Seller News: January 2026
Start the new year with important updates to help your business
Start the new year with important updates to help your business
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I just received an "Order Confirmed" email for something I didn't actually purchase. I viewed the seller's item the day before to get pricing guidance for one I have to sell. I did not view the item today, but I suddenly received an order confirmatio...
I received an email from Ebay saying that the IRS has changed this years threshold from $2500 to $20,000. Was wondering if this is true? I heard that it was part of the Big Beautiful Bill.
Buyer purchased a NEW item from me in early December....Claimed it wasn't as described or shown. Had no choice but to take it back. It was returned USED. We're talking about a cooking pot.. I filed a complaint with Ebay and was turned down TWICE. NOW...
Back in December I had scheduled a front door pick up for several orders with the USPS for the following day. I went through the proper process and the next day the orders were picked up by my mail courier. I even received a confirmation email from U...
As an experiment I turned off Promoted listings when the **bleep** on the 13th began just to see what happens. Well given its now been ten days the results are. 1 sale , down 63%, so it clearly shows you basically have no choice but promote. Just a s...
I've been selling on here for over 20 years, and I've developed a 6th sense for being able to detect a trouble buyer just based on messages they send to me asking questions about what I'm selling. I won't point to anything specific, but often I just ...
Hi why at ebay affilate conversion rate is zero ? And thanks
New feature on my home page is this stupid "ready to resell" section. Resell what? When I click on it, I'm sent to items I BOUGHT, not sold. So they're hoping I resell the items I bought months ago so they can double dip on the fees for the same item...
Buyer bought 4 Rae Dunn mugs for me; double-boxed & packed well, but 1 arrived cracked (cold weather I think). They requested a refund which I approved but now would like to keep all mugs & get partial refund. I'm OK with that but don't know how to r...
I just wanted to remind everyone who is putting their store on vaccation mode during this storm. Do not send out offers. Offers are not included in the vaccation mode and you will still be required to send out on time. Offers last for 4 days.I made t...
I am a bit surprised that there has not been an announcement posted yet on extended seller protections for Winter storm Fern ...
Have any other members had this problem where a buyer opens a case item not received over Christmas and then ebay refunds the buyer only to have tracking show that the item was delivered 3 days later? So the buyer received the item and a refund and a...
Depends what you're selling, but selling cheap stamps (less than USD10.00) certainly cannot afford the ebay luxury SPEED PAK service which is compulsory for any sellers in Hong Kong and Mainland. https://www.orangeconnex.com is DHL/FEDEX type company...
So in September i sold a Piston Rebuild Kit to a Buyer. He gets the piston and starts a Return. I get a rambling message. I rebuild my engine. Piston Slap Rod Knock give money back. No good engine. I said okay whatever and started the Return. I got t...
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