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Update on Current Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) Renewal Issue

Dear Sellers, We are currently experiencing a technical data processing delay that has temporarily impacted the timely processing of some Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC) renewals, affecting the visibility of certain seller listings and listing count on Act...

Sending offers not working

After sending an offer to a buyer it usually says "offer sent" but now over the last few days the screen goes blank. When I check on the sent offers page it doesn't show, meaning the offer wasn't sent. I know some buyers can't be sent offers but when...

policy

ebay no longer goes buy there policy there for buyers only we get ripped off from many buyers every week they say they will remove feedbacks but they dont say were covered under ebay protection but were not say were covered under storms were not says...

Why won’t eBay accept my listing for an Indian Vase Tabriz rug?

I have seen multiple listings to sell similar/the same rugs on eBay…yet I get a message that it is “embargoed”…clearly not. I see NO way to actually engage with eBay to discuss this..please advise.

Do Ebay motor sellers pay more??

Do they pay more for their store, or fees, or higher fees, or higher promo rates??, My guess is no, Please correct me if I'm wrong, But if they don't pay more for anything, then why is their category singled out to have commercials with all that adde...

Help with a Defect

I recently sold an item (with a different ID), received a PayPal payment and got ready to ship the item when to my surprise I saw the Buyer lived less than a mile from me! The Buyer had actually not noticed my location and was expecting the item to b...

Refunded item not received but now received

Buyer purchased item, I printed and sent via usps. Item was never scanned by usps and I considered stolen. Ok I had to accept that. Waited a little to see if it would show up it did not. I refunded buyer. Buyer just notified me it was delivered, howe...

What's the Best Way to List Multiples of the Same Item

I have 10 vintage punch cups that are exactly the same to sell. Is it better to list them each separately, list them as a quantity listing so a customer can buy 1, 2, 3, or more, or list them as a lot of 10? Any advice will be appreciated!

auctions vs Fixed Price

A few months ago I changed my business plan to switch from Amazon to Ebay as my primary platform. As part of this I ramped up my auctions. It's been a lot of work but the results have been good. I"m taking a break next week and when I come back in Ju...

Made sale can’t seem to contact buyer by usual email messages like before. How to do this?

I keep getting messages about selling off eBay. No way to just send buyer simple email. I sold item in open on eBay and want to contact buyer telling them that with dangerous high heat and humidity now in nyc I will be shipping out next Tuesday when ...

Question regarding 80% off selling fee listings

Hello all,I’m just looking for some help with a coupleof questions regarding 80% off selling fee listings1 - if i revise the price outside of the 80% off listings window, will the promotion be removed?2 - if i send an offer to a watcher and they acce...

eBay is changing shipping costs without seller permission

For items 154712390633 and 155115651482, my shipping costs were LOWERED by eBay without my permission. For 154712390633, the shipping cost was lowered from $10.99 to $4.95, and for 155115651482, the shipping cost was lowered from $27.99 to $14.99. Th...

Resolved! dangerous buyer

I want to alert sellers about this person, if he tries to buy something from us, he buy the things and after seller have left positive feedback, he disputes that he does not recognize the transactions and that someone could have used his card without...

Advice for actually making money on eBay?

I guess this is a bit of a rant & I realize I set myself up for failure. hoping more level headed people can give insight. I get old computers & parts. Like a wireless mouse I just sold on eBay for $8. I’ll look on sold items for eBay. See if they se...

Below Standard 5% Penalty is Energizer Bunny of Fees... Keeps going and going and...

Upstanding member of eBay for 21+ years. Last Summer (two Junes ago) I got really sick for a week. Despite having a full time assistant and pleading with friends and family for help, nobody could do anything autonomously and some packages didn't go o...

old selling fees are keeping me out of business

So I have owed around $900 in fees since the beginning of the pandemic. Things were going pretty good until the economy tanked. I was forced to stop selling on ebay because my supply chain came to a screeching halt overnight. I was unable to source p...