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SCAM? Selling to an international buyer

I don’t sell often on eBay and my most recent experience is setting off “Craigslist Western Union” memories. So - I listed an item, it sold, I offer free local pickup and shipping (I’m a novice, didn’t know I could sell international, and the buyer h...

Out of stock option can't be switched off

I see that sellers have had this problem as long ago as 2017 and the tech idiots still haven't fixed it. In seller preferences I switch off "Keep listing when you're out of stock" because nearly all my listings are unique. But Ebay just switches it b...

Help/recommendations about selling!

Hello! I have been at this selling thing (sports cards) for a little while, and am still baffled about whether my listings are good, what causes my listings to get viewed/watched, what seems to bump up the listing on searches and so forth. It seems l...

SELLERS COST

There is A COST in placing an auction.It consists of MONEY payed for listing and TIME for listing it ?No.Let me break it down for You ;1. to purchase something that You're going to sell , You had to FIND IT first. You had to CHOOSE exactly this item ...

LYS Owners

Is there anyone running an online LYS who would like to network? I have sold yarn on eBay since 2005.

New to Field ! Market Analyzing Methods ..

Hi everyone,I am new to eBay selling, I want to know how to analyze online Customers and Online market, (New Trends.. etc. ) can anyone guide me on this ?Thank you!

Specific Items All Thrown Together in One Category, NOT WORKING

I have been selling on eBay for over two decades and have seen selling fees rise to six times what they were at the start, payment methods changed, feedback modified to positive only for buyers, and many others that are designed to discourage sellers...

Promotions are not working

Well, My store is above standard. I have good ratings overall, even everything was going perfectly but from a couple of weeks, the promotions on my listings are not working. The graph shows a straight line through I'm not getting any traffic on my li...

I got suspended forever, whats up with ebay these days?

Ok so I was suspended on ebay,funny thing is for the fresh new account I made on ebay just in case I want to sell on it too. Anyway, so the "brand new account" got suspended for some suspicious magical reason, they said I need to verify it, but other...

Scams

I haven’t used eBay to sell anything in years. First item listed recently was purchased by a scammer. I don’t do international shipping period. He sent a message after purchase saying he expects “strict” shipping in a very demanding threatening tone....

Status Of Amazon vs. Ebay: Ebay Losing, Amazon Reaching $1 Trillion In Revenue Soon

Ebay is losing. I fault their seller and feedback policies, although their differing business models may have something to do with it. They shut their ears and say "buyer is always right", pretty much, they don't allow negative feedback for buyers. A...

Potential cause behind lost views--but all is not lost (insight from webmaster)

So, in 2022 I was thinking of going back to eBay to start selling again after microstock dried up completely for me. This is why I came to the forums, to get a feel for how things were going. Then I read about how so many people had lost views sudden...

sale on vacation

I thought that by putting a message on my Ebay sale account that customers would see it and not purchase until I returned from vacation. But someone purchased an item today and I can not mail it for 5 more days. Will Ebay ding me?

eBay squares

We need eBay squares similar to the Super Bowl squares. Try & pick what are the next bonehead decisions / changes they are going to make to ruin sales for many. lol

Resolved! How do you guys improve Top 20 search slot impressions?

Hey there, I just recently became a top rated seller and since I also promote listings, I get a decent number of impressions per month. However, what I expected was that most of them come as a result of byers running a search and finding my listings ...