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How is your "summer slowdown" going this year?

Is your "summer slowdown" this year (2025) worse than last year so far? What do you think is contributing to it for better or worse? From my business perspective this summer has been a lot worse than last year. It's been hurting a little more than us...

Buyer is not responsive to a Paypal invoice

I sold an item on Jun26th and shipped it Jun 27th. It was returned to me(on July 5th) because of an insufficient address. I immediately contacted buyer once I received the package and they did provide me with the correct apartment number and wanted i...

Who's Going To Vegas? Raise Your Hand

I am just curious as to who is actually going to the Vegas seller event, Who is going to do it virtually, Who will just watch the available videos & Who could care less about the whole thing??, I myself am going to do the virtual, Have not had much l...

When to ship the item after it is sold

Hey Everyone, It's been a while since I have sold something on ebay and I seem to be a bit confused about something. First, let me say I understand that I pay for Insurance and do not pass that onto the seller. Back in the day when I sold an item, I ...

Working Well - Auto Feedback and Packing Slip Message

For those of you who have not done this yet............. Set up your auto feedback and include a pleasant message on your packing slips stating the Buyer will receive positive feedback automatically when they leave positive feedback for the Seller. F...

Original shipping refund -a wee curiosity case

This is not a problem (kind of the opposite really) but I just haven't seen it before and am curious how it happened. A remorse-returned item arrived to me today, and when I went to do the refund, I noticed the ($5.25) original shipping wasn't even t...

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Managing Store Listings

I recently ran a storewide sale. After the sale ended, I realized that all of my listings disappeared from my Store. However, they are all still under my "Active Listings" (543 items). How do I repopulate the listings to my store? Thanks! Carmela

Is it normal to get more Ebay views vs. external views?

It looks like I'm getting a lot of Ebay views (other sellers?) but nothing external. How does one get someone to externally view?

Customer doesn't want items that come with the main Item

Hello, I had a buyer interested in a defibrillator that I am selling but they messaged me and asked "Can I get this producto without manuals ? No need the Service manual and user manual… Also no need video tape" (They have bad spelling) I Thought It ...

Is eBay lagging on the USPS price hike?

I had a buyer make an auto-accepted offer on Monday. Then yesterday (Tue) they wrote me this:With no idea what she "usually" buys (this isn't just one piece but a lot, requiring a box), all I could guess was maybe I created the listing as a Sell Simi...

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Some more of ebay's Magical AI!

Most sellers probably agree that space "above the fold" in a listing is valuable space. Well, ebay has apparently decided that it's the perfect space to show off the value of its Magical AI---I don't know if this is a test or something new, but I'm s...

Postcard Collection

I'm looking for someone who would be interested in buying my postcard collection.

promoted listings experiment

I normally do not use promoted listings but I wanted to run a experiment. This is a item that has been listed since 7/9 and I promoted at the suggested 12% on 7/11. Today 7/16 I put my selling account on one screen running chrome and my buying accoun...

Seller stole my listing from Marketplace and listed it on eBay

Hello all, I am starting to list again on eBay after a very long time. Procedures have changed - I am catching up on them. My concern is that during my searching around eBay I came across a listing that is not the seller's item. It is mine. I don't h...

Seller Calendar 2025 (v.Q3)

Upcoming dates and events for sellers to track during 3rd quarter 2025. eBay publishes Seller News announcements the first week of the month, they can be found here. July 4, Friday - Post offices closed for Independence DayJuly 8 - July 11, Tuesday-F...