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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...

Non-Topographical Postcards Promoted Listings with Item specific Subject Nude on Page 1

Postcards are lumped into 2 humongous categories: Topographical Postcards and Non-Topographical Postcards. Though eBay might allow nude postcards if there is an item specific Subject: Nudes, at the very least eBay should NOT allow Promoted Listings o...

Resolved! Changed search format?

I'm not the most computer savvy person out there, BUT I just got back from a ten day trip and it appears that the specific categories under which I list items for sale (and also search for collectibles) has changed significantly. Instead of individua...

General International Selling Questions - 2021

Hello, all. Although I have been selling off and on this year, I have limited my items to U.S. buyers (I am in the US). Partly because I haven't sold internationally for 10 years or so, and partly because of fear of Covid disruptions in the various p...

selling strategies

I am thinking of listing a number of individual items, along with a note that if they buy three at one time they will get free shipping. Anyone have much success with this approach?? Also, what are possible problems to watch for. Many thanks.

Paying Commision on Taxes

It seems Ebay is charging sellers commission on the taxes they collect.Why would I as a seller have to pay a commission on money I don't get to keep.It doesn't seem it can even be legal.Any tax Attorney's out there ?

Buyer with ZERO feedback

Buyer purchased a crystal Versace bottle stopper for $45. When I went to purchase the shipping label I noticed she has no feedback, joined Ebay 10/15/21 and her user name is different from her mailing address name. Red flags. Would you ship it or can...

Category Changes have crippled my business and Ebay isn't fixing it.

Since the category changes implemented by Ebay on Oct 12 (with no opportunity or warning to make category changes to our listings ourselves), my entire listings on Ebay are now in the wrong categories and worse, have had all their object types and ot...

Item not appearing in search listings

Hello, new seller here. Created an account and listed items throughout the day yesterday. Two of my items have been listed for over 24 hours and all my listings show active. I can copy and paste the link when I click share item and it brings me to it...

I ended a listing with no bids and I receive this message from eBay

Your bid has been canceled.Hi xxxxxxxx,The bid that you entered for the item (abcdefghi) has been canceled. You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the (bid history) link from the individual item page.Please be cautious if ...

Constant Relisting/Delisting

Are we negatively impacted if we remove all listing somewhat often? I will be out-of-state multiple times over the next couple months. I don't use vacation mode, I typically just remove all listings to save myself the headaches. Ill be gone for 2 wee...

Dippin' Out 'til 2022

I will see you after New Year's when hopefully, this train wreck will be cleaned up and the train is running again.Not even going to attempt the frustration of selling an item or two here over this Holiday Season.I don't know their end game, but with...

Resolved! how to create selling account on ebay

Category Changes

What the heck is with all the changes in Category? Ebay changed all these categories and put my items in the wrong category, for example a vase was put in as a bowl. I had to go through each of my listing to change the category back to what is was su...

Why are my collectible Silkstone Barbie dolls suddenly in the “dolls and play sets” category???

Are you kidding me ebay? If this is your plan and it is a permanent change, I cannot and will not stay here. I will have no choice. This is nuts. Absolutely nuts. What have you done to our categories? And how are you going to fix it? Because collecti...