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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...

No longer possible to pay eBay seller invoice with Paypal

I tried paying with Paypal twice but after the site opens a new window with the paypal info it just closes. I had to enter credit card info to pay instead. This is the result of some apparently untested new code that eBay web developers recently put ...

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CANNOT SHIP PACKAGES ANYMORE DUE TO CORONA

Currently I am not able to ship out packages anymore due to the Corona situation.Just items that can be shipped as a letter and that can be dropped in a mailbox. What would you do??? There are 2 options:1. Putting the store in holiday-mode that shows...

Resolved! Can I cancel an offer to a watcher?

I listed an item I'd prefer to keep. Each time I get a new watcher I send them an offer, as per Ebay's suggestion. I have one offer out there right now and it ends tomorrow. Can I cancel the offer or am I obliged to sell the item?Thanks.

The Corona Scare Affecting Sales?

I am still within my first year as a seller. So I've experienced some up and down times. I've watched videos, and continue to fine tune my listings and list new items for sale. Last week I had a nice amount of sales till Friday and now here it is the...

Should I do listings with variations or individual listings?

Background: I sell designer clothes. Occasionally I have items in 2 to 3 different sizes or colors and I've tried both combining them into one listing with variations and listing them individually. Observation: 1. I found the send offer to watchers f...

Does eBay motors offer to sell boats they don’t list on their site?

I found a boat for sale on Craigslist in Detroit. But it’s physically in Iowa. The person said they hired eBay to handle the sale of the boat but the seller said it’s not listed on eBay. Is this a thing?! It’s a supreme deal but we are hesitant becau...

The guy on the front page of the ebay website.

A little humor in these tough times. The guy on the front page of the ebay website that looks like he's shipping out comics and a baseball card. Does anyone's shipping table look like that? LOL

Massachusetts 1099-K (not M-1099-K) from eBay selling -- reporting in Schedule C?

I'm trying to report a 1099-K form (not M-1099-K) I received as a result of selling used items on eBay. The gross receipt is only $1037, but Massachusetts has a lower threshold of $600 for 1099-K. My questions are: 1) Even though this is the online v...

Got ripped off again with eBay Returns.

Sold a mini bolt cutter pliers in new condition. The specifications clearly say maximum cutting ability is up to 1/4 thickwire. 3 weeks after the buyer received the item he opened a return and saying that the bolt cutter will not cut his 3/8 wire. Eb...

Who are the new "ebay collective" dealers?

Just been perusing sterling silver listings and have come across a "badge" or sorts that says "ebay collective dealer'. clicking on the link takes one to an ebay store, complete with phone number contact information. What I have noticed the "sellers"...

Deferred Payment???

Why is it that everywhere else is dropping rent due and interest on loans but ebay is giving us deferred payment? What is that, we still have to pay it???? If we're not making any money how are we suppose to pay the store subscriptions? We have the o...

1. Can I sell Google Play gift cards?

AND am I allowed to send them via email to the buyer?

Interesting coincident??

I use to post regularly in this discussion board but I have fallen off the last year or so. I came in yesterday to see how other sells were doing on sales because despite my number of listing going up significantly my sale have not. Made a few commen...

Why is eBay supporting price gouging?

Ebay has put out a policy and report form for suspected price gouging yet there are literally thousands of grossly overpriced essentials being sold every hour. One quick search for isopropyl alcohol brings up more than 1400 ads, most offering it from...

iPhone, iPod, iPad Sellers Getting Scammed

Has anyone been seeing a new big wave of indian scammers buying apple products and signing into their iCloud accounts and then sending the seller a picture of an iCloud account with some suspicious indian name signed into it and asking for a refundin...