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let's have an eBay Day!

Amazon has Prime Day in July. I just saw a commercial on TV that Wayfair has Way Day coming up this month. I saw several etsy commercials too, but so far no day for them. What about eBay? Let's join in the fun! When is eBay Day? How would you adverti...

Resolved! listing the first time in new creat a listing format....want to list auction as free shipping help!

I have looked at everything under shipping but no (FREE SHIPPING) option where is it on listing page ..thank you for your help!!!!!!

Resolved! Auctions not showing lowest price

Here we go again....an auction seller with 300 listings and one cannot get the lowest price to highest price.It just gives me a total of 5 auctions....and he doesn't sell any buy it now.This needs to be fix eBay.

Buyers who submit a 'best offer,' but never pay...

Over the past year, I've had a rather large amount of prospective buyers who will submit a 'best offer' but never follow through with payment. Happens with old accounts, new accounts, etc. No pattern to note other than simply not paying (or establish...

Resolved! Freight forward tracking

Hello,I was just curious. I tend to look at tracking of items sometimes I mailed. And I am waiting for an INR to pop up on this one. Buyer is in Armenia. Buy asked for a discount and I ignored it. Buyer still bought items but played the sneaky "freig...

Resolved! EBAY Algorithm changing my shipping policies and handling times AFTER THE SALE!

I recently sold a 51 inch SONY Bravia Plasma Television. I listed this item "Local Pick up only" as the ONLY shipping policy. The EBAY Program changed my shipping policy to $77 Flat RATE Shipping! Lucky for myself AND the buyer they were in New Jerse...

I sell a lot more when listing insertions are free. Buyers love "new listings"

When there are no insertion fees, sellers are much more likely to list "new listings" which buyers love. I suggest making all insertions free except if listed in a 2nd category too. In order to turbocharge lackluster sales across the board try making...

I requested to close my account (I'm tired)

Ebay has beat me down. I'm tired of getting harassing threats to restrict my account and close it because of below standards.I'm not getting a lot of sales anyway and need a break from Ebay.Their metrics for determining what's below or above standard...

Weird Returned Package Scenario

So I send a package, it actually went eBay Standard Envelope, so it was an address with a QR code and postage. I got the letter back today. USPS stuck a barcode over the buyer's address and it said something like "scan return zipcode". It did NOT hav...

Problem with same buyer bidding and not paying and has a 100% rating!!!!

If someone decides not to pay for a transaction, you aren't able to leave a feedback. Example is I had a China buyer not pay for an item a couple of weeks ago. Ebay finally canceled the transaction and there is no way to give feedback, so this buyer ...

How long can you stop selling before you are considered a new seller again?

Need to take time away. Wanted to know how long you have before you are considered a new seller again! Thanks

Resolved! a few items that would make eBay more practical and relevant (in my opinion)

a) I can understand that you need to understand the product that is being sold/bought MPN is one number that is requested (required?). Finding the MPN is not trivial.. seems it would be easier for the sellers/buyers to have a straight forward way to ...

Buyer sent back $1,300 turbocharger but switched turbo with his used one

Sold turbo ebay to buyer he contacted me and said it did not fit.He selected did not fit and offered to pay 1/2 of shipping.I selected sent buyer return tag and sent him my tag since it would be a lot cheaper than using Ebay's tag.I got it back a cou...

Missing "sell similar" button issue is getting wider publicity in ebay's silence

now the cat is out of the bag..... Will anyone from eBay please dispel the rumors and let us know if the button is gone for good or if it's just a mistake that IT is dilligently working on to fix as we are in the busiest selling season of the year.....

2023 eBay Ads Holiday Guide!!

When I saw this I thought:What?? eBay actually listened to us?They are going to run some advertising for the holidays and hopefully jumpstart seasonal sales for all of us?NOPE.NOT EVEN CLOSE.What they're saying is that individual SELLERS should "adve...