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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

Thanks To The Glitches, eBay Is Training Remaining Buyers To Only Respond To Offers

For the past week, the ONLY sales I've been able to get have been through offers I've sent out because views on ANYTHING have dropped between 0-3 per day. Sales are now between zero to one per day while other platforms like Amazon, Mercari and Poshma...

Resolved! Search Engine's Wonky Again, I Think...

Just did a search and I type "Peter Frampton Japan Import". I get David Bowie and Pete Townsend in the results, along with Frampton. The last time something crazy like this happened is when I did a search for cookbooks, then tarot cards and Bibles ca...

buyer wants money back and to keep the item

Sold a rather expensive item. Buyer states he hopes it was insured because it was damaged.He sent picture that proves neither. I want him to return item. He states he already sent it out to be repaired. He emailed me after dinner and I responded earl...

Automatically enrolled in international shipping

Today I was notified by eBay that they had automatically enrolled me in international shipping. I know many of you use that and it works fine for you but I am not interested. I ship internationally to a buyer from some countries by adding them to my ...

Resolved! Bids exceeding BIN price

currently have an item that has exceeded the original BIN price fairly substantially. Not one of those offer scams (do those actually succeed? I mean, you don't need to be a cynic to see someone offer 500% of your price and wonder just how dumb they ...

Promoted listing not showing up

I cannot find my listing at all!eBay doesn’t seem to be working correctly. what’s going on?who else is having this trouble?

Confused by recent request for bank statement

I’ve been regularly selling on eBay for the past few months and already went through verification process to process and payout my sales quickly which has been fine until today.. after I made a sale I got the notification to verify my account by prov...

Using the tools ebay gives sellers to drum up some business

So I've been fiddling around and finally figured out how to put listings at a discount. Like 25% off and I set some up for $ off if you spend certain amount. Then I had the idea, Could I send out a message to every buyer I've had in a given time fram...

EIS (Ebay International Shipping) Final Value Fees

I just received an e-mail from Ebay that I have automatically been enrolled in EIS. I used to sell international and stopped when we switched to Managed Pay. My understanding at that time was we would be charged the final value fee on whatever the bu...

Search engine

Hello. Any updates on ebays search engine is it working 100% or are we still working on it. Perhaps I have missed any updates. Ebay please keep your sellers of any possible resolution. Thank you . God bless our veterans and resellers.

New-ish seller, confused about eBay international shipping fees

Hi all. I've been selling on eBay for a few months now and at first it seemed to go really well. Now, after getting a store, its seems that I sell less? Also, I recently had an international sale where I had measured and weighed the item to calculate...

What did ebay change this time?

I had a great April, sold 3-5 items per day in a normal and steady way. Something changed April 29/30th, barely selling one per day now. I know it's only been a few days but I can tell when something is different with ebay, not just cyclical economy ...

Restore your selling privileges: Action required

First of all, hello, my account was temporarily restricted and they asked to upload the tracking, but the problem is that I sell virtual items and also a gift card, where after the purchase I give them the codes via messenger, so I don't use the trac...

What's Happening at Amazon is Where I Fear eBay is Headed

Great article in the New York Times today about how messed up the buying experience is on Amazon. Some of the elements--bad search results, items with crazy prices, too many items for sale, need for advertising for third-party sellers, etc. feels lik...