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Paypal Money On Hold New Seller

So, I'm a new seller. Listed several items for auction and I knew they'd do well. They did. Everything I posted sold. Yay! Good for me. Wrong. It's only AFTER the sale that eBay decides to tell you about their hold policy for new sellers. I call and ...

Shipping 13 pounds to Australia, New Customs Form?

I purchased a Priority Mail shipping label to Australia (I am in US), through the usual Ebay interface. The item was 13 pounds. Ebay-Paypal produced a print-out of a CP72 customs form. One page. PS Form 2976-A. The weight is listed as 13 pounds on th...

Should I always charge ‘Free Shipping’?

When should I let the customer pay for postage?

SELLER UPDATED-TO GET TOP RATED SELLERS PLUS 10% BENEFIT YOU MUST OFFER 30/60 DAY FREE RETURNS

Ebays Seller updates are in red below, black are my postingsTop Rated Plus update30-day free returns is a retail returns standard and a buyer expectation. Starting June 1, 2018, Top Rated Sellers will be required to offer 30-day free returns to be el...

If a potential customer asks a stupid question, what do you do?

A) Ignore.B) Block and ignore.C) Answer the question. I have a listing for "Coke clear" soda from Japan.It's pretty straight forward.$6 per bottle.$8 S&H for the first bottle. $3 for each additional bottle. The question is: How much one Coke total pl...

good news for a change

As of now I am up 82.6% compared to the previous 31 days and 4% from this time last year. Given that for months I was more than 50% down year to year this is stupendous. The ONLY thing I've done differently is throw as many lots on Ebay as I can. I a...

New listings (not relist) will NOT appear no matter what I do...

To start, yes I realize tons of people post on this topic, however I have read many posts and tried all of the "tricks" and "suggestions", but nothing is working. I have two listings I tried putting up for "Ready Player One 4K Target Blu-ray" plus an...

Helppppp!!!!! Invoiced customer, they changed their mind, wanted to cancel 1 order. It isnt workin

Had a customer buy 2 items from me. Changed their minds on one of them and cancelled it. I reinvoiced them and they keep getting charged shipping. I can not change it. Nothing happens when I click on something.

Is there a thread about the new IRS tax form

I've looked and searched and can't seem to find a thread about it. Can someone direct me to such a thread? Thanks

Printing 'manage all orders'

It is July now but I need to print out all orders from March 2017. Is there a way to do that as print menu only gives 3 months of options.

Should I sell an expensive item to a UK buyer with a 1-star rating?

I am based in the US. I have an item I'm selling for $1000. A buyer from the UK is interested in buying it. He's signed up 2 years ago, but has only 1 positive feedback rating. Is selling to him worth the risk? Oh and he asked if I could ship DHL exp...

Interesting news about China Post rates-- from a Chinese perspective

Posted by a seller who ships from China on the eBayCanada Boards: @dprkstuff Re: China postal rates increasingin reply to pjcdn2005 01-06-2018 05:33:08 PM We ship out of China and if the price increase was only 100% that would be just fine.The fact i...

Have your sales dropped off a cliff?

I know that sports cards are a cyclical business but usually the offseason ( November, December) is not busy. My sales seem to have dropped off a cliff in the last week. I list between 35 to as many as 80 auction per week. I tried switching from GTC ...

100 extra auction-style listings, FREE. Includes Buy it Now!

100 extra auction-style listings, FREE. Includes Buy it Now! That is the promotional invite I received but who ever writes for yall's promotion needs to learn to be clearerThis looks like I can have 100 free listion auction style or buy it now is sho...

Unpaid Items and No consequence

I have been both a buyer and seller on Ebay for almost a decade. In the last two months, and since the new "no negative feedback from sellers" has been implemented, I have had two items sold that were never paid for. One of these buyers had multiple ...