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electronic signature for Signature Confirmation mail

Ecommercebytes has a report that the USPS will have a program whereby customers receiving mail using Signature Confirmation to sign electronically if they are not home. I have been using it lately to guard against porch piracy or other problems which...

Are the "exceptional" holiday buyers coming out early or something?

I've been having an increase of "exceptional" buyers in the last week. Are they holiday buyers coming out early? We'll see how this plays out or what the buyer will end up doing. The latest is a buyer who bought this Saturday (two days ago). Despite ...

I just promoted every darn thing to see if it has any effect

No sales for 2 Days !! I just promoted practically everything - over 200 items -- at a very low rate -- like 5% -- to see if it has ANY EFFECT at all on my sales. I have used promotions at times -- here and there on high priced items. I have never se...

Ebay is Inflating Sales #..... New Glitch?

on my seller dashboard it shows under SALEStoday $642.99 when i go to all orders however, it ONLY shows 1 sale today $593.99 there is a $49 discrepancy. customer service was clueless. they said it could be a previous sale that is carried over into to...

How can eBay regain seller confidence?

With the recent change in eBay leadership, nervous sellers off loading product to other sites and buyer disinterest, it is paramount that eBay deliver an outstanding 4th quarter sales improvement. What will it take to generate buyer excitement and br...

Ebay Search is the WORST

why is it that I search on Ebay and get limited and sometimes NO results then search on Google and find things that are listed on Ebay that Ebay search does not show? what a ridiculous set up to limit what shoppers see on Ebay search and make it seem...

Paypal changes/charges are almost here "BEWARE"

From the 11th of October you will no longer be refunded your transaction fees on Paypal. The fees will not be refunded on any returns or cancellations. Just a heads up for the ones that don't know...... In my opinion I think it would be unfair for a ...

I think it is time to say Buy-Buy to eBay. This site is the biggest time & money waster!!!

After 20 years of doing business on eBay, I think its time to say Buy-Buy eBay. I don't want to waste my time and money anymore. It doesn't matter how good you are to buyers, if you do or not to do promotions, list or not list products every day. Not...

Resolved! I would love statistics on free vs pay returns

Last month I changed all my listings to free returns, and I made more sales in one month than I ever had. I'm not a risk taker, so I changed to this month to buyer pays for returns. My site is dead under water. Not a coincidence. Either eBay only pus...

Selling EGift Cards

Ebay has a rule against selling EGift cards, but I see lots of listings for those. They say "instant delivery." What is the rule exactly? Thank you. I'm sure this has been asked and answered before but I can't find it.

Found (yet another) flaw with the new shipping label page.

A major flaw in my opinion. On a variations listing, it's doesn't tell you WHAT variation! Small/medium/large?, red/white/blue?, chocolate/vanilla/strawberry?

Was NOT notified by Ebay that I sold and item, found out through a Paypal Email.

I sold a item this morning, and did not received notification through Ebay. I just was alerted about the sale through with an email from Paypal. When I go to the item on Ebay, it reads "out of stock." I'm a little concerned considering I have not cha...

Free returns does not help

When you sell anything expensive and you are target by a thief or destructive customer. One of two things will happen if you offer free returns and if you don't one thing will happen. For those who don't offer free returns the buyer automatically get...

What is the Best way to sell an expensive coin on ebay? Other Options?

I am a new seller (3 months) and need some advice. I have listed two gold coins for sale as fixed price listings with OBO option. Now, I am reconsidering taking those listings off after I read the horror stories about scam buyers on eBay and other on...

What fees do I pay for Best Offer...$44 or 10%?

I listed some products which are fairly high in price. It says in the Ebay fees information section that if I sell an item via a "Best Offer" then the selling fee is $44, but if it sells as a "Fixed Price" then it is 10%. This makes a big difference ...