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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...

The last 2 weeks i have hardly got any views on the items im selling,

I dont know what it is but i have hardly got any views on my items im selling. On the weekend is when i get the most but i have only been getting a couple, and no watching

Less sales in the future?

Just saw a story on he local news that said gas prices will be going up due to oil producers cutting production. Said gas could go over $4.00 per gallon. Never saw gas that high where I live (highest was $3.97).Wonder how much that will effect people...

Resolved! Fishing expedition that makes no sense

I don’t understand the purpose of the Ebay surveys that noone looks at. The questions aretrivial to me — see screenshot. If there is an issue with a buyer I report it so why keep sending me those? What is the purpose of asking seller about MBG? This ...

The problem with variations

I want to list an item in a categoryBusiness & Industrial-CNC, Metalworking & Manufacturing-Raw Materials-Metals & Alloys-Metal Sheets & Flat StockHowever, it doesn't offer me options for variations. I am familiar with the fact that in some categorie...

sales tax issue (2018)

The Missouri Department of Revenue has instructed me to tell them what part of my sales in 2018 happened to be within our own state (missouri) in for them to collect sales tax on those items. There does not seem to be a way for them to get the locati...

If eBay very publicly and LOUDLY announced they were ending pay-to-play...

...they would quickly corner the market for this type of platform, and force all the other bad eggs to end the practice also.Just think, eBay would be the only major platform of its type to have a truly open and fair playing field where sellers would...

Resolved! eBay is broken? Buyers don't pay with impunity.

I am no longer able to sell stuff on eBay – buyers who win auction simply ghost you. The same thing happens over and over – active bidding war, and then silence (winner disappears). Even buyers with established reputation (100% rating and 25+ reviews...

Sold Item, Customer Requested Refund due to Late Arrival and Now Has the Item for Free

Sold an Item to a buyer. The buyer paid and I shipped the item via USPS Priority. Unfortunately the item was delayed in transit for whatever reason. The buyer then got impatient and requested a refund and opened a case with eBay. I had contacted USPS...

Possible scam from buyer in China

My spidey senses are tingling but I am not sure exactly how this possible scam will play out. I sell clothing and lingerie (more expensive than Victoria's Secret), and I had someone make an offer on a lingerie set. A woman in China had contacted me a...

Shady buyer

Buyers tracking number was entered wrong by me ( I forgot to add last 2 numbers) so tracking never updated.. Buyer got item on march 20th ( 3 days after they paid) on March 27th opened a refund request for item they said they didn’t receive, because ...

Buyer made "Best Offer"

A buyer sent me a "best offer" and I didn't receive the notification until after the buyer had bought it with "Buy It Now". Buyer had paid for item. Should I accept the offer and refund the difference to the buyer?

increases the number of sales

dear sellers. I am a buyer of certain apple products for repair (restoration) or as a donor. These are two different things and fmi blocking affects this very much. There are sellers who write about it in the ad or provide IMEI for self-checking and ...

Resolved! Annoying questions buyers ask.

It's not a great time to be an eBay seller. Judging from the posts on this forum, I'm not the only one struggling with low morale. I thought it might be fun to share our favorite common/annoying questions we get from buyers. I'll start with two and I...

Anyway to pullup old listings past 90 days?

Is there any way to lookup my old listings that are older than 90 days? When ebay recently made the change to allow you to lookup old listings up to 2 years, I was like finally! Disappointed as soon as I say that you can only see the transaction... n...

Local pickup -- buyer to arrange freight shipping? Pickup confirmation code?

I have an oversized local pickup item that a buyer may want to have shipped. They may arrange freight shipping themselves. How would seller protection work in this case? Do I have to take their tracking # and attach it to the sale? And in case someth...