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Resolved! Promoted Listing Fee Calculation is Evil

The way ebay is calculating the fees on promoted listings are evil, ebay is just letting sellers with the lowest possible profit, this is not fair for sellers and buyers, ebay's greed is worst every year.While they should be calculating the promoted ...

Warning: Avoid Selling to Mexico – Import Tax & RFC Issues

We would like to caution fellow cross-border sellers about selling to buyers in Mexico (MX).Based on repeated experiences, we’ve found that a majority of MX buyers refuse to pay import taxes, customs duties, and fail to provide RFC numbers, which are...

Anyone else have a high percentage of scams from California?

I've been selling on multiple different platforms for years, and what I have noticed over the years that a significant amount of people who have scammed me, or have tried to, were located in California. It doesn't matter if it's on ebay, or amazon, o...

Resolved! Zero insertion fees count

I used to be able to see the number of zero insertion fee listings I had used on the selling page. Does anyone know where this count went?

My 250 Per Month Listings Before 35 Cent Fees.

Hi gang, I know this is a VERY elementary question, but I'm having trouble finding where it tells me my 250 listing limit.And still confused why all at once I'm having to be concerned with that. The 30 day auto-relisting thing still seems new to me.

Looking for a scripted response to give buyers about slow USPS shipping

I think USPS shipping delays are happening to me more often now that I'm looking to craft a scripted response to these buyers who message me commenting about the slow delivery. I've been noticing every buyer who has this issue experiences the trackin...

eBay error?

I am wondering if anyone else is having problems. I received an email telling me I made a sale of 135.00. So when I go to the eBay page, it is not there! I can not contact the buyer to tell her why it has not been shipped. I have sent messages to eBa...

Active Listings Vs. Searchable Listings

Just venting. I know nothing will change.I have 594 active listings. My storefront search reads "Search all 577 items." Does that mean not all of my listings are searchable? It's not like I could randomly search 594 listings and find out which ones a...

Resolved! Below Standard

After being on Ebay for 25 plus years I have received my first below standard, I was a power seller until I couldn't mail ever day had to change to 3 day shipping. Was changed to above average OK. When Ebay decided to list items again for you but neg...

Fed up with eBay's disappointing treatment of sellers - need help!

I'm honestly fed up with ebay and their inability to solve a simple issue. Whether its the incompetency or their way of sticking it to users for whatever reason, its tiring. I see why many are leaving this crappy platform. My issue is I'm trying to r...

AI-Generated Descriptions has it been helpful?

Hey dedicated eBay sellers, What are your thoughts on the AI-generated prompts for descriptions? I've found them to be pretty neat, saving me quite a bit of time by efficiently summarizing order details. I've only just started using them into my list...

sales in April

Did anyone other than me see a 40+% drop in sales in April? It was the worst month I have had in over 5 years.We sell Lego Duplo's and Barbie Clothes.

eBay Vegas authenticaters

Has anyone noticed that the eBay Vegas authenticators are very aggressive with their quality inspections. They are rewording the description you wrote and flagging it giving the buyers a chance to cancel the sale. It’s been a constant issue with the ...

Resolved! eBay, please stop darkening photo backgrounds

@shipscript (and others interested in photo quality), This topic got considerable notice back in December, but quickly branched into other discussions. What I'm talking about is the uniform way that eBay post-processes images to darken the background...

Cannot complete the process to create a seller account

I'm fed up with dealing with ebay's useless virtual assistant for support, and while I finally was able to send an email to support, I thought I might (vent) post here too in case anyone has any tips or suggestions. TLDR: I'm an American expat living...