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Resolved! Ebay Major Drop In Sales In All Categories December, 2018

Give a show of hands! How many have had a major drop in sales for 2018 and very little assistance from eBay? You can’t get any assistance with eBay. It just seems they are blowing themselves up. Talk about stocks going down! Be there for the sellers,...

Return due to stock photo mistake

I listed a great flashlight and used a stock photo I found online to look more professional. It was the exact model however the photo I found had the letters PRO on the flashlight with the model number. The buyer returned it and ebay refunded. It was...

view counter doesn't add up

Why do I get views at the beginning of a 30 day listing, and then again about 2-3 days before the listing ends, but next to nothing in between? I get the feeling i'm not visible for most of the month. Is there some kind of algorithm cycle that takes ...

Seller tax question.

The 1099 you get from PayPal. What does that total represent? Is that BEFORE or AFTER ebay fees, paypal fees and shipping fees? Thank you for your help.

Closing my Store

After doing the math for my taxes I have found that I brought in a 14% profit for 2018 on here which is not enough to make it worth keeping my store open. I am not one of those sellers who hasn't had any success on here. I have been selling on and of...

selling multiple items??

I have a bunch of new items I had made. I can't figure out how to list them and automatically relist when one sells?These are all identical. I have ten I would like to sell.....(When someone buys one it would relist and show 9 available?)Thanks for a...

Buyer addresses and formatting/typos

Hey all. So, I'm pretty new to selling, and decided to unload a bunch of stuff I don't really need anymore for some extra cash. It's gone great so far, with only one possible hiccup (and that's another issue entirely)... until today. One of my items ...

Why would someone on eBay ask me to raise my price by a penny?

Someone with low feedback on eBay sent me a message and asked me to raise my Buy It Now price by a penny. The person didn't write that he/she wanted to buy my item. For the heck of it, I raised the price by a penny and messaged the person back (I did...

New selling format and hidden seller fees

I stopped selling in 2017 and just started up again. I noticed the new layout for setting up my auction, and was unimpressed. After listing about 46 "free" listings, I noticed I owed 80 cents in fees. The breakdown says they are upgrade fees, for Buy...

How quickly do you open an Unpaid Item Case?

I just started selling records on eBay a couple months ago (been selling on DIscogs for years) and this past weekend a few of my auctions ended. I’m in the US and someone in Australia bid on 2 at the last second and won them at the starting price. Fi...

2 sales from 0 feedback buyers in same zip code in Virginia. Different buyers both paid.

Sold two Dale Earnhardt leather jackets at the buy it now price in two separate transactions about 5 days apart shipping to the same zip codes, different addresses. No haggling or communication. They both registered the day they bought my items. Paid...

Resolved! Would it be safe/allowed to sell a laptop that is catching on fire?

I own a broken XPS 15 laptop, and it stopped working a few years ago, there were flames and smokes coming from inside the case last time I tried to turn it on. I assume something happened with wires inside. I never bothered to repair it and just purc...

Ebay is getting glitchy

Doing some research on Ebay and from time to time i get this when clicking on certain listings. This site can’t be reachedThe webpage at https://www.ebay.com/itm/97-01-Toyota-Camry-Headrest-Head-Rest-Front-2-Piece-Set-Tan-Fabric/153130423703?fits=Yea...

Package returned by postal service in the UK due to “not called for” status. What now?

as you may know, buyers from the UK are subject to paying an import tax on purchases they receive in the mail. When the package arrives in the UK, the buyers are supposed to be notified by the postal service that theor package has arrived, and they m...

Resolved! Safe to accept this offer?

Hi all, I’ve received an offer that I am willing to accept, but I have some doubts. The buyer’s location is listed as Sarasota, Fl, but they just told me that they are located in Kuwait. I have no issues shipping internationally but I’m wondering why...