Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimization.
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Unpaid Item
Spoke to a Representative tell me that fees were paid contact back I got told that the buy hasn’t paid yet and I was told the ship item I ship the item I haven’t received the payment through the buyer
Paypal Scam?
Hello! I'm a new seller making my very first sale and I got a message from the buyer that I thought was a little fishy and wanted to know if I should be worried. It read "Text me on my cell phone number [blocked out for buyer privacy] or email me on ...
Make Offer but no payment.
I am again asking eBay to have people who make an offer on your item should pay now just like buy it now. The item is not up for auction. Why do people need that long to pay??? NO reason really. If you have the money to shop you have the money to pay...
A second chance offers
I knew to eBay and I had a bidder who won the Auction but did not pay. 4 days gave passed. I canceled order and the item automatically relisted so I quickly canceled it as I want to offer the product to the the person who put 2nd chance offer. But no...
Damage during shipping
Hi everyone, just received a message, not an official claim or anything, from a recent buyer who is claiming that I didn't pack the items correctly and that they are damaged. However, I shipped the items in their original shipping box (items were nev...
eBay Live...beta launch
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ebay-launches-new-live-shopping-platform-ebay-live/ "eBay is making it easier for people to buy collectible items with the beta launch of eBay Live on Thursday. The new platform lets people instantly bu...
I figured out how to change displayed currency!
I struggled for an hour trying to figure it out and felt dumb when I did, haha. Here's how: They say, "In the upper right corner of the search results, select Customize from the View dropdown menu." For the life of me I could not figure it out! Then ...
SELLER'S BEWARE OF THE PROMOTED LISTINGS
2 THINGS1. I have a listing set up with a 2.5% ad rate. Ebay decides they want to take 7.5% out when there are "promoted listings". I know for a fact that a particular customer visited this listing to purchase it generically. Not only did ebay take 5...
How easy is for buyers to misuse returns and steal our merchandise on eBay
A client ordered a couple of items from me, after this person received the items claimed that we sent the wrong item and returned fake items to us. I wrote to eBay that I had received a fake item from a person that clearly misused our free returns to...
Resolved! How To List Fixed Price w/ New Page?
Greetings All: How to list a fixed price item with the "new and improved /s" listing page? I tried just putting in a buy it now price of the auction format, but a notice appears wanting a starting price. I can't find the option to switch for auction ...
Account suspended indefinitely without any explanation - will I ever be able to sell on eBay again?
About a month ago, I (52f) decided to start a little reselling biz. I had a 7 year old personal account, but wanted to be able to keep everything separate, so I opened a new account for selling. I got some stuff (mostly vintage) from estate sales, an...
Ebay Does Not Notify Me That I Sold Something!
Ebay does not let me know I sold something. I used to get an email. That stopped. Then I checked ebay messages. That worked for a while and then stopped. Then I checked sold and found that I sold something and shipping was past due! At the same time ...
Resolved! Increase sale
Hello eBay community how can I increase my sales we do pretty well but is there any tips you guys can give us.
promoted listings
I see that I now have to increase my promoted listing fees for you to above 2%. I feel like we sellers already give quite a bit of our profits to eBay. Every time I turn around, eBay has figured out a new way to decrease our profits. Why do I have to...
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