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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

A positive selling experience

I had the following exchange two days ago with a very nice lady who wanted to purchase some extremely hard to find porcelain dinner plates (out of production for the last 35 years or so). (She saw that the price to ship one plate was $17 (the plates ...

No description required?

I just went shopping for something on ebay.I actually came across several listings with NO description at all, just item specifics.Isn't that kind of dumb for a seller?Why would ebay even allow that?Heck I need 10 characters minimum to post on the eb...

Resolved! Changing from personal to business account.

Due to new tax changes... how do I go about changing from personal to business account without Ebay removing my earned scores? There are two ways which confused me. One was to just go to 'Account' and change to 'Business' Name. I guess it'll ask me w...

getting a notice that the payment will be made.

this was a message I got on one of the items I was bidding on and it said I would be charged one hour after listing ended. it didnt even have the correct billing as it was an item i was buying for resale. I use different cards for different businesse...

Company for non resident USA

Hi everyone According to your knowledge establishing a company how much it takes fees, what are the documents needed and what is the best state in USA have the most advantages to make the company in itThank you so much

contact a potential buyer

Hi all,I missed an offer from a buyer because I was away from my computer for a whole day. Is there any way I can reach out to them and ask them to resubmit the offer? Thanks

The End of the ebay for Business Podcast

All good things must come to an end. On today's podcast, it was announced that this was the last "ebay for business" podcast. There was no indication that ebay plans to replace it with a new in house production of any kind."...Our library of past epi...

Disclosing Items Come from a Smoking Environment

I was always curious - why does ebay not require this disclosure from it's sellers? There is quite a large group of people that can't stand items from smokers. Then there are also the damages dealt to various forms of merchandise from smoke that disc...

Authentication System is Utterly Rubbish, Customer Service is A Joke

Sold brand new genuine trainers, had to send to be authenticated, ebay autheticated them as per the description, condition, new etc. Buyer raises a return saying used, which they wernt. Ebay allows buyer to raise a return stating they're used, which ...

Relist or Sell Similar?

I have been ending my GTC listings about a day or two before they roll over. I usually just relist them, but saw some recent info that suggested Sell Similar gave the listings better treatment. Looking to see if there are any opinions either way on t...

disappointed in giving discount coupons

I started trying to give coupons by printing and putting in with purchasesfirst time looked fine listed $10 off $50 or more ...second time printed coupon only printed $10 off your next purchase ,nothing of $50 or more ,I wrote in $50 or more and sent...

Handling fees

What is an acceptable handling fee? Is $1 acceptable? I figure for a box and bubble wrap that would ok. Thoughts.

Below Standard => hurts for a year?

I had a difficult time last summer when I was in and out of the hospital with unexpected problems. As a result, I cancelled several orders almost all in July and Aug 2023 resulting in a 10% cancelled order rate for that period. This didn't affect me ...

Resolved! Auction fees question

I was thinking of doing an auction, but I don't understand the fee structure and the "help" page is not helpful because it seems like the fees are listed as "upgrade fees". Back in the old days, you were charged based on your opening bid and charged ...

Resolved! i can not get Listings eligible to send offers

Hello Ebay community, how are you?i am facing problem in get Listings eligible to send offers normally i receive offers listing 16 to 20 but from few days i get 1 or 2 just can anyone guide me about it where is problem THANK YOU