Selling

Forum Posts

Sorted by:

Promoted Listings - My thoughts. Do you agree?

Promoted listings feel like a really terrible idea for the average seller. I already pay to list my items here on eBay. Having promoted listings puts me and all others that don't use it at a competitive disadvantage. It feels greedy by eBay and a sla...

Resolved! Account Suspended

What are the reasons why those accounts are suspended for a short period of time when applying for the sale of new account items?

Sob Story Shoppers - Part 2

I'm sure no one here remembers, but in January this year (link if you wanna read it) I encountered a shopper with 150 buyer feedback in a one month period, giving me a sob story about not having money to spend and wanting a lower price. I called out ...

Ebay seems to cater to big sellers more and more

I'm just a random guy who sells things that I don't want or need any more on Ebay. I put what it is in the description, put a price on it, and say that's it, no refunds/returns. This is the 2nd person to purchase something from me and file an "The it...

How do i get sales?

my items are listed on sale with competitive prices i am top rated and good quality items with good images what can i do to get sales ebay says i am not doing wrong but the fact is that i need sales and don't get it i can hardly reach 10 sales throug...

Was it good for you?

Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. Surely there must be some good and encouraging stories out there. Hope springs eternal and all that.

I need Help

I recently started selling things off eBay everything was going well until I got an email from eBay telling me my account had been restricted. We placed a temporary restriction on your selling account because we noticed activity that we believe is a ...

Sometimes it all gets to be too much.

That time of year again....https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/01/fedex-driver-dumped-packages-ravine-alabama/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1dcjhVWpu_GFpz6O7gxJwCaj3HDH5R4Saq4urrPji_gMUzJa1CqXTK-uA

Restrictions

Anyone else getting hit with restrictions that don't seem correct? I just got hit with selling a prescription strength item that is available any were over the counter. There are 16 other sellers selling the item so I'm pretty upset. I called eBay ju...

eBay Store Search is BROKEN again!

It was finally working 11/30, then 12/1 BROKEN . . . AGAIN! Once again, eBay store front is potentially driving customer away from your store! Why are we paying for this? It is doing exactly the opposite of what it should be doing, which is show MY c...

Ebay reporting Zoo

There are a number of reports, some of them have overlapping information. 1.Transaction Report (includes payout report) - goes 2 years backhttps://www.ebay.ca/sh/fin/report 2.(Tax) Invoiceshttps://www.ebay.ca/sh/fin/report/invoices - goes back less t...

Received a Warning Email on a Listing that was Removed

The listing was a John Lennon vinyl LP called Some Time in NYC from 40+ years ago - the LP cover has a "mock" newspaper look to it. There are MANY (MANY) up both in lots and as just the LP itself. It is typically a very good seller - especially this ...

Item damaged in transit - what to do...?

I shipped a heavy, but fragile item. It was really well packed, shrink wrap, then bubble-wrapped, then shrink wrapped again. The box had at least 6-8" of peanuts surrounding the item - neither me or the buyer can figure out how it was damaged... His ...

Five Cancellation requests received in one day

'Tis the season. Happy Holidays Y'all

Don't you know who I am??? I'm a BIG DEAL!

Let's play a game of "Do you know who I am?" where the buyer tries to tell you how much of a big deal they are by filling in the answer to that question. How many times has this happened to you and what are the different "big deals" do you hear from ...