "Promoted Listings" . Is eBay throttling accounts ?

My views are low even with "Promoted Listings" . Is eBay throttling accounts ? Or is the eBay thing just no longer an interest to todays buyers?

Ebay vs Facebook marketplace

I've been a member for over 20 years, but have not really sold anything for many years. I'd like to sell again just part time, but would like an honest opinion as to whether I should use Ebay or Facebook Marketplace.Thanks for any input.

Resolved! eBay International Shipping Hold Up/Issue

I have had my first hiccup using the eBay International Shipping Program. A sale I shipped out early last month is stuck in customs (Chile Customs) and the tracking states "Destination customs - Delayed by customs due to lack of documentation." It wa...

low ball offers on items that are not BO

This one really irks me. I have a new listing of a dress for sale a bin not an offer item because its new to FP and today I had a message from a buyer who I found out is a seller of expensive $500+ lamps sent me someone else's listing # of the same b...

Dispute "item not as described ", seller 100% lose the dispute on paypal?

I've had many disputes on eBay over the past two years, and in most cases, eBay covers about 90% of them under their protection policy. However, disputes marked as “item not as described” are very difficult to win based on my past experience.In this ...

Prohibited goods return

I shipped lego minifigures to the uk all sealed in individual bags, and I got a notice that it was being returned because they were “prohibited goods” and i am confused on how to reship this and avoid this happening the second time around.