Can I still combine shipping without invoice?

[the*vintage*table]

Somewhere I read something (on another seller's listing) that ebay does not allow sellers to combine shipping unless it is paid on the same invoice. Yet it appears from my dashboard that I CAN do this still.  IDK if that seller might have been referring to being unable to refund shipping overages on combined shipping, but the listing said that separate sales MUST HAVE SePARATE TRaCKING numbers.  Is this true?  Do separate sales going to the same customer need different tracking #'s?

[richard1rst · Accepted solution]

As long as it is the same Buyer ID, name and address there is no prohibition against combining everything in one box.

One minor wrinkle: If the buyer has made 2 purchases that they are sending to friends or relatives as gifts then there is a problem. Same ID but DIFFERENT shipping addresses.

Print the label for the first item using the combined weight and size of everything in the box. That will generate a tracking number. Copy that number to your clipboard. Then find the other order(s) and where it says "print label" there is also a down arrow for a drop down menu. Click that arrow. There will be a link "add tracking". Click that then paste the number from your clipboard and click save.

That will simultaneously insert the tracking number and mark it as shipped.

[kds99]

This method has not been reliably working for me recently so have been forced to use bulk shipping instead.

[nc-daydreamer]

Here is the policy:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/shipping-items/shipping-rates/offering-combined-shipping?id=4169 

According to the article attached to the above for sellers - for buyers it states 

When you combine shipping, the seller will send you a combined invoice detailing all the items in your package.

So, yes - it must be paid for all at one time. The seller you question is truthful.