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Tanking sales

My eBay sales have tanked . I keep about 250-300 items listed. Sales are down nearly 70% in past several months, and 4th qtr looking bleak too . I have a range of items . I’ve tried everything to spur sales but it seems the only thing that works is l...

What to do if a scammer wins bidding on my item

Hi i’m Selling a phone at present, and letting the auction run. It has only been up for 2 days and so far I’ve had 4 offers, all from different usernames, with a location in Zambia and obviously suspicious profiles from what they’ve written in their ...

Resolved! Buyer Sent Me An Unsolicited Link

I'm not sure if I have this in the right spot. After a buyer messaged today telling me thank you after she got her purchase, we exchanged a couple of friendly messages and I gave her a coupon in case she wanted to buy from me again. She had mentioned...

Account restricted and will be permanently suspended in 30 days 26 years on eBay 948 pos feedback

Haven’t sold on eBay in about 15 years , decided to list 2 antique car parts last night, all went well ,woke up this morning was getting visits all is good, recieved email mid day that account had been restricted, after a waste of time with chat I wa...

Resolved! Downloading Active Listing Report

I have recently started to increase my inventory and sell full time again. I have tried over and over to download a report with my current active listings, but to no avail, I cannot get it to work. I have done the following: Clicked on "Downloads". C...

Resolved! which option is better: an Auction or Buy It Now ? I have 16 Buy It Now Auctions and 1 sale.

I have always used auctions and thought i would try But It Now. It appears ppl are just waiting for me to lower the price. Does anyone else have the same going on ?

How many items per month can I post for free

Hello sellers, Can I just get the answer to how many itms can I post free per month Regards

eBay email I received

What does this mean for me , the seller?“This item has not been sold. Do not ship to this user. For your safety, keep your conversation on eBay, and don’t share any personal info.”In response to someone asking if my item was sold.

Well this is a new one.

Buyer told me he was sending his item back as he "accidentally bought the wrong kind".He didn't start a return or anything, just stated he was mailing back.Now he's mad I can't refund him the shipping cost he paid, some $30 dollars because obviously ...

Negative Feedback from buyers!

I have received 3 negative feedback in the last few weeks. These are from buyers stating complete false statements. 2 of the three were from buyers with 3 and 1 total feedback on their ID. I have sold on Ebay for 25 + years and Ebay allows this and w...

Resolved! No sales for 12 days (-4-25 to 9-17-25 HELP!

Just don't understand what's currently going on, is anybody seeing a complete stop of sales? 26 years on eBay never seen this on listings. Sirsalealot

How do you even make money on eBay?

How do you go from buying to selling to profit? Why is shipping so complicated to calculate?

Resolved! Can we remove a brand from the Certified Open Box program?

We have a vendor upset with us about the one year warranty offered by eBay through Allstate, because our agreement with them is any Open Box items of theirs have a 90 day warranty only. They are getting calls from buyers who think it is with the Bran...

Bid cancellation

I have had twice in the last two days someone bid an item up really high and then cancel their bid hours before it’s over. is there any way to find out who that person is so that I can block them

Warning buyer Scammers

Warning to eBay Sellers! I’ve just been scammed by a buyer on eBay. I sent the exact item (the team) described in my listing, but the buyer clearly had a script ready to claim they received something different. They even showed a cheaper version to b...