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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

Resolved! Downgrading Store Subscription

Hi All,Does anyone know the fees associated with downgrading from an annual Premium Store subscription to an annual Basic Store?I let my Premium subscription renew in September with great optimism that sales would pick up, but sales remain stagnant r...

Timing of Second Chance Offers in Action Pull-down List

Hi! I am a new seller and have a question about second chance offers. When "socond chance offers" appear in the seller hub menu? I would like to make the second chance offers as soon as possible after the bid end because I gues the 2nd, 3rd, ... bidd...

Resolved! 70 Feedback Revisions and I'm the Scammer?

I'm just curious how this works - I had a customer buy some lip balms and then about 12 days later bought another pack. She wanted all 11 to be berry flavored (as they were mixed) but that wasn't how I had the auctions set up and I wasn't going to ta...

eBay continues to change listings to best offer at 50% off

ebay elects to change your listing reducing price to 50% of your original price. Sometimes they inform you via email and other times NO informing you at all. Now, how can I make a profit at 50% off. Being the lowest price on ebay already, I would los...

eBay recommends wrong category. Will not accept correct category

I am listing a new product that has recently been produced. It is a small diagnostic tool for cell phone repair shop owners. You plug it into an iPhone and it measures a chip and says PASS or FAIL. The name of the tool is Digital Tristar Tester. eBay...

Thoughts on the new pricing banner...

So, I have been reading a lot of threads lately about eBay possibly changing prices, adding a best offer, etc. When I logged in this morning, this banner caught my eye. Gives it a whole new meaning if you read the threads!

Invalid Product Identifier ?

I just got a message from Ebay that I can't quite parse. I listed a vintage power cord (NOS) and I am being told that either (1) item must "be matched with a product from the eBay catalog" or (2) item "have an invalid product identifier". Here is the...

1 Year protection by Assurant... Appearing in my listings?

was checking my listings (other user name/different browser) and what do i see today under my starting price?: 1 year protection $1.99 from Assurant. i am amazed at all the stuff i see in my listings when i look at them on a different computer/browse...

Buyer Requesting Return - SNAD but he also says item is exactly as I sent it to him

I had a buyer purchase a camera lens from me. Upon his purchase, he asked if I could ship it ASAP as he needed it for a photoshoot in a few days. I got the item to him on time. A week or 2 later he requested a return stating the item was not as descr...

Every seller can get scammed!

Just watched this and thought even the vloggers with 6 figure sales get the occasional buyer returning somethin other than what was sold! Sellers have to take it all in stride bcause 99.9% of buyers are wonderful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0Y...

How do you create combined shipping?

hi Can anyone give some tips on how to set rules for combined shipping? My products are mainly Japanese books. I have like 300+ items and I can't seem to find a good way to create basically combined shipping. The thing that I find problematic is that...

Most Confusing Website

I appreciate ebay but it has to be the most confusing website I visit. Last month after a 30 minute search I found the way to cancel an ad on the screen/box in the capture below. This month after maybe 45 minutes I can't find it. So where is it?

Returning an item through a forwarding company

I received an email that says I am not authorized to sell their product on eBay. I suspect it to be fraudulent because it did not go through eBay and of the First Sale Doctrine.There are also MANY other sellers with the same product up for sale.Could...

question about promotion exclusions

I have a listing that i put up for 30 days. it ended with no sale yesterday morning. i just got an offer for a promotion yesterday--which i accepted/activated late last night. among the exclusions listed is this one:"The Promotion excludes listings c...

How are Chinese sellers getting away with this ???

I do searches for items and specifically select US ONLY and low and behold I buy an item and it's from China !!! How is this happening and why isn't EBay doing anything about it ???? I'm sure I know why, the almighty dollar !!