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Seller Initiated Offer automation

Every day, eBay sellers send targeted offers to reach interested buyers and drive more sales. To make this process even easier, some sellers choose to automate their offers, helping them engage buyers faster and save time. We want to provide some cla...

Resolved! Ebay Sales Continue to Decline where else do you sell antiques and collectibles ?

Ebay is killing me at this point. As a seller on ebay since i think 2014 and a user since 2010 i have never seen the market condition be as bad as it is today. 2017-2020 were the hayday for me i couldnt keep items in stock my sell through rate was mo...

Shipping Policy View

Is there a way to switch back to the old shipping layout when listing? I would enter the weight and dimensions and a estimated shipping calculator would pop up. I liked that because I could tinker with the weight and dims while listing an item. Since...

Chinese sellers price increases

So today I was doing my walkabout checking out sellers and possible purchases and one Chinese seller had his items at triple the normal prices. Also I noticed the shipping for an item as tiny as a kit kat bar was $1000. I thought this was an error. H...

Can a seller deduct original shipping cost

On a 'remorse' return for a 'free shipping' item ($100 item, $10 was used for shipping, listed "free shipping")??

Resolved! Feedback removal simply stating "Expensive"

How is "expensive" valid feedback? Can this be disputed for removal? Other seller has the same bulbs for 30% more too! Everything is expensive now, it's not my fault!

Final value fee on VAT

Sold an item to a buyer in France and was surprized to discover that now Ebay is even charging a FVF (final value fee) on the VAT (tariff) tax that many foreign countries utilize. This-in addition-to the 1.65% 'international fee' in addition to the l...

Offers not sent?

Anyone have an explanation for this?, I received 23 make offers last night around 9:30 PM, Each one I sent came back as offer not sent, What the heck is that?, Any solid explanation's?

HOLD

Hello!1 question. I see the picture with lock and up - HOLD and low - REALISED.It was a dispute, which was finished in my favour.Will they send me money after 1 month (all my money ON HOLDand they send them slowly, after 30 days every payment) or the...

Resolved! Sales have been fine - am I the only one?

I read a lot of complaints about selling - slowdowns, no visibility, low-ball offers. I'm a big believer that you just have to work for your success. Many here seem to think that eBay and potential buyers owe them a steady stream of profits. I just f...

26 Years of Selling on eBay

Time flies! So many weird items I've sold over the years! My biggest regret is selling a GI JOE USS Flagg Aircraft Carrier I found for 35 bucks that "he wanted rid of" because it had been sitting in the Garage since Christmas in the 1980s. That was a...

Serious Buyer Problem: Claims Damage That Wasn’t There

Last week I sold a vintage painting in the style of Picasso for $200 on eBay. I covered €100 shipping costs (Austria to Texas) myself. The buyer also paid ~$35-40 in import taxes because I included the invoice for customs. https://www.ebay.de/itm/186...

To maintain a safe trading environment, eBay restricts the ability to list items in certain high-ris

ebay dont let me start selling yugioh boxes just because im from greater china. it says "To maintain a safe trading environment, eBay restricts the ability to list items in certain high-risk categories." any way i can solve this without a supervisor ...

Weird Buyers

Post one of your weird buyer experiences. I'll start. A buyer returned 2 items because they changed their mind. Box flaps were not even close to touching, which tipped me off the inside might have some odd re-packing going on. Opened the box and foun...

Etsy Sellers Stealing My eBay Store Name and Listings—How Can I Stop It?

Last year, I discovered that some sellers on Etsy had copied most of my eBay listings, including the photos and descriptions. In response, I decided to add watermarks with my store name to my new listings. However, today I found that one seller conti...

Too much misinformation......please Review/Evaluate all user help replies.

There were at least 4 wrong replies to this post (on another ebay help forum) "...Okay I've got a question, I paid for shipping label on 12 Oz product and box was 6x6x6. Said label cost was $4.84 and printed out packing slip. On packing slip it says ...