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My December sales have been a bit slow thus far.

My December sales have been a bit slow thus far. Last year, December was a banger month. How's everyone else doing thus far? I'm thinking of running a storewide 10% off sale. Has anyone else found that to give you a significant boost? I like to sell ...

Selling help with delivery issue

I have messaged the buyer letting them know that I am keeping an eye on their items and have called USPS, but I am not sure what is the best way to proceed. There has been no response. California to New York..sitting in New Jersey Here is the time-li...

New Seller. Need advice from Experienced sellers on how to handle this buyer

Buyer asks me to give USPS specific instructions, which I can't do, and they say this will be taken by a friend to an international destination. I'm a fairly new seller and this is my biggest sale. This makes me nervous. I don't want to handle this i...

Resolved! Check Your Payouts For Selling Fee Deductions

Top rated sellers receive a 10% reduction on fees associated with sales of certain items including books. Yesterday, my payout reflected the savings and today a book in the exact same category didn't. Was on the phone with customer service which was ...

(A Dumb question?) about recordkeeping

I use a spreadsheet to keep track of goods bought to resell; cogs; date it sold; how much; profit/loss.The last column is "refund".If I buy (example) a Widget for $1 to resell. Price it at $10. It sells for $10 and The buyer returns it. In the REFUND...

Media mail shipping

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Is an item really paid and can I ship

I sold and item on 12/5 and had the [Require buyers to provide a payment method before they place a bid] (aka autopay) button selected which allowed the buyer to have 7 days to pay for the item. Seven days pass and I get a message that You marked thi...

got refunded by ebay without even asking

Had a package with 10 items that I shipped on 11/13 that went missing and I refunded like 2 weeks ago get delivered today and I had 10 messages from ebay identical to the one below. "We know you recently refunded the buyer because the item didn’t arr...

Not getting any views on my auctions

For months now I have not been getting views for my auctions. Right now I have 11 auctions for sale and in over 4 days all 11 auctions have had only 1 view. This has been on going for quite a while and it has gotten to the point that it is stupid for...

How to transfer listings to facebook marketplace?

Hi, just wondering if there is a trick on how to transfer my ebay listings to facebook marketplace? Do I just link my ebay account to facebook or is there another step? I've tried contacting ebay support and for some reason they are no help. Thank yo...

GWP ITEMS

I’m not understanding why eBay removes GWP ITEMS FROM my store but yet continues to let thousand of other sellers sell,the same items. They will not put back my items after my appeals. Is this AI OR total discrimination!?

Well, This is a new one!

I had a customer open a return for a NAD. nothing wrong with the products at all. I'm thinking she got them cheaper and that was the reason for her return. Anyway, instead of the packaging it was received in, she used another box and wrote out our ad...

buyers returning an empty envelope or box

Well after 21 years selling on eBay it looks like it's time to quit. The amount of people who buy items and say they want to return it, (yes, we take returns) and mail back an empty envelope or box. eBay will not allow sellers to NOT accept returns. ...

SALES COMPLETELY STOPPED 5 DAYS AGO

So sales completely stopped again.. I thought the holidays would bring no stoppage, but no! I feel it is a definite shadow ban on my store listings! When sales start back, they are regular! This started after updates in September! Im down 50% since t...

eBay scamming sellers

I encountered a buyer that is buying items then immediately on arrival give neg feedback saying it doesn’t fit so he gets his money back and keeps the item. Also he sells items auction style and if the bids don’t get to his number he cancels the orde...