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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...

Resolved! Urgent request for Help from MODS and Community Store hacked then closed by eBay

I will try to make this concise.1) On 11/10/19, our eBay store was hacked. Total account takeover. The hackers listed 8 popular high value items we never listed or sold. I caught it within an hour but by the time I got thru to eBay over 100 people pu...

SALES TAX

Ebay says that they are collecting the Sales Tax and remitting it to the proper tax authority. I went by the Texas State Comptroler Office this morning. They say that they did not know anything about eBay collecting the sales tax and no tax from Ebay...

Resolved! How do I archive listing for later?

Hello all, I need to wisdom of the Ebay community. I have the second tier store subscription and have about 200 items on commission for someone. The person I am selling for is going on vacation this summer, twice, and I won't be able to get to the it...

Resolved! Sales not reflecting on Paypal, also cannot buy shipping on ebay??

Hey All, We have 2 major issues that we've been trying to solve with both eBay and Paypal for weeks. We updated our Paypal account info with a new business account as we've been selling more here on ebay. Since doing that, and after having linked and...

Is there a way to do %includes to bring in chunks of text into listings?

When I write website pages, I used php's include to bring in my header and footer. That way if I change them, it's in one place. Is there any way to do that with ebay listings? For instance, I have generic standards for my listings, same for all my l...

eBay tries to stop screwed over Sellers from uniting

eBay doesn't want sellers to discuss legal options for when eBay refunds Buyers when Buyers make **bleep** claims against Sellers. Who all has this happened to? Class Action Lawsuit material?? Screwed over Sellers unite.

Stop ebays FORCED "Smart" best offer. PLEASE HELP

Are you sick of ebay sneaking into your store like a thief in the night and adding "best offer" to YOUR listings? CALL AND COMPLAIN- GET IRATE AND INSIST YOUR CALL TRANSCRIPT BE "ESCALATED TO THE BACK OFFICE". THEN GO TO YOUR "My ebay" page and click...

Unable to delete a scheduled item

I accidentally listed the same item twice, scheduled to start the same day. I cannot delete the scheduled item. I have had this issue for months where I cannot delete the scheduled item. Anyone else having this issue?

Which design do you like better? I'm updating all my listings, and would love opinions.

Here's my original type of listing design:https://www.ebay.com/itm/183547350740?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Here's a new one:https://www.ebay.com/itm/182386081190?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 After doing...

Policy Change Without Notice to Sellers.

The Weekly Chat was very interesting today and something came up that I thought should be shared with sellers that may not have been able to attend the chat. Below is the exchange. Please keep in mind that Tyler was just passing along information. ty...

PROMOTIONS AND FREE LISTINGS

WE NEED MORE FREE LISTINGS UNTIL XMAS I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO LIST BUT REFUSETO PAY FOR LISTINGS EBAY PLEASE HAVE A PROMOTION THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE MONEY IS TO SPEND MONEY

Printing order details WITH shipping costs?

I used to print shipping labels with the attached receipt, which would give me all the info I needed for bookkeeping (order #, total paid by buyer, how much I paid for shipping). I recently moved to a shipping label printer that only prints the small...

Can I have 2 Paypal accounts for my listings?

I have about 500 listings. Can I split the listings between 2 paypal accounts? Is it legal/ok to do?

Question about selling Timberland shoes on ebay?

I was reading that you could get banned for selling Nikes but whats the deal with Timberlands?

Second Chance Offer

I can't think of a time when this has ever resulted in a sale. This week I sold an auction and immediately was asked to cancel the order. I immediate sent the other bidder an offer and explained why in the message box. Nothing. Are people suspicious ...