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uploading items late

I recently uploaded 3 items late. The matter for this was beyond my control, and there was nothing I could do about it.I always have my orders out on time and usually the very day that I get an order/s they go out that very day. Now I get docked beca...

Payouts on hold.

Hello everyone, I’ve been selling on eBay for 20 years (plastic horses lol) and am a Top Rated seller with 100% feedback (10,000+). I have a one day handling time, no defects, and no cases. I received this email from eBay. I called many times and spo...

Promotional Ad Listings

I recently sold a jacket for 2500 with promotional ad fees attached. I was unaware as I was out of town dealing with a matter that’s my own fault but a claim was opened for not received. Buyer was refunded and now I am left -779 dollars because of sa...

If you aren’t raising prices at least once a year, you have a dying business model

Chances are your inventory cost isn’t getting cheaper year after year. Neither are your supplies. Given the multiple price increases of shipping every year, if you aren’t at least raising your prices to keep up with those increases your profits will ...

no more storage unit, not a question

I've gotten a lot of advice here over the years about sitting on stockpiles of unlisted material. I still have some left but I just emptied my storage unit. First time since Covid that I no longer have one. On some level I feel nervous about not havi...

Do I get a defect if buyer agrees to ship past handling date?

If I message a buyer saying ill need to ship past the handling date and they agree do I still get a defect on that transaction?

You can now apparently uses photos from other sellers items without permission

I found an item 167922977171 where the seller used photos from my listing 199893476668. I first contacted the seller who did not respond so I filed a report and received the following: We looked into your report and didn’t find the listing to be in v...

Promoted Listings General Attribution Changes- DON'T SWEAT IT

At first I was quite alarmed by the new promoted listings fee policy change coming. But after some due diligence it's not ground shaking.This is a money grab for sure but eBay does have to survive for us to survive as well. After my calculations this...

number of offers ebay allows me to make

I LOVE the fact I can send offers to interested buyers, however, that is NOT THE CASE! On this item, I have 12 VIEWS - and 1 watching-and ebay is allowing me to send ONE offer. AND I just reviewed my active listings-I HAVE 287 VIEWS & 58 WATCHERS-I S...

Resolved! Another postal increase possible in January

So much for the so called Temporary Holiday postal increase!, I knew it would not be Temporary!, It just never ends, Unbelievable.

Anyone else struggling with sales right now?

I would expect to be having a lot of sales with it being November but it’s been concerning with the lack of sales. I have also seen some extreme low balls happening as well. Oddly during the summer I was selling a lot and made a few thousand alone du...

ebay account restriction

long story short, im a 66 year old retired veteran. family and friends recommended selling on ebay as a means of getting by. im disabled from a gunshot wound near my chest (i wont get into specifics) when i was doing a tour in iraq. i sold a grand to...

Payment hold

Has anyone ever ran into this and what should/can I do? I sold my first item on eBay and it said money was on hold till delivered but it was just delivered today and says the delivered zip code does not match the label zip code so it says my money is...

Ads Team Discussion Summary?

@coloradoreworn Hey Liz, Great summary on Instagram about the recent virtual meeting with the Ads Team members! Could you post it here as well?

Fix Immediate Payment?

I have never had eBay telling me to fix an issue with immediate payment before tonight, and I have never had to change anything before. Anyone know where there's even an option to do this? Thanks!