Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimization.
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Heads up: changes to Seller Initiated Offers (SIO)
Recent & upcoming changes to SIO. eBay recently launched an offers management page. Currently only automated offers are included. Find it by navigating to: Seller Hub > Marketing > Offers Here's a screenshot from last week's Seller Check In showing t...
Message To Customer Blocked Offensive Language.
I was chatting with a customer about dogs. She lost her dog, and we were just discussing them. My dog that I mentioned was a Shih Tzu My message wouldn’t go through and I got this message Threats and offensive language policy. Said it had offensive l...
buyer insults
i sold a item and put in my listing "this will be delivered to your local Evri parcel shop" the buyer is now saying not recived even tho tracking say delivered to the parcel shop. Now saying she can't travel as she is disabled and not prepared to tra...
First-Time Seller — Selling a Laptop with 'Buy It Now' or 'Best Offer', What to Expect Next?
I'm a first-time eBay seller and could use a bit of guidance on the process moving forward.I listed a used laptop for $300 with a Buy It Now or Best Offer setting. I received two offers:One from a buyer with 100% positive feedback (367)Another from a...
Ebay fees prior to sale?
HelloI received an email from Ebay saying that they were going to charge me for an auction listing I had that didn't sell. I usually list "Buy It Now" but thought I'd try an auction. Is that a standard thing? The email I received didn't state what th...
Promoted listings and still no views
I have been doing promoted listing for several months and some items dont even get views im not sure what the problem is and i have over 2000 items and only sell couple items a day this is frustrating what is even more frustating is ive listed on dif...
Appeal or not?
So frustrating, one of my listings keeps getting violated and removed with the reason that it is violating the Adult Items Policy. 5 times now its been removed. Here is another beautiful example how ebay refuses to be clear and actually be helpful. T...
Products Ending Automatically — Still Available but Showing 'Ended' eBay Glitch?
I am seeing products showing up in "ended" that we did not end. The trend seems to happen to items that have just been purchased. You can see in your orders what the customer ordered and then you can see how many are still available. When I click on ...
SHIPPING INSANITY POST OFFICE CRASH AIRPLANE CRASH
It all started A FEW WEEKS, AGO I, was surfing EBAY to UP A collection I, put A bid on 2 ideams both $4 99 SHIPPING with 7 day, listing No one bid on eather ideam BOTH were paided A day, apart 1 from WASHINGTON STATE THE OTHER from I, DONT KNOW anywa...
I AM FOLDING SO IT IS TIME TO WALK AWAY NOW AS JOHNNY CASH SAYS
Selling has gone to the pits and I have gotten frustrated enough so decided to call it quits soon as seen enough to know enough to put the cards away and accepted that fate as this is no longer fun, productive and something that I want to be entertai...
eBay gift cards not accepted on eBay?
My mother bought me a $50 gift card for Christmas and when I went to use it on a "make an offer" auction an error came up saying the code could not be applied to the auction. I called customer service and they said gift cards cannot be used on auctio...
