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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...

Buyer scam?

I had an auction of Bratz dolls bid up and sell for approximately $85. At first I thought “cool”. Then the buyer with zero feedback said that she is having trouble paying for the item, and can I relist the item for a buy it now price the same as what...

sales tax

I have not sold on ebay for awhile now but today I need to send an invoice to a customer and it has Sales Tax Optional and Tax is Applicable to shipping. Do I check the box or just leave it. I thought Ebay automatically charged for taxes.

Resolved! How can I know that my account is ready for selling ?

I created my account an year ago. I just want to know that when I will able to start selling on Ebay.

How Did This Happen?

This an alert to others and a question.Sold an item on another ID - the listing shows it sold for $20 - But the SOLD message from Ebay says it sold for only $1 - I did receive payment and it was for $1 plus shipping which tells me that the buyer did ...

Auction questions

I'm new to selling and I had an auction with no international shipping. A buyer from Canada asked if I would ship to Canada and he would pay $25 dollars for "slow shipping". I messaged him that I would look into it but was unclear on his purchase pri...

Resolved! Seller school problem

For more than a week the seller school has remained in the same place in the course. How to proceed there.?

Sale items not found in searches

Like a lot of you all, over the past 6-10 months, I seen a tremendous drop in my sales. Most of the problem I encounter is when I search for my type/category item, it's not found. The search mechanism on E-bay is BROKE! What is going on, I'm on the p...

Leaving feedback

I have not been able to leave customer feedback for a week or more now. Any suggestions?

Payout on Hold, update needed

What is up with all the "Payout on Hold" messages. This has been going on for two weeks now. My account has been verified for years! Is anyone else having issues with eBay holding their payouts and asking for verification every other day?If its a gli...

Ebay promoted listings + my offer to interested buyer - does both add up?

If the buyer clicked on the promoted listing because but didn't buy it, and if I later offer the buyer a discount on the price to an interested buyer, is this sale still being considered as a promoted listing sale? That could be costly even more if e...

unpaid items

I think e-bay should impose a 15% restocking fee for anyone who does not pay or has "buyers remorse" and wants to cancel

Blocking messages per user?

Is there a way to block a user from messaging you? I don’t want to turn off messages altogether.

New to selling. What are some of the best ways to protect yourself from buyer fraud?

Ive only recently started to sell on Ebay and have had pretty good experiences so far. In my research I've seen some pretty troubling stories about buyer fraud with the end result being that the seller has little to no recourse. Just wanted to see if...

Media Mail for Magazines without Advertising

Have sold commemorative magazines without advertising shipping via Media Mail. Now all items in magazines category are blocked from purchasing media mail postage. My understanding was that the USPS determination was made based on whether or not adver...

Resolved! Has it just all gotten to be to much?

Lately with the things going on with the search, low sales, high fees, scams, and customers treating you like a big box store? It has for me, I don't know if they are trying to get rid of small sellers or what. Feel free to vent, that's what I'm doin...