Your February 2024 Seller Update
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Royal Mail: updated delivery restrictions & packaging requirements for bladed items
Royal Mail has added delivery restrictions and packaging requirements to bladed items and sharp or pointed objects which will be in force from 7 May 2024. If you are posting bladed items such as cutlery knives that you have sold on eBay via Royal Mai...
Resolved! Questions about Turnover & £1k Tax-free allowance ?
Hello all since Januray 2024 i have been trying to understand the meaning of ' turnover ' in tax so for an example let's say i listed & sold an item for £10 (that being the sold price before a payout is sent out) and as for the payout i get about £8....
Vinted have updated their T & C's with regard to HMRC
Sent under cover of an email 22nd April: "2.8.3.To report your earnings and taxpayer informationIf you reach a certain amount of sales or earnings, we are obliged to collect and report your earnings and taxpayer information to HM Revenue & Customs (H...
It's 2024 and buyers are still getting away with not paying for items!
It's 2024 and buyers are still going unpunished for not paying for items. I thought eBay were introducing measures to curb this? When I make an offer for something it immediately asks me what payment option i'd like to use but this doesn't seem to be...
No Sales For Over a Week
I have quite a few items for sale and always used to get the "80% Off FVF" promotion up until about a few weeks back, when the "100% Off FVF" was offered to Private Sellers. I didn't sell a great deal before the "100% Off" promo started (maybe 2-3 it...
Why am I getting pressured to change from private seller to buisness
I am disabled, I sell on average less than ten items a month. No set particular item as most surplus to my requirements or I have bought and decided to sell on for a small profit ie a second hand item etc.I haven't had any issues since I came to ebay...
1000000000 monthly limit. Private sellers. £1,017,774,560.66 monthly limit. Why?
Ebay have removed the selling limit from my account: But, you can still list or sell up to 999999925 items more to reach your 1000000000 monthly limit. Or you can list or sell up to £1,017,762,021.81 more to reach your £1,017,774,560.66 monthly limit...
Resolved! I've reached 29 items so far this year
Alas, I've reached my limit before HMRC come knocking. It's been fun. I will be back on 1 January 2025. Enjoy.
Coincidence?
I sold an item, in pristine condition just after Christmas. The buyer requested a refund through EBay stating numerous faults. He returned it and surprise surprise it was perfect. I was a bit annoyed as all he had to do was message me saying he didn'...
Items from Thailand
Can I sell items listed on my eBay UK shop and ship them from Thailand
Resolved! Massive drop in sales
We sell on both the main platforms and mostly they would be level in terms of sales , until a couple of months ago , when ebay sales just fell off a cliff , I had to check that our listings were still there . Has anything bizarre happened ? Anyone el...
I bought an MDM locked Macbook- what can I do?
Back in December I bouught a Macbook Pro. It seemed absolutely fine but when I decided to sell it on as the memory wasn't as big as I felt I needed, I tried to clear the macbook only to discover that it was MDM locked. I read that uninstalling the OS...
Yet another fee
Regulatory operating feeFrom 8 April 2024, we’re introducing a new regulatory operating fee that will apply to all sales from listings on the following sites: UK, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland. ...
If I don't use an FVF discount offer will I lose subsequent ones?
I'm away next week so don't want to list anything. I've just had a final value fee discount offer from ebay. If I don't use it, will they stop sending me offers in future?
Resolved! Feels like someone just switched off the sales
Gone from £300-500 a week to nothing. I can see where i'm losing out and it's frustrating. Chinese sellers pretending to be in the UK offering same products as me with 75% off and ebay refuses to do anything
Resolved! eBay GSP cost from UK to US is insane
I use eBay GSP for my international sales. Had a few customers from the US asking if the shipping costs were correct. Item is a small electronic PCB - 100g in weight and cost around £12 with free local (UK) shipping. eBay GSP want $200 for shipping. ...
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