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Did something change? Sales died.

Hi everyone,I usually sell about 20 items a month here and about 5 on etsy, but I haven't had any sales here this month. None, nada, zippo! Holy smokes, what's going on?! I've had 4 on etsy so far, so usually I'd be running about 15 here. Any ideas?P...

is this how ebay expands the buyer base??

got this message from a potential buyer "Ive been trying to buy it since 11am and since i open an ebay account today, they put a restriction on my account. Any advice on that?' I told him to check out as a guest.

If you’ve been sued over a Schedule A SAD Defendant trademark claim, I might be able to help

Hey everyone,If you’ve been named in a U.S. trademark lawsuit (usually out of Illinois) and received that dreaded email from eBay about account restrictions or frozen payouts, I truly feel your pain. I’ve personally been through this twice. I was pre...

7-Day Autopay Program Needs to be Eliminated or Provide an Opt-Out

As a part-time but relatively heavy volume auction seller, the 7-day autopay option really bad. I travel a lot for work and can only run auctions regularly around that schedule when I am available to ship items. Giving buyers an option wait 7 days to...

Resolved! Cancelling an order after printing shipping label

A buyer messaged me soon after ordering (after I’d printed the shipping label) and said their address was wrong. They asked me to ship it to a different address. I told them I couldn’t, and they needed to change their address, cancel the order, and r...

unauthorized coupon

So, yesterday I had a sale with a buy 1 get one 50% off coupon. The problem is I didn't authorize it. I have no active coupons in this category and made sure to go through my marketing section to confirm. Has anyone else had an issue unauthorized cou...

How to Get Embedded Videos In "You may also like" Section?

I have some listings that have videos embedded into them and I am wondering what requirements are for the auto playing video to appear in the "You may also like" section under a listing.You can find examples of this happening when you search for "jew...

Giving Credit where Credit is Due - It's NOT shipped until the Carrier Scans it!!!

It has been a while since I posted one of my "Giving Credit where Credit is Due" threads but here is one I am really happy about: FINALLY, after many years of debating this subject eBay is onboard with industry standards on when a package is actually...

Selling In Ohio?

So this is my first year selling on ebay, and I'm in the state of Ohio. I was wondering I've made about 7k in gross profit from things I buy and flip. For taxes do I just file at the end of the year or how does that work? Also do I need to get a vend...

eBay Testing Extended "Soft-Close" Auctions For Trading Cards

FYI - it looks like eBay is testing extended soft-close auctions on select items in Trading Cards. https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/bidding?id=4003 "We're currently testing extending auction durations by 2 minutes when a bid is placed in the ...

eBay International Standard Delivery - not working

For the last three hours we get - "It was not possible to generate the label. Something is wrong. Please try again later." when trying to pay for a label to china. Reloading page or new page gets same message.

Order Refunded, Item Liquidated???

I got a message from ebay that the package did not pass inspection. There were three items in the package, one has been refunded, the other two have not. The message says that I get to keep the sale. These were parts for a sprinkler that were shippin...

Permanent Restriction Due to Out-of-Control Orders – Need Help from Appeals Team

Hi eBay Community,I’ve been selling on eBay for several months and recently got permanently restricted due to a high Bad Buyer Experience (BBE) rate. However, I believe this was due to issues that were out of my control, including: A Canada Post stri...

Resolved! 2025 1099k tax Threshold

With the new bill passing does the threshold for 1099k from EBay go back up to $20,000 and 200 transactions in tax year 2025 or for tax year 2026?

Resolved! Top Rated Seller Permanently Banned After Unfair INR/BBE Flags & Months of Ignored Appeals

Hello Community,I want to share my experience as a long-time seller who was permanently banned from selling on eBay just one day after achieving Top Rated Seller status.My account was restricted due to 4 Bad Buyer Experience (BBE) cases — all involvi...