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Resolved! eBay not undating my changes made to listings

Had my store on vacation for one day due to blizzard condition and not able to ship. During that time I reduced price on about half my listings of winter items. Opened store back up this morning and prices had not updated along with changes to my lis...

4 out of 5 orders I did today came about through MY offer to buyers.

Just a word of encouragement to those who are struggling in their sales. When I was fighting to get an order a little while back I starting pulling out all the stops. I review my listings, update, promote, markdown, etc. You know, all the efforts ava...

Resolved! Using amazon as your warehouse

I recently received a package I bought on ebay but it was clearly bought and delivered by amazon-even had a gift receipt. Had to return it, the return label is an amazon building. Is this allowed by ebay? Pretending it's a gift, and buying through am...

How to become a high-powered seller? Where does inventory come from?

Some eBayers have advised me that dropshipping is more trouble than it's worth on eBay. As a seller, I've always just listed stuff that I don't need or have too much of. I'd like to expand my inventory and have considered either drop shipping or purc...

Received a Private Message FROM HP TODAY.... HAS ANYONE got this message with a Letter Attached

Hi Everyone, This is my first encounter with something like this here on eBay's platform. We received an IP complaint letter from HP today (02/13/20) , also to note it's not even stating its coming from the US. So I'm unsure why HP is contacting us f...

Negative feedback two days after sale, "Still not received despite USPS saying delivered"

I wonder if you all can advise me on my first negative feedback. Two days after a sale, I got negative feedback saying "Still have not received the item despite USPS saying it was delivered". The tracking does say delivered. After leaving feedback, t...

EBAY SALES beyond slow, on LIFE SUPPORT

I listed a bunch of Hunter Boots and Doc Martens (Daughter outgrew), FreePeople dresses. I couldn't move them for $20. The most sellers were getting was $5- for $75-$150 boots and dresses? I just stopped bothering, it's not worth photographing, packa...

How do you turn off easy pricing?

I can’t find it!! I have read that it is under pricing and then more options but I can’t find “more options”. Thank you!

buyers cant afford the new taxes

had a buyer that made a offer on a product and i accepted his offer but then he backed out when he saw the taxes at the check out screen . then i have to go though the trouble of opening a unpaid case to try to get back the ebay fees. anyone else see...

not enough time in the day...

So I undertake some time consuming types of items to sell... lately it's Stamp collections, next month it's going to be junk coins assembled into auction listings, and there's a box of buttons of military uniforms that are in my office for my next ex...

Buyer Claims Wrong Item Sent

Seems like this may be a pretty common scam on here... I sent a handbag and the buyer messaged me claiming I sent them a box full of "japanese language workbooks". They sent me a video and it is the exact box that I sent. I've tried to get ahead of i...

Need opinions on this sale - is it fraudulent?

Hello,I've been an ebayer for some time now and just lately been getting hit with some fraudulent users especially on the sale of a macbook. I've had to relist 3 or 4 times now. I finally smartened up and listed with buy it now and require immediate ...

Here's a possible answer as to why sales are slipping in some categories

Per an article on the NY Times, here's 2 reasons that some categories have slipped in sales (I am just listing small bits of the article and paraphrasing) Note that only 11% of all sales are done on the internet, even though growth has been insane, i...

SNAD vs INAD, UPI vs UID vs NPB,

Too bad there's no way to set a poll on these posts. So what's the consensus of how these phrases should be abbreviated? Are there any other phrases that vary by abbreviation that we can add here? Any blues are welcome to come in and vote too. @Anony...

Chargeback Scam- What are my options?

We have been successfully selling restored Fine Jewelry on Ebay for over 15 years without issue. In the past 6 months however, we have been faced with the exact same chargeback scam twice: The buyer buys an item from our shop, waits until after the r...