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Commission on sales tax? Rediculous

Much to my surprise (being a long time ebayer- 20 + years), I just realized they are charging commission on the sales tax the buyer paid. Why should I have to pay a commission on something that wasnt mine? Im not collecting or keeping the sales tax. ...

Insurance claims

I sold an item and shipped through Ebay via Fedex. It has been 18 days since shipping and tracking shows it's been stuck at a Distribution center for 15 days.Buyer reached out and requesting a refund. The shipping was insured, but how do I go about i...

DNS Failure

I'm trying to report to a seller that an item never arrived, but when I click on "the item has not arrived" from the Contact Seller menu, I get this:Service Unavailable - DNS failureThe server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try...

Help with signature ID on modern art print

Thank you very much in advance. I bought this art print I'm a local thrift store. I thought it had a nice color palette. Does anyone recognize the signature?

Need a Place to Post, Laugh........Vent, Unwind...........Share Chocolate

I think this might be a great place to kinda land and connect with a some friends. @coastaltechsolution @silverstatetreasureboxes @downunder-61 Can you please invite some folks to come and post and bring some snacks? I think I will just keep 2 screen...

Getting offers

When making a listing, what is the purpose of deselecting “accepts offers” if I’m going to constantly get messages with offers? I don’t select that for a reason, I don’t really have time to haggle with prices. Is it OK to ignore messages from buyers ...

Cross selling

Hi! Is cross selling on multiple platforms a good practice? What happens if same item sells on both sites. I’m worried about that. Thank you.

SEARCH Result Inconsistencies when SORTING

Can anyone explain why the number of results in a search change depending on how the results are sorted?You can see it for yourself easily. Do a specific enough search so it doesn't give you thousands of results, for example, search "Concert Recordin...

AI-generated item descriptions

Hello all, As a buyer and a seller, I am compelled to re-visit a topic that is make-or-break for me: Listings with nothing but an idiotic, vapid, mindless AI-generated description. These do nothing to describe the item being sold, and are absolutely ...

Resolved! Scrubber bot getting overzealous about words in listing titles

This is not a plea for advice, just sharing an experience and wondering what sellers' thoughts are, or if you've encountered this before. Occasionally I have gotten an alert upon hitting 'List' -usually because I forgot an I.S. or maybe had something...