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Giving discount for multiple purchases?

Hello, I have a buyer who won an auction of mine, and asked if I would give her a discount if she purchased several items I'm selling and ship them together. I'm happy to do that. I did the math, and am willing to give her an overall discount plus sh...

Gather your Item Specifics before the Category changes

Category Changes: In the 2019 Spring Update, we were told that a large number of categories will be reorganized on June 10.https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/seller-updates/2019-spring/inventory-optimization.htmlhttps://pages.ebay.com/sellerinforma...

PUNISHED FOR CANCELLING LISTINGS BEFORE ROLLOVER?? : GTC

WAS I PUNISHED FOR CANCELLING LISTINGS BEFORE GTC ROLLOVER? : Sales were going along normally albeit slower than years past, and in order to avoid GTC automatically rolling over 200+ listings, I cancelled them, so I could add new items and remove wha...

Recieving best offer VERY close to "buy it now" from zero feedback

Hello, I sell expensive stuff - and got some 2-3 offers from zero feedback users. Every time that offers where very close to "buy it now", making nonsense sending it. For example 5k item offered for $4995. I have immediate payment requirement, so I a...

Resolved! Creating label error

Hi I was selling it and when I attempted to print the label it stated that the “Ship To” zip code was invalid. So I looked up the address and it turns out the address associated to this purchase has been known for empty box scams. I am not sure how t...

Is there an Ebay Glitch On Feedback ?

If you look at feedback number next to user name, it's 7 and 8. It's the same listing under same user name. It appears to be ebay glitch on feedback section.

Books - change in item specifics?

I went to create a listing under Nonfiction and the SYI form came up with dozens of item specifics I haven't seen before. Are they actual item specifics or keywords? Confused by the whole system to be honest.

Price of item plus shipping

In my niche I see a lot of strange shipping costs. If I have an item that I want $20 for, I list it for that price and add an actual price, say $5 for shipping coming to a total of $25. My competition will sell a similar item for a crazy $1.99 but ch...

Tracking number without delivery to P.O.

I bought an item and got a tracking number. I noticed that another buyer said that he also got a number and the guy never took it to the post office. Seems that is also my story. Since I am also a seller, I get frustrated with sellers like this. Is t...

Resolved! Good Til Cancelled GTC Question about specifying ending date in listing

Hi all. Like a lot of people on here, I'm not particularly happy with the Good Til Cancelled policy. But, there's not a lot I can do about it. I have found in the past that for my sales, people either buy stuff the first or second day, or within a da...

Sudden pile of inquiries about 2-year old listings

It’s remarkable to me that after (counting on fingers) more than 18 years selling here, in the last week I’ve suddenly gotten three independent inquiries about listings that ended in 2017—almost two years ago, at this writing. Any idea what change in...

Resolved! New Seller

OMG! On the M2M, there is an admittedly novice seller asking for help. Listed a man's electric bike starting at 99 cents, has 17 bids as of now and price has climbed to 33 dollars. Wants to know what to do because she obviously wants more than that. ...

Listing Research

When doing research for items that we will be listing, we use many different sources to acquire the information we use. Other than ebay listings and solds, I thought it might be interesting to see what other sellers found useful in their research. We...

IF YOU WANT A U.S CUSTOMER SERVICE REP YOU NEED AN ANCHOR STORE

I AM PAYING FOR A PREMIUM STORE SUBSCRIPTON. IN RECENT MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO CALL EBAY CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR MANY ISSUES RANGING FROM SCAMMERS TO GLITCHES AND I ALWAYS GET SOMEONE FROM THE PHILLIPINES THAT HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AND I ...