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Looking for advice on how to maximize auction results

Hello Experienced Sellers, (I posted this on Ask a Mentor but no one responded, I see a lot more activity in this forum so hopefully this is allowed). I've read through a lot of posts and your advice on listing to others has really helped me. My acco...

Resolved! Fees

I sold an item for 435 dollars. Ebay took 67 dollars. So the seller fee is 15.5 percent?

Happy New Year To All The Dead Beat Bidders on Ebay

Just wanted to Wish A Happy New Year to all the dead beat bidders I have had this year and the 20 years before. !!! To the New Deadbeats this year you have received the following gifts as a show of my gratitude and appreciation : 1. A strike from eBa...

Sellers of Sterling Collectibles - Are you changing your list prices?

Some of my sterling silver collectibles have market price well above spot price, but others are priced very near or even maybe below scrap value considering the fast rise of the silver spot price now nearing $80 an ounce. And I think silver may go ev...

Is it possible to sell thermometers and barometers that contain mercury and ship them via USPS?

Hello everyone and happy holidays!My question is:Is it possible to sell thermometers and barometers that contain mercury and ship them via USPS?When I went to the post office, I saw a sign that said you couldn't ship batteries, thermometers, or barom...

I think we can drop the Pictures on Feedback now ...

So, in April of 2023 eBay started testing the feature that allows Buyers to add pictures to the FB (Feedback) they leave for Sellers with the sitewide roll out being sometime in the November 2023 time period. Fast forward to present, December 2025 .....

Christmas Day = holiday for sellers?

How many sellers still work online as if it is not Christmas Day? My hand is up. It is like any other day to me. My Christmas involves scratching a ticket or 2 & turkey dinner with 1 family member.

Shipped the wrong shorts

Good morning, hopefully someone can chime in here... i sold a pair of camo shorts but i sent the wrong camo pattern as i have two of the same style and sizing but different print camo. Anyways i contacted the buyer and they agreed to ship back the sh...

Resolved! BIZARRE ? IS THEY A NEW FEEDBACK POLICY being done by EBAY?

I have noticed that on my SELLER OVERVIEW on a desktop, that under feedback I am now seeing a POS response with virtually the same messages. IE "order delivered on time with no issues"with the Ole green + YET if I look back under orders shipped. It A...

goals for 2026?

Hope there hasn't already been a thread on this. 2026 will be new for me because for the first time in some years I won't have anything in a storage unit. My backlog is a lot smaller. I shipped a large expensive Easton set recently in 2 boxes and the...

Send offer time frame

Seems previously, the offers that I send expired after 2 days. Now my offers are active for 5 days ? Looked, but did not see a way to change the time frame in settings? Normally I would not care, except that it is now impossible to manage the listing...

Resilient US consumers drive strongest economic expansion in 2 years

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/us-economy-expands-surprisingly-strong-134137168.html

Authenticated first time, rejected second time

This ever happen to anyone else? I listed a pair of Nike sneakers and sold them. When they reached eBay authenticators they said "Our authenticators have verified that your item is authentic, but they also discovered a discrepancy between your listin...

Freight forwarded items

I just had a buyer purchase two pieces of sterling silverware, separtely, then after I had bought the shipping, asked me to combine the two items. Then, they decided to buy a third item, which they also purchased separately. I did not purchase the sh...

Question about eBay's recent My Cost feature to add COGS

eBay has added a new entry into the listing template - My Cost (Optional) so that a seller can add COGS to each item. From what I have seen on Facebook, a lot of eBay sellers hate this idea. However, for me it is an ideal feature and one that I would...