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Does an Anchor Store boost visibility of products?

Over the last couple of years it has become apparent that eBay does a number of things to throttle sellers in certain situations and/or reduce/increase the visibility of an item to prospective customers. For example, we might have an item that sells ...

Resolved! Large Package Must Ship Freight but who?

I have a package that is only 40 lbs but is 63 inches long and in total doesn't meet the specs for usp, fed ex or usps. I need to go freight. Any ideas how I can get this shipped fairly inexpensively for freight. The product is worth around 300 . I j...

PayPal funds withheld

On the last item I had sold for $158 in total and the funds were immediately available From what I've read I thought at a certain point they stop doing that to youSo I sold something yesterday because I needed cash and BAM I regretted that because I ...

Shipping to South America is a biggest loser!

Shipping to South America is a quick way to lose money. Top reasons why;1. Shipping takes up to 2.5 months.2. Buyers contact you way before then for a refund.3. South American countries dont upload tracking. 4. Ebay does understand bullet #1 and forc...

Resolved! Ebay commercial

Has anyone seen the new ebay commercial ? It's the first one I've seen in all these years. It's a nice commercial.

Good News: TRS shipping discount and $100 insurance still available on non TRS Plus listings

All my "badges" have disappeared from my listings when I went to 3 day handling and 14 day returns, but I guess "I" am still a TRS. I just printed a label and the discount was still there, with no charge for inusrance on my $90 order. Yay!

Feedback reply to potential negative inquiry

So, the quick question is this: should I receive a negative from a buyer, whose feedback left for other sellers is more colorful than a pantone color book, is it against the rules to mention her ID in my reply? Just curious. I got a complaint that th...

Cancelling transaction for non paying buyer, what's the right thing to do?

Recently a buyer made a purchase via BIN and didn't wish to pay. He requested me to cancel the transaction. I thought the right thing to do is to let the process run its course and ultimately, have eBay record an infraction on the buyer. To my surpri...

Selling First Expensive Item Tips

I have recently listed and am trying to sell an expensive watch. I am only used to selling items under $100. Is there anything I should look out for? I plan on only sending it to a buyer with a reasonable amount of feedback as well make sure they've ...

Returns

Item was returned at my (seller) expense due to ground parcel shipping. I used eBay label so the address was provided by the Buyer. I made contact with her and asked why it was REFUSED and she said it was her shipping forward company. She didn't even...

Scam from ebay to Paypal

I received message from buyer on ebay He wants to deal outside ebay to avoid fee by giving his cell #. He dealed with me by not paying custom fee and imported fee because he lives in another country, he created an email look exactly like an email fro...

Slow sales? Its not the economy its EBAY!

Slow sales? Its not the economy its EBAY! Online sales are topping retail right now EBAYS main competition is worth 2 WALMARTS in company size and share. JUST NOT EBAY! It couldnt be their ridiculous fees and policies and that sellers and buyers have...

Resolved! How to get listing to say "More than 10 available" instead of exact quantity

My listing shows the exact quantity available but I want to get it to say "More than 10 available". When I go to my Quality Display Preference settings, it says I have the appropriate box checked off to only display "More than 10 available". So I'm n...

Odd, immediate payment listings not requiring immediate payment..

Good morning. Made a sale last night, and I know for a fact it had immediate payment required because I actually originally forgot and remember specifically going back and checking it while revising the listing, then double checked to make sure it we...

I WILL NEVER USE THE SELLER HUB - IT IS A METHOD FOR EBAY TO SPY ON SELLERS

I will never use the Seller Hub and would quit listing on eBay if forced to to so. It was created to spy on sellers, gather information on sellers and what they list and I don't feel like being an unpaid employee of eBay. I am happy that they have de...