eBay file exchange upload help? Error Code: BAF.Error.7 ErrorMessage: PayPal
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‎08-07-2020 02:06 AM
Hi guys,
Just been trying to upload a couple of products onto ebay and am getting the below error code..
Status
ErrorCode
BAF.Error.7
ErrorMessage
PayPal
Am guessing its something to do with Paypal?
Im also using a Mac and saving the file as a: CSV UTF-8 (Comma-Delimited)
Any help would be appreciated.
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‎08-07-2020 12:27 PM
If you have never uploaded before to File Exchange, there may be something basically wrong with your file.
Export the file in Windows format and don't choose UTF-8. I am not familiar with the export options on a Mac, but in general, the line-end characters may differ and UTF-8 may prepend control codes to the beginning of the file.
The default windows spreadsheet format is ISO-8859-1 or CP1252, and this is the default upload format for the UK site.
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‎09-30-2020 02:32 PM
I think its probably to do with some of your data being in a wrong column rather than the type of file or computer
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‎10-02-2020 02:58 PM
@kinikinet wrote:
Hi guys,
Just been trying to upload a couple of products onto ebay and am getting the below error code..Status
ErrorCode
BAF.Error.7
ErrorMessage
PayPal
Am guessing its something to do with Paypal?
Im also using a Mac and saving the file as a: CSV UTF-8 (Comma-Delimited)
Any help would be appreciated.
Hello @kinikinet ,
If you would like to, email my team your file and we will take a look at it. Email is turbodata@ebay.com. Make sure to use your eBay registered email address so we can be safe and secure and confirm your identity and all that.
eBay Customer Support
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‎01-05-2021 10:48 AM
Hello Jacob,
I have the same problem and I cannot find a solution... Could I send my file to your team's email to get a help?
Kindest regards
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‎01-05-2021 04:21 PM
You may absolutely send us an email with your file attached, and we would be happy to take a deeper look into it. As Jacob mentioned, send your email to turbodata@ebay.com; For security purposes, please also be sure to send it from the email account registered with eBay.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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‎01-06-2021 01:27 PM
Great, thanks a lot!
Kindest regards
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‎01-21-2021 07:49 AM
Hello Jacob
I've also just had this message. Would it be because we weren't able to set up for the managed payments before our deadline 4 days ago? Just thinking with the error message being 'PayPal' and if our account is no longer eligible for PayPal payments?
Thank you in advance
Sarah
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‎01-21-2021 08:01 AM
Nevermind, sorted the problem I was having. Apologies for bothering you.
Was because I had '3' in the PayPal Accepted column instead of '1', incase that helps anyone else who's having problems
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‎04-19-2021 01:54 AM
i have spoken to ebay au they are going to do a complete upgrade of the system till the end of may
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‎12-04-2022 07:37 AM
Having the same issue, same problem.
Error Code 7 and Paypal.
My fields are correct though, not sure what's going on.
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‎12-04-2022 10:38 AM
I see you are in the UK.
Are you using a downloaded spreadsheet structure provided by eBay Seller Hub Uploads?
That spreadsheet should have eliminated the PayPal columns that existed on the old File Exchange templates.
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‎12-04-2022 10:40 AM
I'm in UK and downloaded it from the UK seller account having said that, the sheet that I have is downloaded from the correct UK url (as I read about that and people already discussed that).
If I remove the paypal columns, will it work?
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‎12-04-2022 10:52 AM
Since PayPal is no longer supported, those columns should be eliminated. In the past, staff has also recommended removing any unused columns. I don't know if that is still necessary. Please see the thread tacked to the top of this forum to make sure any other issues are also addressed.
BAF errors are usually basic file structure issues, so also check for stray spaces and linebreaks.
