Seller News: May 2025
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Community Activity
Problems Shipping from Europe to US
Hi everyone, I sent more than a dozen registered packages from Serbia to the US at the end of March/early April. Around that time, this whole US tariffs thing started, and since then, not a single one of them has been delivered. I'm refunding buyers ...
Cross selling
Hi! Is cross selling on multiple platforms a good practice? What happens if same item sells on both sites. I’m worried about that. Thank you.
Sellers, I have a question. Sorry, it's translated
New Korean seller. Is eBay originally slow to register for new listings? What's the initial response? It's page 1 with ads, but it's 3 clicks in 12 hours....
Ebay fees prior to sale?
HelloI received an email from Ebay saying that they were going to charge me for an auction listing I had that didn't sell. I usually list "Buy It Now" but thought I'd try an auction. Is that a standard thing? The email I received didn't state what th...
How do you respond to buyers complaining about shipping price post-sale?
With the changes in types of messages I've been getting, I'm beginning to re-evaluate to adjust my reply tactics accordingly. I haven't had many of this specific type of post-sale shipping price complainer in awhile until recently, I got 2 in the las...
Why Am I Being Sent to Collections??
Hi everyone. I had some difficult issues with a buyer the beginning of the year. She falsely claimed to not have received an item and I won the appeal. The issue went back and forth and she eventually filed a chargeback. I filed a claim with my bank ...
Products Ending Automatically — Still Available but Showing 'Ended' eBay Glitch?
I am seeing products showing up in "ended" that we did not end. The trend seems to happen to items that have just been purchased. You can see in your orders what the customer ordered and then you can see how many are still available. When I click on ...
I AM FOLDING SO IT IS TIME TO WALK AWAY NOW AS JOHNNY CASH SAYS
Selling has gone to the pits and I have gotten frustrated enough so decided to call it quits soon as seen enough to know enough to put the cards away and accepted that fate as this is no longer fun, productive and something that I want to be entertai...
What is the best way to package a fishing lure to prevent damage to it.
Is it possible to use padded envelopes for fishing lures/with hooks. How would you do it to save the customer a higher shipping cost.
