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Suggestion: Courier Service for High Ticket Items

It's always very upsetting to read of the numerous scams of sellers being taken for thousands of dollars when selling high ticket items here. Buyers sending back something complelely different, saying they didn't receive the item sold, perpetrating f...

SELLING HELP

FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 10 YEARS IM HAVING A HARD TIME SELLING ,CAN ANYONE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE ON WHAT I SHOULD DO AS IM STRUGGLING AND SEEMS THAT THE ITEMS IM LISTING ARE GETTING VERY FEW VIEWS DURING ITS 10 OR 30 DAY DURATION--NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED OR...

There is no visit store in my ebay listings

I recently opened a stater ebay store 5/18/18. there is no visit store link. there is see other items under seller information. what the heck? How are looker/buyer supposed to go to your store? its been almost 24 hours

Why block when someone makes an offer for a lower price?

OK, so after a post I made yesterday about not understanding the logic behind blocking someone who makes an offer (when Best Offer is not activated). I do understand a seller being a little peeved if the offer that was made is unreasonably low (that ...

Resolved! Non Paying Buyers are abusing the fact sellers can't leave neg FB anymore SMH

20 years on eBay now. I was on when you could bid on your own items and leave fb for anybody. Those were the days. Once eBay stopped allowing sellers to leave negs & neuts, I knew there would be problems in the future. The rate of non-paying bidders ...

Shipping Label Charges Discrepancy??

Hi, can anyone explain this to me? I shipped a item to a customer on the 15th 3 days ago. package weighed 3 lbs. My shipping label charge after discount came to $10.04 priority mail. this morning i woke up to a sale to the same person for the exact s...

I can buy but not sell! My paypal account is linked.

I have been buying on Ebay for years and sold a few items, I can still buy but when i try to sell i get the message that no paypal account is associated with this ebay account! Getting very frustated now! Help!

How to make my store appear in Store Search results

I specialize in photographic images - identified antique photos - and use the category Collectibles > Photographic Images > Vintage & Antique (pre-1940) for almost all my listings. However, when I look for my store using Stores Directory, it lists ze...

New Store Format Bad For Sellers and Buyers... Or Am I Wrong?

It looks like they've changed the format for eBay stores. At first I was impressed with it's nice clean look. However, I think it's going to mean decreased sales and a much worse experience for buyers. First, searches within the stores are useless, i...

ebay ad: buy items under $10 with FREE SHIPPING

I've heard this ad a few times on the radio. Today I stopped to think "oh, wait". Ebay is pushing low-dollar stuff. I guess they want the public to think of ebay as being stocked with cheapies. Why don't they just come out and brag about all the Chin...

Offers and asking for free shipping messages.......

Should I put a message in my listings stating "don't send me any offers" and "no I can't ship something for free"? It has got to a point where every single day, multiple times a day that I am getting messages to lower a price or if I could ship somet...

Scam accounts keep bidding on my stuff

Any other sellers noticed an increase in scammers bidding on your items? I've been trying to sell my old laptop for months and I keep getting day old accounts making bids, and typing in completely broken language.

I don't know how you guys do it....

I don't sell here much anymore at all. It was great in the beginning (early 2000s) but all these changes, constant changes make me crazy. I had ONE item up for bid that just ended. One stinking item and guess what? The winning bidder wants to cancel ...

Items with good margins / high liquidity / high sale value

Chances are no one will provide good answers to this question (logically people want to keep a successful market space to themselves and I understand that) but I was curious what product areas are hot and profitable this year? Last fall it was crypto...

Guaranteed Delivery & new Seller Info display

About 36 hours ago I was put in to Guaranteed Delivery and then a day later the Seller info box layout and format changed. As for the GD, my sales have not tripled yet so I am wondering what's wrong??? No, just kidding, that's not why I am posting. B...