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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...

Ebay Buyers Bidding with no Intention to Pay to remove your lixting

Well I thought ebay took care of this years ago but apparently not. I am back selling after a year and a half and I listed an item, buyer made an offer and I took it. Issue is the person who bid is also selling multiple of the same item at a higher p...

ebay: adequate return on investment in time and product?

Do you ever have those days when you feel like you have plowed too much money for inventory and time=money on ebay? That's how I feel lately. I can just hear a voice in my head saying "girl, why are you spending a godawful amount of time on ebay for ...

Resolved! Buyer requested I send an item (likely not allowed) to a prison. Suggestions on how to resolve?

One of my items sold today. It is a collection of small books/magazines. The books are bound with staples. Staples are prohibited at the facility to which I've been asked to ship the item. Additionally, the books contain images of fantasy violence, s...

Adult Magazine/Adult Material

I have sold adult magazines and VHS/films for about a 2 decades. Plus many other items. I was warned by a previous buyer of adult magazines that they were going to stop the adult material and was interested in items. I have sold many of magazines und...

how do i find a fellow ebay user by ebay name ?

Resolved! Ebay's Final value fees increasing again

The Spring update shows that Final Value Fees are increasing again. I'm not going to address any category other than Books and DVD's as that category has seen the largest increases in the past four years. Although I rarely sell much in the book categ...

Resolved! Scam accounts making bids or offers.

Hey guys, I'm new to the online selling world. Is it just me or does everyone get these fake looking accounts making bids or offers? These accounts are only a day, few weeks, sometimes a year old. They usually send a phone number and try to get you t...

Scammed by buyer/stolen package HELP!

So I sold an engine on eBay over a month ago for 800 dollars. After fees, I got 630 dollars. After shipping the engine though UPS freight, it arrives in 3 days to the address the customer provided. He then contacts me telling me he never received it....

First listing

Do I need permission to post my first product on ebay..?

Inventory Resourcing

When you're out widgeting/resourcing/junking (whatever it is you call it) ......And you run across a "deal". Do you take them "all"? Or do you leave some for the others huddled around the area whose antennae have gone on full ALERT that there is a la...

Account restricted

Greetings! If anybody knows i would like to get my ebay account back since it says the account is restricted

Does anyone know how to access a past listing/sale longer than 90 days ago and re=list it?

Hi-would really appreciate some help here from the community. I sold an item over 90 days ago but not too much past that, that was returned to me due to an issue with buyer's address. The issue is the item was initially lost by the warehouse in the U...

Cannot answer buyer questions directly from the listing, need to use message system

If a buyer asks a question on a listing, you get a notice at the top of the seller hub page that shows you have a question (e.g a number one appears). If you click on that number, it takes you to the listing where the question has been raised.On the ...

Resolved! active listing

I listed an item, and on the listing it shows as active. On my ebay it shows I have 1 active listing.When I search for the item (no matter how I search for it) it is not there. If I try to search by item number ebay says no exact matches found. Does ...

eBay reposting my items and charging insertion fees! Please stop!

I have hundreds of listings and I would like to know if I can NOT have eBay relist my items. I have a set price for most items just to be able to sell more without paying insertion fees. I just got charged almost $9 for listings eBay relisted! I want...