TBA tracking for the buyer on ebay

[bell1423]

Notice  the tracking on my order  was  a TBA and a number . well you cant pull that up anywere to follow your shipment like with USPS  UPS  ect.   Basically  its a way to ship to buyers  and not give a tracking number   .  Might as well not give this TBA at all  for the buyer  .Not good service   for buyers. i like to punch in my tracking number on the shippers website  and follow it in, and get a delivered message when it does show up. also like see where its at along the way  .anyway this to me is poor service  dont like  it . but what can anyone do . just wait an hope it shows up delivered by ?       

[missjen831]

Take it up with the your seller. They aren’t actually required to ship with tracking or provide the number. 

[pburn]

---

@bell1423 wrote:

. . . just wait an hope it shows up delivered by ?       

---

Yeah. Pretty much. Personally, I don't look at tracking unless a package hasn't arrived. I have too many hobbies as it is. Watching packages move around the country just isn't going to be another one of them.

[kaelykat]

On eBay tracking is for sellers. This is their way of proving that an item got delivered.

All buyers have to worry about are the delivery dates listed on every listing. If the last date passes and you don't have your item then you open an item not received case.

eBay isn't a store, it's a marketplace. The rules are different here than regular stores.

[laylajames9]

If you need a tracking number so you can make yourself available on the day of delivery then discuss this with your seller. If you don't really need the tracking number but just want to see the progress then you may as well just wait until after the estimated delivery and if nothing has arrived ask the seller the status or file a not received claim.

[couldabeenworse]

anyway this to me is poor service  dont like  it . but what can anyone do . just wait an hope it shows up delivered by

The bad news is that there is no way for the buyer to track those Amazon shipments.

The good news is that they generally arrive very quickly.

[bell1423]

just something i liked getting tracking that can check where a package is along the way.  many people dont care as long as it shows up .to each their own  . not contacting the seller waste of time doing that and they do as they please anyway. 

[bell1423 · Accepted solution]

glad to hear you have hobbies and your  you have no time for tracking something i needed to know .

[technicatesolutions]

I'm not sure if this has been answered or not yet, but the TBA tracking numbers are from Amazon. You will have to track it through the Amazon website.  This is what some sellers do to "drop ship" through their Amazon prime account.

[youresosexylingerie-leather]

Just so you know ... TBA stands for "tracking by Amazon". It's their own shipping company they use to deliver many of the same, next day and 2-day orders.
I've tried researching and so far, I have found a way to share the tracking LINK, but it means that the buyer will know that you sent the package from Amazon website.

As far as copying and pasting the TBA######### number anywhere to track, you will not be able to (like UPS, USPS, Fedex, etc .... ), it's Amazon's in-house system and it looks like they're not sharing it with the world .... yet. (Hopefully sometime soon!)

If you're looking for how to share the link, try this:

Go to your Amazon Orders and track the package you want to share. Go up to the address bar at the top and copy the ENTIRE line. Paste the link into a message/email for the receiver and send it to them. What the buyer will see is in the screen shot shared below.

Hope this helps!

[dede394]

---

@youresosexylingerie-leather wrote:

Hope this helps!

---

Your buyer will need your (you're the seller) Amazon username and password to view that link, so no, that's probably no.

[Anonymous]

TBA is supplied is the seller uses fullfillment by amazon as a shipping service. IF you get a TBA it will show up soon as its similar to the Prime service on amazon.

[kh-valeria]

Hello Everyone,

Due to the age of the thread, it has been closed to further replies.  Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thanks for understanding!​​​​​​​