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July's Monthly Chat--How many have tried the new Social Tool?

I see this month's Monthly Chat on July 12th "will be discussing the new Social page for store sellers in the Seller Hub." How many here have actually used this feature? If you aren't familiar with it, it can be found (if you have a store) by going t...

What Do You Like About eBay? - Only Positive NO NEGATIVES

So I have been on eBay since 1999. I have made some negative posts about changes that have been made in the past 3 years or so. But I am still selling... and very thankful for the platform. What do you like about eBay and what it has to offer for sel...

Zero views much less bids

Ideas to drive traffic to auctions with zero views.

When you provide a return label, will you be CHARGED for it ONLY when the buyer uses it?

I approved a return. There was a message, "You're charged when the buyer uses the label" Does this mean that I will be charged for it ONLY when the buyer uses it? Also, the way I remember, in the past, you had to actually email return labels to buyer...

Another delivered item being reported as Item Not Delivered. Buyer requesting refund.

I updated the tracking in the case with the USPS code. I also left a message in the case that the buyer can speak with a local USPS agent and obtain the GPS coordinates where the item was scanned for delivery to mailbox. I haven't heard back. And it'...

Finding LARGEST SELLERS in a specific category

Is there a way to determine who are the largest sellers (by items listed or sold) in any given category? Thanks in advance for any responses.

Simple Way To Handle The New 1099-K Policy For A Hobby Seller

Hi all, long time eBayer, first time poster. I have a hopefully simple question about how to correctly manage the new tax arrangement we're all dealing with here. Background: I am a "hobby seller" with low volume who has used eBay to support my inter...

not liking the new format with sponsored similar items like mine

Hi all, and thank you for letting me vent I have not relisted or posted for the past 30 days and now I find this just a PITA to relist or list... what comes up is all this JUNK of Sponsored items similar to mine and all I want to do is relist 100 ite...

Fraudulent buyers

I just started selling recently and have had 3 either retracted offers or fraudulent buyers. Is that normal?

Return

Have you all noticed that the return rate has been increasing lately? The reasons for returns align with customers changing their minds, or don't fit, (I provided measurement) and many return requests are being made close to the 30-day mark! I'm cons...

someone got into my ebay sellers account and used my on file credit card

Hello--- I went to check my credit card purchases on line and found a charge that I did not make. It shows up as an ebay purchase from an ebay seller and the purchase was made through my seller account and uses my on file seller credit card to charge...

Paying at least 18% commission with excellent selling record

This doesn't include insertion fees or promoted listings. Other sellers with inferior records to mine are paying 12 to 15%. Have 100% positive feedback. In 24 years and over 15,000 sales I've had no more than 10 negatives and maybe 15 neutrals. Have ...

Banner Photos

Sorry to say, I’m not very tech savvy, so I hope someone can help me. On my store banner, I currently have a single panoramic photo. I want to change it to three separate photos, but how do I do this. Any help you can provide will be greatly apprecia...

Ebay Trying to their best to push sellers away ?

Have been selling for nearly a year, and Ebay randomly decided to suspend my account and remove all listings to verifiy my address.I sent the documents in 3 times, and an additional 4th time to an email they said to send it to. The Bank statement has...

Fraud buyer filed for a dispute after four months

I sold a watch here four months ago and it was delivered to the buy with no complain then. Sadly I found out today from eBay that the buyer wrote his bank that he did not recognize the transaction. Now eBay is holding my fund for another two items I ...