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are you good at predicting what will sell?

I am looking at my options in May for downsizing my store. This will require removing listings - in the case of the Starter Store, drastically. That would be fine if I could get the same number of sales I get now (not stellar) with smaller inventory....

USPS Priority Flat Rate Boxes for Regular Priority Mail

So I was wondering why I had so many views and 0 watchers on a small, inexpensive item. Checked and found that the shipping cost was outrageous given the price of the item. I've since found that when creating new listings, the default shipping method...

for those going to downgrade store in May

If you currently have the $50 coupon remember to use it before downgrading. I'm going for the Starter Store - no coupons.

Can we make buyers pay for return shipping anymore or not?

Can we make buyers pay for return shipping anymore or not? Anyone know the specifics how that works now if you dont offer returns at all---it it different than someone who offers them etc? I think its pretty unfair if we cant because it means EBAY is...

Resolved! Buyer opened a case AFTER i refunded tem

Long story short, the buyer never received the package, and I misplaced the tracking number, so they asked for a paypal refund, to which I agreed and immediately sent it. I informed them that I didn't have enough to cover the refund in my actual Payp...

Resolved! New buyer has paid wants to cancel and ship to different adress

Hi, I got a purchase from a guy who has never bought on ebay before with an account from feb 2017. Its a quite expensive item 450 usd. He paid instantly and then requested a cancel of the purchase before he sent a message telling me he dont want to c...

Sending invoice

Buyer purchased the item internationally. Requested shipping price sent him an invoice with correct shipping prices. A few days later haven't received payment yet. Probably because the shipping would have been outrageous. Sent him a reminder. He mess...

Insertion fee to relist return?

I understand paying insertion fee for new listings and unsold items to relist. But lately buyer returned the item, I paid shipping twice (both ways although it was remorse with made-up false NAD)+ $0.30 paypal return feeOk, I ate all expenses - and t...

Resolved! Pics for MVL defaulting

When making a price change to a MVL, the pics default to main photo. That's not right correct? I always have to go back and change all the pics to the corresponding color. It's irritating.

What is the best business address to use? PO Box or home?

I have been debating this for a while and with the lovely in your face return options eBay is encouraging, I wonder what the best ship from return to address would be? I currwncur use my home address but am wondering if it is time to get a PO Box. Wh...

Selling Manager

As usualy, you never know when ebay changes something unannounced, or at least I didn't see where it was changed. But does anyone know where the direct link to Selling Manager is now? It used to be under "Account", and then "Subscriptions", but now w...

User attemted shipping change scam, issued refuned. Then the user bought the item normally

A user purchesed a ~100$ item from me around 3 days ago. He requeseted a shipping address from his house to his PO box after paying. I told him no, this is sometimes used as a scam tactic. Issued refund, item relisted. Today the same user purchesed t...

Are collections going to be the next to go?

Has anyone else noticed how eBay has removed the option to follow a collection? I think I noticed this a few months ago. It seems like eBay is just letting collections hang there. It won’t let me add any new items to any of my collections either. I h...

Is it time to leave Ebay?

I started asking myself that question some months ago.Ebay sends me reminders all the time that 75% of buyer's come here looking for a great deal. So I set up my shipping discounts so that if they buy ten or more items the buyer will receive free shi...

Ebay Canceled my guitar listing for using "Les Paul copy" in the listing???

I listed an Electra Les Paul copy guitar from the late 70s for sale. It is made by electra, no where on it does it say Gibson, but they canceled the listing stating that " Using the words les paul copy would confuse people searching for les pauls" .....