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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...

Some experienced sellers do the strangest things...

I stumbled across several listings for a "shipping upgrade". Rather than incorporate a shipping upgrade in to their listing, some sellers make a separate listing (separate item number) for a shipping upgrade and i suppose instruct their customer to b...

Resolved! New Ebay user Bid on my item, Cannot ship to their location.

I am selling a item.I got two bids on it. I noticed the higher priority bidder has just joined Ebay and is in Mexico. I do not want to ship to Mexico, i can only ship in my country. Can i cancel their bid? What do you guys think?

Is it worth it to downgrade my store subscription from premium to basic?

I have slightly over 500 listings. I source mostly from garage sales and take it easy in the fall and winter. My listings will decrease. Since ebay increased its basic store fixed price listings, is it worth it for me too downgrade my subscription?

What are the most common mistakes that new sellers on Ebay make?

1. Taking poor quality photos & not enough of them, can upload 12. 2. Not utilizing the listing heading correctly or seeing it as part of the description, use every space to give crucial details, more & more sellers ignore how useful the listing head...

Buyer claims he found a meth pipe

Hi, I recently sold a pair of Air Jordan 7’s. I packaged them up and sent them out and they got delivered quickly. The buyer just messaged me saying he received the shoes and that there was a meth pipe in one of the shoes… Has anyone else had a buyer...

Resolved! Could use help asap on possible scammer

Hi all! I firstly want to ask if anyone can tell me how I can locate another question that I posted on eBay community when I forgot to tick the box that says to email me if I get replies. I've likely gotten some responses and don't want to flake! TIA...

Shipped and missing?

I sold an item and shipped it through the post office and it never arrived to the destination, has this happened to anyone, opened an investigation on the local post office with nothing so now not only do I lose the item but the money as well. Althou...

Going out of town

I am a seller and I'm going out of town for a few days. How do I put a note on my listings?

Large order going to freight forwarder, opinions please.

I've read some other sellers problems with freight forwarders. I've shipped a decent amount to forwarders with no problems, but fairly low dollar transactions. My listings do say shipping to the USA only, which a forwarder is, even if the items end u...

Resolved! Bold Listing Fee

I recently and accidentally checked the Bold Listing Fee box.In the future, is there a way I can make sure it is not set? (templates)I usually find a similar item and sell one like it.If they have their box checked, will it be checked in my listings ...

New Matchbox cars all have same UPC

can't sell as new. What to do? I have them listed as used but description is new. What do you do?

Resolved! Listing pulled from view after sale, item not paid, even though "immediate payment required"

I am a new seller so I have much to learn. My question is, I listed an item for “Buy It Now” with “Best Offer” Option. Payment options were PayPal with “Require immediate payment” with Buy It Now checked off. I almost immediately received a Sold-Awai...

SSN

Hey I wanted to see if there was a way to remove my ssn of eBay I did it back in July and don’t want it there any more I made 1 sale this year but refunded it before I shipped it so nothing should show up on my income is there anyway to remove it?

Resolved! Can I have the name of my youtube channel in my listing pictures?

Just curious if I can have the name of my youtube channel in my listing photos? I've seen people plugging their Instagram and such but I just wasn't completely sure that it was allowed? It'd be on the cover photo for my listings, no links or anything...

Resolved! What is an EC range as it aplies to decals.

Item specifics are demading an EC range on the decals I sell. There is apparently no option for "does not apply". It provides several choices but no useable explanation of what it is. Any help?