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Seller Protections are in place for sellers impacted by severe weather

The United States is currently experiencing severe weather across multiple regions, including the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast. We are actively monitoring conditions and assessing potential impacts to shipping and delivery operations...

Purchasing international through ebay Global Shipping Program

After reading a fair amount of negative posts about this service I decided to come up with some positive experience for readers that are waiting on the package right now. I was in the same situation and I know how frustrating is to not know what is h...

How do I give my buyers the option on 2nd class or 1st class postage per listing?

I can set up a price for 2nd class and also for 1st class but I can't work out how to add the option for the buyer on my listing.It defaults to my original 2nd class option only.

One reason the USPS will eventually go broke and disappear

Recently made a purchase on ebay. The item weighed around 6 lbs. I paid around $18 for Priority mail shipping. The Priority box arrived as it should in around 2 to 3 days after it was shipped. Everything looked great and was exactly as I ordered. How...

Shipping calculator price & actual price in listing WILDLY off

Has anyone gotten any word on what's going on between the eBay shipping calculator prices and then the actual price when you list an item? They are wildly different because the price coming up within the listing is the ACTUAL carrier, non-eBay discou...

Conditional addressing for buyers whos post office doesn't deliver to their street address.

For folks who live in a town where the post office only delivers to your PO Box....In case anyone is wondering how to deal with the issue of sellers blocking PO Box delivery, and how to get your packages properly without knowing which shipping provid...

Resolved! Seller protection

Hey everybody;I have been struggling with an issue that has not been posted in the community forums in 16 months. But, they were scorching issues with plenty of vigor. I am being overcharged by FedEx on my shipments. I am well aware of dimensional fa...

Paid for shipping label and it disapeared - can not print now

I paid for a label and it went to the next page where you print. I clicked on print label and a Error 500 came up and I lost the label . I go to item page and it says ... You have already purchased a label for this order. You can view and void previo...

Final Value Fee on CALCULATED SHIPPING costs

Since eBay collects a final value fee on auction+shipping, how are you suppose to ship items with out loosing money when using calculated shipping? This shipping option charges the buyer the exact amount the seller would need to buy the postage, yet ...

Not being paid for shipping

Hi All,Is anyone else having this issue. I completely understand how shipping works with ebay. The buyer pays the shipping, I buy the label and then I'm supposed to receive all the money they paid to include the shipping. I had to bring it to ebays a...

Buyer wants to change shipping address after payment

I know how it works, and that sellers aren't protected if the item isn't shipped to the address provided at time of sale. I messaged the buyer back just after receiving the message that they wanted to ship to a different address, and directed them to...

Just started to happen.... Why are we being asked to provide a return label?

We automate the return process and recently have been getting a message on a few returns that we need to provide a label or proof or send buyer money - None of it makes sense - many calls to ebay MS and no solution - anyone see same - or see a way to...

Did you all celebrate Groundhog day?

I had a plate of pork sausages.

Resolved! USPS parcel select ground

I have seen entries in Dec of 2021 on this forum that say you can buy a parcel select ground label from Ebay once the sale is complete. Is that still true?Is there somewhere I can get a list of all the types of labels that I can buy from Ebay labels?

ebay tag

Hello, I don't live in the USA, but I opened a US seller account, and I'm dropshopping from gin, it's asking for a tag from me, what can I do?

Resolved! 100% Tracking upload What happens when you print & mail but weather closes P.O. services?

I have items that sold & printed labels to ship, but weather closed the P.O. service,home pickup.These are not items I can put in a slot or want to drop in a bin, if they really fit.Does anyone know if calling eBay speaking with rep would keep my 100...