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ASK ME ABOUT: Product Research (formerly known as Terapeak)

Hello Everyone, We're thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new interactive series, which is set to take the place of our former "Monthly Chat with eBay Staff" program. This series is designed to bring you closer to the heart of eBay's operati...

Sellers Beware of eBay Buyers always having 100% Postivie Feedback.

I joined eBay in 1997. Very surprised to learn of the eBay policy of not allowing Sellers to leave negative feedback in a transaction. I had a recent transaction where the Buyer refuses to pay. When I looked up the rating of my Buyer much to my surpr...

Is it possible to locally source a $0.50 to $3.00 item to sell 3-5x profit consistently on ebay?

So I discovered this legal shipping loophole (quite amazing, and not sure how long it will last, actually), that would really benefit me if I could ideally source a small-ish item locally that upsells for 3-5x the purchase price. The reason I need th...

Zero feedback fake accounts

Most of these zero feedback accounts who artificially inflate prices and then don't pay are easily identifiable by the seller after the sale. The order details all show that they do not have proper addresses on file and of course they don't pay. Why ...

Buyer using multiple new accounts, different shipping addresses, unverified paypal?

I listed five wireless internet routers recently. Last week, a buyer with a new, 0 feedback account purchased one. The paypal sender was marked "unverified," but the address was "confirmed," so I shipped the item fully insured, and it was delivered. ...

Sales Down? Look at Discussions Technical issues

Many unnanounced changes to selling platform

Question about listing and selling

Hi, I am thinking of adding a subtitle to my listing. It says (+$1.50) but I'm not sure how this fee is applied. Is it applied to every single sale I get (e.g. deducting $1.50 from every sale), or is it only a one-time charge for listing the item? Th...

Resolved! Sending an invoice

Quick question... if a buyer contacts me requesting to combine an order, is there a way for me to send them an invoice or do I have to guide them through the process of submitting an invoice request?

Help - Buyer returning item that likely doesn't contain everything

Help! Please! This is the second time I've had this issue. The buyer purchased a 2.5 lb. lot of untested gold and silver jewelry. The buyer drive the bidding price up to over $100. The auction clearly states, "Huge lot of all gold and silver tone jew...

Sick of the soft core

porn disguised as fashion listings. I'm looking for a dress, don't need to see nude hooters and butts.

Resolved! Unable to get buyer's contact information/phone numbers anymore?

Hi-Has anyone else noticed that the feature a seller could use on a completed transaction to get a cutomers phone number has been disabled or ended? It used to come in handy and could be accessed by clicking on an icon called 'Find contact informatio...

If you could change one thing

Let’s have a discussion - without complaining and negativity - what is one thing you would like to see changed about the Ebay platform and why? What would the change do to help your business grow? Don forget the last part - the why is everything. I’l...

WATCHERS?

I was making a sale every day, sometimes within minutes of listing. Very recently sales have slowed down to one every few days- around the same time I noticed that the "Watchers" are no longer showing up. I am seeing publicly that watchers are showin...

Can Sri Lankan eBay sellers use PayFlow Link gateway on ebay store?

Hi, I am planning to start an eBay seller business from Sri Lanka. I would like to setup a gateway to accept credit, debit cards & PayPal payments directly to my local bank account from eBay since Paypal does not allow buyers to send money to Sri Lan...

NO SALES!!!

What's going on with the sales??? I'm down to nothing for 6 days now

Resolved! Changing from priority to media

I have a reference book that I have received an offer on but she wants me to change to media. Will that change the date expected and make able to file INR?