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Payouts Policies SUCK and so does eBay

I have used eBay for 20 years or more. I have always been mostly a buyer and sometimes a casual seller. I hadn’t sold in YEARS until recently. Whatever has happened at eBay’s corporate level is mind boggling. Although a user for 20 years, I am subjec...

Resolved! What to do if buyer doesn't respond to item concern?

I sold an item that was still sealed in its original plastic packaging and when I went to pick it up out of storage I accidently dropped it on the ground and it landed on one of the corners of the packaging. The corner it landed on broke off (about a...

Anyone else have a high percentage of scams from California?

I've been selling on multiple different platforms for years, and what I have noticed over the years that a significant amount of people who have scammed me, or have tried to, were located in California. It doesn't matter if it's on ebay, or amazon, o...

Cross selling

Hi! Is cross selling on multiple platforms a good practice? What happens if same item sells on both sites. I’m worried about that. Thank you.

Commission on sales tax? Rediculous

Much to my surprise (being a long time ebayer- 20 + years), I just realized they are charging commission on the sales tax the buyer paid. Why should I have to pay a commission on something that wasnt mine? Im not collecting or keeping the sales tax. ...

Why Does Ebay Allow This?

I Had a buyer who happens to be another seller with active listings send me Unsolicited offer on an item with No Offers enabled. They were asking for 20 bucks off. I always try and work with customers so I told them I could knock 10 bucks off the pri...

Resolved! Zero insertion fees count

I used to be able to see the number of zero insertion fee listings I had used on the selling page. Does anyone know where this count went?

Resolved! Promoted Listing Fee Calculation is Evil

The way ebay is calculating the fees on promoted listings are evil, ebay is just letting sellers with the lowest possible profit, this is not fair for sellers and buyers, ebay's greed is worst every year.While they should be calculating the promoted ...

My 250 Per Month Listings Before 35 Cent Fees.

Hi gang, I know this is a VERY elementary question, but I'm having trouble finding where it tells me my 250 listing limit.And still confused why all at once I'm having to be concerned with that. The 30 day auto-relisting thing still seems new to me.

Resolved! Scrubber bot getting overzealous about words in listing titles

This is not a plea for advice, just sharing an experience and wondering what sellers' thoughts are, or if you've encountered this before. Occasionally I have gotten an alert upon hitting 'List' -usually because I forgot an I.S. or maybe had something...

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Question about sending offers for quantity more than one

In my selling account I have a listing with a quantity of 2 available. An interested buyer sent a message asking if I would accept $10 for one. I answered using the Send Offer button to say that I cannot go that low but I plugged in an offer of $13.5...

We are in the Global Shipping Program yet some Canadian & UK buyers can't buy our items?

Is there something we are doing or is this tariff related or something in our settings?We have GSP enabled and don't have any blocks to any country? This is a screenshot of what a Canadian buyer is facing when trying to buy from us. He/she is not the...

Resolved! USPS Tracking incorrectly says item not delivered; Buyer says it WAS delivered; EBay won't pay me

This has happened with two items I sold, totaling $1,300 in sales: I shipped the items by USPS Priority Mail flat rate using EBay-generated labels. Shipped out on April 28. USPS Tracking stopped updating May 1 with "Awaiting Delivery." Today (May I r...

Two days to create a posting so far

I am about to have a brain meltdown because I am try to add variations and have tried it every single way that Ebay, Youtube, and general logic suggests and I am still unable to creae variations for my items. Is Ebay trying to make it more difficult ...

Can items remain in cart forever?

I have an item that shows multiple people have it in their carts. It has been that way for a long time, so can items remain in carts forever or do they eventually get removed?