eBay

Anonymous · ‎09-17-2020

Started with Ebay 1999 and left when Katrina struck. Came back in 2008 and started selling. Got scammed by a member after 9 months of sale date and a good feedback with a credit card charge back. Buyer waited until after the Ebay-Paypal dispute platforms were exhausted until he filed the charge back. Paypal was NO help and did not even try.

Been trying to get on Ebay managed payments for two years and all I get is "it's coming" at the end of the year. Nothing so far and I am tempted to leave and go to Amazon. I was told that Ebay is only letting volume sellers use the managed payment platform. Is this correct?

corvettestainless · ‎09-17-2020

1.) MP will not stop a CC company from a charge back.

2.) Many smaller sellers are venting that they are not happy with MP, so don't push it (takes 4-14 days to get your $ after a sale and if multiple sales, you don't know which ones are you paid for)

3.) Eventually most will be on MP by end of 2021 per notices since 2018.

jack_bucks_ghost · ‎09-17-2020

I just received my "invite" to managed payments a couple of days ago (have until mid October to complete the process). Don't know that I really qualify as a "volume" seller, though...have had a good three months of sales $ wise, but not necessarily quantity. I can't help but think the invites are coming out a bit randomly now after the big sellers were transitioned.

luckythewinner · ‎09-17-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
I was told that Ebay is only letting volume sellers use the managed payment platform. Is this correct?

No, it is not true.

mtgraves7984 · ‎09-17-2020

I was told that Ebay is only letting volume sellers use the managed payment platform. Is this correct?

^^^ That is incorrect. I'm a small seller and I opted in last Fall when I was invited.

I haven't, however, determined what criteria they use to move sellers or when they move them... FWIW.

southern*sweet*tea · ‎09-17-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
I am tempted to leave and go to Amazon.

Amazon is far more buyer-centric than Ebay even pretends to be.
Amazon fees are (for sellers who don't have a $40/mo store) considerably higher: 8-45%, plus $1 per sale fee if you don't have a store, plus and extra $1.80 for books and media. They also charge seven cents to print a shipping label, which (unless I am mistaken) you have to use if you want their joke seller protection.
Most Amazon categories are gated. You would have to be approved.
Amazon payouts are every two weeks, because they manage their own payments.

The grass isn't always greener.

The easier you are to offend the easier you are to control.

We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did. - Thomas Sowell

hyperrush · ‎09-17-2020

Amazon is awful.

One sale a day, tomorrow the entire Galaxy!

Anonymous · ‎09-17-2020

The customer service at Amazon is tremendously better than Paypal whether you are a seller or buyer. Paypal doesn't care anymore. FACT

Anonymous · ‎09-17-2020

When PayPal was in with Ebay, they were wonderful. Now PayPal is awful in communication, holding payments for non-senscal reasons, and simply "awful" customer service agents.