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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...

I am running a sale but I have new items to list.

I want to know if new listings will automatically be included in the sale. If so, I will have to adjust my pricing. Is there somewhere I can keep this from happening? Thanks very much, Pat

How to find buyer contact info with new format

A buyer made an offer on my product. I accepted it but now it says "no offers". I clicked on the users eBay name but I see a screen for the user and no link to contact user. Would it be okay to paste a screenshot of the user?

Income taxes and items purchased at yard sales.

A lot of my inventory this year is sourced from garage sales, that obviously do not issues receipts.Wondering how you account for these purchases? Do you just write down what you spent, calculate a percentage of the selling price, etc?

Selling Costs (%)

Did eBay do away with the selling costs percentage?I check my sales for last 30 days. All the info is there, but the selling cost percentage is gone.I can do the math myself, but.....if eBay did away with it? Sneaky Sneaky.....Oh, looks like they cha...

No views

Hey there, my four items I have posted on here have gotten one view in a week. On Facebook marketplace, one item alone will get around seventy views in the first day. I'm wondering if just the audience is drastically less than when I used to post a f...

IRS $600 minimum threshold for 2024

As of right now, Ebay shows the minimum threshold for 2024 being only $600. I did see something from Ebay that came out in April 2024 saying the threshold would be $5000 for 2024 and 2025, then $600 after that. Does anyone know for sure what the thre...

USPS fails to deliver I get bad feedback

I have 9 negative feedback. The USPS failed to deliver, tells the buyer it was delivered. The buyer wants a refund and posts negative feedback. eBay representative says they will forward my request to remove the negative and it never happens. Every t...

Somewhat suspicious buyer

Hi! Long story short, I made a sale for an item (a somewhat high ticket collectible item) and while the buyer paid, I noticed that the account was created the day of the sale and of course has no feedback. Should I be concerned? I really don’t want t...

1099, Deductions and Tax Reporting

This is the first year i have ever sold on ebay, so filing my taxes is a bit different for me this year. As i typically only have a w-2, i work a full time job as well. However, I didn't gross enough for ebay to send me a 1099; i know i still need to...

Buyer Made Offer, I accepted Offer, Buyer Ghosted

Hi all! We're new here but loving the ebay experience so far. We had a buyer make offers on two listings. We accepted both offers immediately. That was 4 days ago. ebay has sent them reminders as have we. How long should we wait until we cancel those...

Private to Business account buyer protection fee

Hi everyone,I've just change my account from private to business seller (UK). I know there is added buyer protection fee for private sellers, my items still show prices with these BP fee how long it's gonna take to show my items without this buyer pr...

Experienced my first month with zero sales on eBay, after 26 years of mostly consistent selling

I knew it was coming due to monthly sales declining steadily for the past 4 years until there was just 1 sell last month and this September 2024 was the final nail in the proverbial coffin for my stores. Not closing them, just not working them any lo...

How to start a group for Central Florida.

I am interested in starting a group for Central Florida: Orlando, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Titusville, etc.. How does one get this group started? Thank you, FredMelbourne FLUSMC Retired

Is this for real?

Hmmm. Got a second email in my' inbox of emails' for this survey.One yesterday and one today.Is it fake?Has anyone else got one?This was not in my eBay.And, further...is eBay giving out our information to others?

Trading Assistant - is it possible to post somewhere I am available

Good morning, Years ago when Ebay had the Trading Assistant program I was registered with them and it worked out very well both for me and the owner of the items. All of a sudden Ebay discontinued the program without notice and has not since come bac...