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I just had a potential buyer asking me about combined shipping price. I already price my items at a discounted flat rate. I am not sure how EBAY does this. I cannot ship multiple items at the flat rate I am charging though. I asked him to contact me ...

The only way to Improve Ebay is to Stop the Dropshippers

People can say whatever they want, All the stupid stuff they can Imagine but Ebay is plagued by one thing and one thing only. Dropshippers. I cannot count the numbers on my hand the amount of times 30 products All purchased from Wish, Temu, Alie end ...

Worst platform and rude customer service in my life

I didn’t advice any a new investor to work with eBay even Amazon as seller account restriction , ban , block can inevitable whether in short term or long term your business can fall apart overnight eBay don’t care about your store and business . If y...

How can I get more followers and improve my sales?

I stopped selling in 2008 and 9 months ago, my husband and I started selling again. How can I improve? How do you get more followers? What is a billboard? What kind of video do you put in your store? Does it help? We sell vintage and antique, which i...

My store appears empty! Where have my 200+ items gone?

Howdy! I went to my store today, and found that nothing is in it. The only thing under the "shop" category is a click bar to "search all items", which is useless when ones wishes to see all the items in the first place, and doesn't know what to type ...

How is your "summer slowdown" going this year?

Is your "summer slowdown" this year (2025) worse than last year so far? What do you think is contributing to it for better or worse? From my business perspective this summer has been a lot worse than last year. It's been hurting a little more than us...

Time away vs. extending handling time. Thoughts?

What would you do? I am leaving on a Sunday and returning late on a Wednesday. Trying to weigh the pros/cons. I usually do time away, but I will be gone a shorter time than normal. My current handling time is 3 days.

When to ship the item after it is sold

Hey Everyone, It's been a while since I have sold something on ebay and I seem to be a bit confused about something. First, let me say I understand that I pay for Insurance and do not pass that onto the seller. Back in the day when I sold an item, I ...

Resolved! eBay International Shipping Program opt out.

Before I contact eBay can someone here let me know how to opt out of EBay’s International shipping program? I have always shipped my foreign orders directly. Somehow eBay has opted some of my items in their program because I’m getting orders every no...

My Suggestion to make eBay a better place - its Easy

1. Scrap the buyer’s protection.2. Private and business sellers both pay the same commission on sales, maybe 7.5% and perhaps a small listing fee which would make people think twice about trying to sell rubbish.3.Limit private sellers number of items...

Working Well - Auto Feedback and Packing Slip Message

For those of you who have not done this yet............. Set up your auto feedback and include a pleasant message on your packing slips stating the Buyer will receive positive feedback automatically when they leave positive feedback for the Seller. F...

Would you be hesitant to sell to a buyer who leaves negative feedback for sellers?

I have offers on for most of my items, and will vet any buyers who send me offers by checking what kind of feedback they leave for sellers. Often, people who send lowball offers will have a lot of negative feedback for sellers while those who send re...

Action Column.

Seriously.. Unmovable front column that makes me want to .. i dunno . help me out here.

Manage All Orders page - Leave Feedback icon is gone

The icon I always used to leave buyer FB is gone from my Manage All Orders page of the Seller Hub. If I hover over the area, I can still "Leave Feedback" with a click, but the icon is gone.I've tried in various browsers after updating, rebooting, etc...

eBay estimated delivery dates a joke

I have a big problem with the eBay estimated delivery dates. First of all they seem to be based on the date someone pays vs. the date shipped. For example someone pays me on June 28 (Saturday), I ship on July 1st ( a Tuesday) and the eBay estimated d...