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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...

Promoted Listings - Individual listings question

I received the message about Individual Promoted Listings and went though the eBay message link to set up some individual item Promoted Listings ... so on Step 1, the very first thing that is published is this, "Promoted listings is available for mos...

billing agreements

I have an older account and I cannot get eBay to add a billing agreement for eBay shipping to my PayPal account. Any ideas would be appreciated? I have called for months trying to get problem solved, thanks!

Package arrived damaged & item missing

Hello,I have a buyer who notified me the item she purchased, an iPod, arrived missing. The package was damaged - it looks like it was sliced open. The iPod was rolled in several layers of bubble wrap - the bubble wrap was still in the package. When I...

End of the road for Half.com

After a long but exhausting run, half.com will be closed on September 1. http://pages.half.ebay.com/help/account/closing.html

your connection to this site is not secure

In case you cared why this top rated seller is no longer using this site, Ebay, I would like to at least share with the community.Seems google is just now telling us about it not being a secure place to do business, but it has gone on for some time.I...

Item Description Lost on Save And Finish Later

I spent a lot of time on setting up a listing for 60 pieces of China/Pottery. I did a detailed description of every item and hit the save for later. I then packed the items one by one with bubble wrap , newspaper and peanuts for safe travel in 3 boxe...

Merchandise for eBay ~ I'm Still Buying Inventory

I'm off to Boeing Surplus to pick up a few thousand pounds of tools for my eBay sales. I used a Paypal Working Capital Loan to buy this merchandise. This is my 7th Working Capital Loan in the past 5 years. It's going to be a good day and even a bette...

Blouses or jersey? Searching in women's clothing.

While searching for women's cotton blouse today I noticed 80% of the inventory was jerseys.A women's cotton blouse is described having buttons, collars and sleeves.Is there a particular way to search for a women's blouse?

Holiday Settings

So i'll be off for 3 weeks this summer, i will put my shop to holiday for this time, and will hide all my listings. The question is: What happens if someone has watches an item/saved a bookmark? They will still find it i think and can buy it, and i d...

The future of eBay

A lot of complaining lately and people posting with what they think eBay should do (including me). But it is what it is. At some point you either have to accept it or leave. If you are staying, why not make the best of it? Do what YOU can to improve ...

Resolved! Was hoping to supplement my income

I have been selling on eBay for 2 1/2 years and was hoping to supplement my social security, which is not a lot, but I don't think that is going to happen. I've had less than $300.00 in sales so far this month, minus fees of course, and no sales the ...

Listing items for a friend - but she takes photos & posts - what to charge?

I have seen a few discussions about what to charge when selling for others on a consignment basis, but I'm in a different situation. I'm considering selling goods for someone interstate. She would take photos of the item and send me any measurements,...

How do you ship your items? And how to look more "professional"?

I sell items on Ebay but I'm not a pro business. I ship from home. So my return address shows my home address and my name. Those who are in the same boat as me, what do you do? Do you ship with the return address showing your home addres and name. Et...

Manufacturer directly?

Hello guys,A little background:I'm from Hong Kong and are manufacturer. We never went online to do any business before, therefore we started a new department to target online retailers on small quantity (very small quantity) on manufacturer pricing. ...

Another day another no FVF for eBay

I'm now doubling and tripling the time span between sales on my accounts. This is major record territory for me. I have accounts that haven't produced sales in over a month or two. In the past month I've only had 1 sale on this account for less than ...