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Seller Initiated Offer automation

Every day, eBay sellers send targeted offers to reach interested buyers and drive more sales. To make this process even easier, some sellers choose to automate their offers, helping them engage buyers faster and save time. We want to provide some cla...

Invoice screen

When going to the invoice screen after selling an item I am met with a dim screen and a circle that goes round and round and round--doesn't stop and I am unable to leave the screen without cancelling out.EBAY support could, or would, not help. Any id...

Ebay might win this one

I just fought Macy's website for 25 minutes, trying to order one thing. It (website) is a hot mess. Wow. Also, I was charged $10.59 shipping for something that cost $25 and weighs under 3 oz, packaged. But, I'll never find it in a store (I know this ...

new milestone

Today I reached a new 1000 feedback milestone by going over 19000. It will be really exciting when I go over 20000 though! At the rate sales are going lately that will take a while.

Page being redirected while viewing a search for items

Can someone please remind me what this is, and how to fix it? I went to a friends tonight to work on some coins, and we've been using my computer to search for them online to get prices. On three occasions I was scrolling through a search where it au...

Resolved! eBay sellers selling for other people?

Hi, I was wondering about your thoughts on eBay sellers (typically top rated sellers that have more experience and have established their eBay businesses) selling items for other people and splitting profits made from their sales. And also, do you do...

Two switcharoos in one week. I love me some scammers.

No question just a rant. I know I will have to eat this one as well. I just received a return for an item not fitting the buyers vehicle. I found it odd because this part is a hood emblem which is a standard part on all BMW models. So I tell the buye...

Resolved! Should I move to a third party picture host ? Advice needed

Hey all,I have a question regarding the use of pictures in a listing.I would like to have more controll over the pictures i have made for my listings.After a listing ends, its usually stored for some time on the ebay server. This makes it possible to...

No FVF Credit on Buyer's Cancellation

Great News, eBay listened, they will not make us remove watermarks!

Just spoke to a wonderfully helpful representative today. eBay had a meeting this morning, they are listening to us sellers and will not require us to remove writing/watermark on our images! Yay, one for the sellers! Thank you eBay!

New listing paradigm penalizes good sellers

Since eBay changed their listing paradigm most of my listings are put at the bottom of a 300 item 'best match' list... And this has been happening every week for the last three months. I know it's not just me and I don't expect all my items to be fro...

Looking for professional advice - starting selling

I'm hoping for a experienced opinion on my approach to serious selling on ebay.Being relatively skilled in another profession, I'm well-aware of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.So on that note: I'm dipping my toes into serious ebay selling and I have a bus...

Resolved! When a buyer says...

When pushing for their freebie via a refund w/o having to send item back.... [insert whine, whine, whine, sniveling about any and everything they can think of as in "me thinks thou protests too much] Then, the BIG one they're leading up to: "I'll res...

And There's my First Cancel of a Sale... Sheesh

So, woke up yesterday morning to find an Ammerman roping saddle of mine had sold during the night. No questions from the buyer, no contact at all ahead of time (unusual for online sales, I've sold several on equinenow in the past, some through my FB ...

Views Shortly After Listing

When I list items and then go to My eBay > Selling > Active and I'll find that within a few minutes of my listings becoming active I already have 3 or more Views.Suddenly it occurred to me that they may be the result of automatic searches.Is that cor...

Sales breakdown by store category?

There used to be a section in my sales hub that showed me what percentage and $$ of my sales came from each category in my store, but I can't seem to find it. Did eBay do away with that report? It was one of my most helpful.