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Shipping Insurance and Proving Value

Just curious about this, I mostly sell collectibles and usually around the $200 mark I start considering insurance on them. A lot of times the collectible (for example, trading cards) may be super rare and worth hundreds of dollars, yet the actual co...

How do I change the shipping method or box size after the buyer paid?

I sold several items, all to the same buyer, they were individually listed with shipping via small flat rate box. The items combined need to go in a larger box, but if I hit Purchase shipping label, it prints the label as one item not the combination...

Free shipping vs calculated/charge shipping

Is it better to charge for shipping or just add the shipping cost to the final price and give free shipping?

Combined Shipping activation for active Listings?

Combined shipping has been a difficult thing to consistently activate as a relatively new seller who largely creates listings from my phone. Anyway to update this for existing listings? 1) is there an easy way to activate your combined shipping rules...

Ebay international order Stuck at Portugal Customs

I've sold an item with ebays international shipping. The package has been stuck in Portuguese customs since July, the order was placed in June and today is already August. The buyer has been sending me messages and today I found out by them that they...

ebay Standard envelope

I sold a postcard on ebay and went to print the shipping label. The buyer selected the ebay standard envelope, but when I went to pick the shipping option it didn't have the "ebay standard envelope" highlighted. I entered the correct dimensions and t...

PayPal

Now that eBay is not connected with PayPal ( Sales go into my bank account) how can I change where my shipping cost are paid?? Please advisealice

Slightly off weight on shipping label. Should I be worried?

I’m shipping a trading card, but I wasn’t sure how much it weighed and don’t have a scale available to me. I asked a friend who also sells and ships cards, and he said he marked his as about 5 oz., which is what I marked mine at, but it’s probably ab...

Constantly Getting "We were not able to take the payment." for eBay Shipping Labels

Hi - I keep getting this error for the last 3-4 months and sometimes it buys the shipping label and sometimes it doesn't. I have to keep retrying to purchase the label for it to go through. Has anyone experienced this issue and knows what to do? Than...

changing shipping methods

The buyer has asked to change shipping methods from economy to first class saving him about $3. How do I do that or does he do it from his end?

WARNING Before using Forever stamps you purchased recently on Ebay

Have them checked out by the PO as many of these too good to be prices are extremely likely to be counterfeit.Get a receipt if they are taken.You don't want to get your mail returned or a knock on the door.

Simplest way to add a second shipping method at buyer cost if originally offered as free

I've got an item (#254922324807, since I already know someone is going to ask) that qualifies for Media Mail shipping (yes, I also know that I won't be able to purchase that from eBay) and I've got it listed for free shipping. I want the eventual buy...

Mark item shipped

I no longer can figure out how to Mark the item shipped Or input the tracking number

Resolved! eBay labels costing more than USPS

Twice in August 2021, buyers and I agreed I would ship low price, small items USPS First Class, without insurance [thus without tracking- any other shipping would have wiped out both our margins]. eBay twice tried to sell me labels at more than twice...

Shipping - cost going through Paypal and I don't want it to

Hello, when i buy postage from eBay, it goes through paypal which is connected to my bank. I deleted PP from my ebay account and now it reads PENDING on 3 current postage purchases.Any input on how to resolve....getting postage to come directly out o...