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Need help or want to share feedback about the eBay Android and iOS mobile apps? This is the place to...

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Report eBay Technical Issues

If you experience a technical issue on eBay, we want to know. Share your experience here.

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why is ebay adding the sales tax to the seller's income from sale. Sellers never receive sales tax

I couldn't believe my eyes, but apparently Ebay is charging the seller to include the sales tax to the amount received, we don't receive any sales tax from customers, and when they get their 12% which already way too high, but this is downright theft...

Sales down

My sales are significantly down suddenly. I am just a small seller, usually 2-10 items a day. Now I’m down to going days without a sale. My sales had been steady for months. I have not done anything differently. I understand the Christmas rush as I h...

ebay store traffic

How is eBay traffic calculated?How does eBay attract traffic to sellers’ promotions and advertising links? How does eBay transform and appear in front of buyers after sellers do these activities?How to get eBay’s natural traffic? I am confused......

Not getting full refund

ORDER NO 10-11-397-26528This is to inform you that I ordered the lap top totaling LKR 319,709/52 and was debited same from my account on 04/04/2024 but the seller cancelled the order after the payment and my account was credited a sum of LKR 319,709/...

is it okay to sell videos ( normal videos not adult content ) on eBay?

is it okay to sell videos on eBay?to list a video thumbnail and describe video content and post listing for let's say $1 or $2?when someone buys it i have the video uploaded to a unique link to download it i send them link through eBay messages same ...

People in this community WILL buy from you just leave you bad feedback. This board is a farce.

You could easily argue some of these “not formally employed by eBay” members are compensated by ebay indirectly and that ebay condones it. In one case it “only” took me three months to get bad feedback removed on a fraudulent purchase that included t...

Resolved! Ebay charging 20+% fees for sales?

I was recently running some numbers on my latest sales on Ebay, and I realized that as of January 2024 I'm consistently being charged ~20% fees for every item I sell. I deducted the standard $0.30 per sale from the transactions and ran a percentage o...

Does eBay withhold shipping fee from new seller

hello I am a new seller. I am wanting to ship A somewhat large item that is estimated to cost around $50 to ship. I was just curious do they withhold that money that is used to ship the item out and if they do does that money have to come out of your...

How to get Positive feedback with negative comments removed

Is there actually any way to call ebay anymore as I cant see a way to get a negative feedback which was posted as a positive removed. Im a buyer and it seems there is no way to do this following the online steps.

For Community Team-- Product Reviews/Feedback Question

devon@ebay Yesterday, on the ebay for business podcast, Griff stated that an announcement would be posted today about the new "product review" feature that is gradually rolling out. So far, I haven't seen the Announcement. Has ebay decided not to rol...

Over charged for shipping

Saw a listing for a item that was accepting offers, with a listed shipping cost , I put in a offer and it was accepted. When I saw the invoice from paypal the shipping cost was more than the listing. No one at ebay is helpful and seller says it's not...

feedback policy change proposal

As a long time, consistently excellent buying customer on eBay but never a seller, my biggest complaint revolves around sellers who do not reciprocate the positive feedback that they receive from a buyer. I have read many posts regarding this, most o...

Resolved! How does a seller with 4 negative feedback still have 100% positive feedback rating?

Just curious if anyone can explain how a seller with 4 negative feedbacks can still have a 100% positive feedback rating? I spoke with eBay concierge and they had no answers and stated they would look into it. Can anyone else make any sense out of th...

IPR?

I just noticed that my listings no longer disclose to the buyer that immediate payment is required. All of my listings are IPR. Did ebay remove that statement in the payment section of our listings?

Report an Item Missing - Feature is Broken

I have an item that is late, and the tracking hasn't been updated for several days. It was "out for delivery" five days ago, no update since. Classic lost package. So I clicked the link beside the item that says "More Actions" and the the link that s...