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Seller Initiated Offer automation

Every day, eBay sellers send targeted offers to reach interested buyers and drive more sales. To make this process even easier, some sellers choose to automate their offers, helping them engage buyers faster and save time. We want to provide some cla...

Replacing SSN with EIN on business account -- can it be done?

Way back, when I started my business account in 2014 (I'm a sole proprietor), I had my SSN registered with my eBay account. In 2020, I had the IRS issue me an EIN which I've been using ever since instead of my SSN for filing my business taxes. Up unt...

I received negative feedback from buyer for only few days delayed in shipping during Holiday season.

I asked eBay to remove the negative feedback, and eBay refused to help me. Now I didn't receive my purchase for 1 month and I gave negative feedback to this seller. Ebay very fast removed my feedback even I still did not receive my item. I really fee...

Calculate profit margin if a buyer buys more than one item per transaction

Hello eBay community. I'm starting out as a eBay seller as a beginner and I have a thought in mind and would like to see if anyone in the community would know how to calculate a profit margin or what estimate I could be earning if a buyer would to pu...

do you sell to the military?

When mailing an Amazon book to an APO address today it occurred to me that I can't recall ever shipping an Ebay item to military personnel. Or a military base in the US. I get the orders frequently on Amazon. I decided to check my shipping settings i...

Anyone Feel Up To Tackling Ad Rate % With A Simple and Concise Explanation?

What is a good, cost effective rule to use when setting the percentage? If i drop the percentage down, how much does it effect the promotion. Finally, and Bottom line… “Is The Juice Worth The Squeeze, so to speak?” We have never really promoted that ...

ZANTAC

Can you sell zantac on ebay without authorization

Sellers being scammed by buyers returning different items and ebay takes money out of my account

Twice now, as a seller I have been scammed by people saying that they had items that didn't match description. When the buyers returned the items they sent tiny thin packages containing black face masks. In my case our items are in 24 inch length box...

Dr. Suess's prohibited "banned" Books

I thought ebay prohibited the 6 books that are not printed anymore back in 2021. Why are they now all over ebay?

FED UP with sponsored listings SPAMMING my posts before the buyer even sees the description!

I have had a lot of problems with this in two ways. 1) the buyer often never even scrolls down to see or read the accurate description we provide. BECAUSE THE LISTING WE PAID FOR is being spammed by Sponsored items that are similar and these items ar...

shipping address

How di i find the full address to which i shipped an item that i sold? On the sellers dashboard!

Shipping service???

Does anyone know how to change shipping service, when creating a new listing for selling sneakers the shipping default is Fedex, there is no option to use USPS. No drop down menu or anything like that. Is this new for 2024? My other older unsold list...

Ebay charging sellers fee's on taxes collected when is enough?

I sold an item for $88.00 plus 10.65 shipping.Ebay charged me Ebay fees on the $88.00, on the $10.65, plus they charged me fees on the sales tax the buyer paid of 6.16 plus there .30 cents. Total fees of $13.45 My question to all sellers, if your not...

Resolved! 1099 form

I received an email saying that the 599.00 limit was put on hold and in 2024 the limit may be $5000.00.is this true?

Item Specifics

Item Specifics need two words to complete. Does the algorithm require a match on both words? If I enter "Green Shoelace" and the searcher enters "Red Shoelace" Is that a match? How does it handle plural words? If I enter 'shoelaces" and a searcher en...

Ebay Changing My Promoted Listing Amounts?

I have all of my listings being promoted at 1% or at least I thought so. I noticed a whole bunch of my listings have been changed to much higher percentages and some higher than the suggested percentage. I spent 60 minutes changing these back to 1%. ...