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"Offers Elig" Change

Has ebay moved the way to send offers to interested buyers? I no longer see the option for "Offer Eligible". Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I'm selling a vehicle and I have accepted a best offer from a buyer, however by mutual agreement he can't view the vehicle until a week after agreeing to buy it, which I'm happy with, the sale is also (by mutual agreement) conditional that the ca...

Sell Similar Button is Sending the item to my cart!

Hi there, every time I click the Sell Similar button it thinks I want to buy the item and it's putting the item in my cart! Is there a fix?

What has happened to eBay??!

Hello to all sellers, I am elderly and had been with eBay since the very beginning. Unfortunately there have been many bad changes with eBay. I purchased a LOT more than I ever sold, a lot. Over a year ago as a seller I was treated unfairly by eBay a...

Auto relisting

I have noticed that my listings are not auto relisting like they used to. Any idea why, is there a change in policy? If I have to relist everything manually every week, then its not worth having a storefront here.

The urban legend is true! GASP!

Hi fellow sellers,Last month I came on the boards and mentioned how my sales totally died and a couple of you said that they heard eBay rotates showing the sellers items and it was just my turn to take the hit. I wasn't sure they really did that, but...

An interesting observation of a sold item only to reappear as unsold live listing

At first I thought it was me losing my mind....but after paying close attention to how and why this MAY have happened (when you spend 10-12 hours a day on ebay every day you tend to notice the little things that change) with that being said....follow...

Permanent Restriction Due to Out-of-Control Orders – Need Help from Appeals Team

Hi eBay Community,I’ve been selling on eBay for several months and recently got permanently restricted due to a high Bad Buyer Experience (BBE) rate. However, I believe this was due to issues that were out of my control, including: A Canada Post stri...

Selling In Ohio?

So this is my first year selling on ebay, and I'm in the state of Ohio. I was wondering I've made about 7k in gross profit from things I buy and flip. For taxes do I just file at the end of the year or how does that work? Also do I need to get a vend...

Resolved! Has the defect algorithm changed?

Last month my defect rate was .29 with 1100 sales. Today when I checked it the number was .50 ( Danger zone ) with 400 sales.Did they go to a 3 month window instead of 12. Does this mean if I stay clean in the next 3 months those defects will fall of...

Confused by this...

I'm new to selling. Can someone explain to me why the buyer was charged over twice the amount on the shipping fee via Ground Advantage that I calculated correctly? (Scroll down to see full attachment). Does that amount come out of my earnings? Please...

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Resolved! Don't use shipcover insurance

I sold an item on April 23, and shipped it on April 24. Shipcover insurance just processed my claim today and did not cover me for a lost item, about $200 total. Even though I provided a statement of loss from the buyer and order details showing I re...

shipping cost

Again, I'm new... So I had to pay almost 50% to sell this item???? Can someone explain this to me??? I can't get to the image size larger: It say the total sale was $24.45, and the selling cost was $10.57- is that normal??? Thanks!

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Did something change? Sales died.

Hi everyone,I usually sell about 20 items a month here and about 5 on etsy, but I haven't had any sales here this month. None, nada, zippo! Holy smokes, what's going on?! I've had 4 on etsy so far, so usually I'd be running about 15 here. Any ideas?P...

How to Get Embedded Videos In "You may also like" Section?

I have some listings that have videos embedded into them and I am wondering what requirements are for the auto playing video to appear in the "You may also like" section under a listing.You can find examples of this happening when you search for "jew...