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Hello fellow sellers,I have been selling on ebay since ‘98 back when you used your email for the user Id. Lost my first account to inactivity and opened this current one.I have received and responded to thousands of messages and I was simply curious ...

Item not allowed under safety policy?

Ebay promotion manager - Do they count the full price or the discounted price for FVF fees

I think I read this one but a bit confused, every commerce site is doing it differently.. If I offer say Coupon or Volume Pricing or Order Discount or Markdown etc.... Does Ebay calculate the final value fee on the original price before the promotion...

Are there any tips on how to quickly remove Germany from my allowable European Nations?

Greetings everyone! Besides editing one listing at a time to remove Germany from the 1st Class International & USPS Express Mail allowable countries options, are there any quick tips to remove the country from all of my listings in one bulk edit? Unf...

Sellers...check your shipping metrics for anything shipping around Juneteenth (6/20) Postal Holiday!

Apologies if this has already been posted, but sellers might want to check your shipping metrics for anything that would have normally been due to ship on 6/20, which was the Juneteenth USPS Postal Holiday. I happened to scroll down to my Seller Leve...

Promoted listings

OK so after years of saying I would never promote a listing I entertained the thought of just looking at what it would cost me. So I go to see and as always ebay tells you NOTHING. OK you can do it from 1% to 100% of what you sold it for. So this mea...

Resolved! Where do you find what price a similar items sold for i want to sell? Can't find it now.

Why can't I find where a similar item that I am trying to sell sold for? This just recently happened. Has Ebay stopped listing what items were SOLD for?Thanks In Advance.

Resolved! Advice pls

I'm a longtime ebay buyer but tried my first sale and it was/is a disaster. I listed my item on a 7-day auction with what I understood to be a $1400 reserve. The item sold $600 below my reserve and was paid for. I was pretty careful setting up the li...

Where is the page so I can adjust who buys from me

I need to adjust who I want buying from me, for example I don't want to sell to anyone with zero feedback, thanks for your help in advance

Getting in touch with former buyer

Just sent counteroffer to a former customer. I just wanted him to know that I'm willing to work on price, within eBay, on that item and others he was interested in earlier. Missed some statements in counteroffer message.

Accounting Question about Refunds or Returns on EBay How you log them in your books?

I see eBay on their financial statements puts the net amount for refunds instead of the gross amount. Meaning they take out whatever fees they credit back to you, so the amount doesn’t reflect the total amount you refund. I’m just wondering is the ne...

If I was ebay's CEO, I would do this

I have been doing allot of research as to why sellers are leaving ebay at a large rate. Many are very unhappy for many reasons. If I was ebay's CEO, I would fix this:* charge a lower final value fee* I would not charge a fee based on the shipping cos...

Resolved! Potential Buyer wants video of item sent to phone.

Is this a common thing or is this some kind of scam i should avoid? i personally have no problems making a short video of the item and then sending it by text. This buyer has been asking a lot of questions too. They've asked if it's still available e...

What happen to past sales Section?

Can't see any past sales on any items. Is this something new?

Last Minute Bid Retraction Request from Bidder

Just had a buyer message me requesting that I cancel his bids on two items that I have listed (a fly reel and a spare spool that fits the reel). He bid on them the second day they were active and requested to cancel less than four hours before the au...