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Just starting selling, and it appears eBay is making all the money!

I just started selling and am shocked at how little I'm receiving from a sale. Ebay makes more than 50% off each sale...while I provide the item, and do all the physical work. Am I doing something wrong? Not feeling too good about this.

For those of you who think you NEED promoted listings.

I was digging through some financials (ebay is a public company) and discovered that promoted listings only account for 2.1 percent of their revenue, not profit, revenue. That means that in the big scheme of things the overwhelming amount of listings...

CANT COMPLETE PURCHASE WITH PAYPAL CREDIT

Hello! Spent all day trying to sort this, hours on hold with PayPal and eBay and I've gotten nowhere. I applied for PayPal credit for an item, won the item and PayPal credit is not an option to pay for it. PayPal said there's nothing they can do, wha...

GSP - shipping to Israel

I had an issue with a UK seller sending an item through global shipping. The item was returned to him. Following a query ebay told him they don't ship to Israel ATM. Is it true? The seller just posted the item back on sale, I can see a shipping cost ...

Who the heck cares? (#3)

There is always someone who cares. I know this is TCM's thread & hope she doesn't mind if I start #3. We can't go without a 'who the heck cares'.

New Account Buyers Scamming

Beware of new accounts with account name and delivery name not matching. They will open item not as described to receive a refund. If you pay for a return label, they will ship a small empty envelope.

1099K

Just read following. Does it mean we're back to 20K for tax year 2025?Tax Bill Changes 1099 Reporting ThresholdsBy William Hays Weissman The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law on July 4, 2025, makes two important changes to tax reporting re...