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Ebay sucks for sellers, in case you were wondering.

15 days after selling an item, ebay says, dont ship this because the customer is invalid. oh ok, remember way back when you said SHIP THE ITEM. What did that mean? Did it mean, dont ship until we can figure the payment out. No. It meant ship it. So o...

When does selling become hoarding?

I watched the entire series of "Hoarders" and it was shocking how many used to be eBay sellers. I was playing around with the eBay research tool today, and when I looked up a lot of antiques, it was surprising how many had been listed since 2017-2020...

Return Policy: do you take returns? Free returns? What works for you?

I recently saw a post from a new seller getting slammed with returns in clothing as the seller was doing free returns. Sellers jumped in and advised the seller- to swiftly switch to PAID returns. Seller did. Return problem solved.So question, do you ...

Selling monthly subscriptions.

I am in the USA. I want to sell monthly subscriptions on eBay to a computer game that I wrote. Can I do this?

This can be very exciting for many sellers: Thrift from Home on eBay Live!

Ebay made this announcement and I just wanted to share this with those that might not have seen it and it might be of some help for them. https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/Thrift-from-Home-on-eBay-Live/ba-p/35069177 eBay Fashion Sellers, we...

Resolved! What are your thoughts on the AI generated item descriptions?

As a buyer (and sometimes seller) I find the AI generated descriptions either irritating or at least unhelpful. Seems like most of those descriptions treat me like a buyer who can't think for themselves or don't really know what they want or like. Al...

Your prices are 24% higher than similar items... is this new??

HI there! I'm a newer seller (6 months) and I just started getting this "alert" on my Listings page ... Your prices are 24% higher than similar itemsThere is an Adjust Prices link but when you click it, it just errors out. Is this new? Or is it just ...

What am I doing wrong? Sales Flatlined?

Hello Fellow eBayers, (May 2025), My sales have flatlined. My impressions are really down. I'm looking for constructive suggestions. I got an email to update my information. They do this every year. The message said if you get verified any holds on y...

Resolved! Buyer upset with me so she bought my cheapest item to leave bad feedback!

I'm a reseller and I won a beautiful dress in an auction that I planned to resell. It was a bargain and I know how much they go for.After I listed it I had a message from the bidder who lost out to me in the auction pressuring me to sell it to her ch...

Looking for a scripted response to give buyers about slow USPS shipping

I think USPS shipping delays are happening to me more often now that I'm looking to craft a scripted response to these buyers who message me commenting about the slow delivery. I've been noticing every buyer who has this issue experiences the trackin...

eBay NOT Contacting Me

I’ve been asking for an agent on EBay to contact me for the last hour. No one is calling me back. What is going on with EBay?

Resolved! eBay Seller Fees

Why did eBay keep $55 of my $225 sale? This doesn’t seem fair!

Suspicious Bidders!

I have an item currently listed on Ebay which ends in about 5 days.There are about 8 bidders all of whom have zero previous transactions and feedback and someof them only appear to have joined Ebay at the time or shortly before my listing went live. ...

Sending offers history

I've been selling here since 1997 but have only experimented with the send offer feature on a few limited occasions. Is there anywhere that shows what items I've previously sent offers on? If I try to expand my use of the feature, I want a way to see...

Auto pay

Just sold an item and buyer is using auto pay.Ebay sent message saying the buyer has up to 7 days to pay and may want to shop more??????Had nothing else selling this day so what's he shopping for.Up to 7 days to pay .with auto-pay and then another 3 ...