topic Re: Fake website selling ebay items! in Seller Central

Fake website selling ebay items!

deverefineart — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:58:40 GMT

There is a fake website selling items they have copied from legitimate selling platforms (Vinterior, Chairish, 1stDibs and of course Ebay) for only 25% of their retail price. Checking this morning they have copied a number of my listings and many from other ebay sellers. It goes without saying that I have no agreement with them to offer my stock for sale, indeed I have never had any contact with them. I have reported them to 'Report Fraud' but that was two weeks ago and their website is still up; if more people who are affected report them it may carry some weight, or if ebays legal team would take it on, I'm sure they could find a solution.

It is worth checking to see if they have copied your listings, if they do 'sell' it to an unsuspecting customer, that customer might well beat a path to your door when they don't receive their goods!

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

str11p — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:37:01 GMT

I only had a quick look at the site.

"that customer might well beat a path to your door when they don't receive their goods!" - how would the customer know my/your contact details/address?

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

deverefineart — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:01:25 GMT

A quick reverse image search will take them to your / my original listing on ebay. If you are a business seller, then your physical address is shown in 'seller contact information' in the bar directly below the item description.

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

deverefineart — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:18:02 GMT

Ebay moderators have now removed the address of the fake website as, apparently, mentioning it breaches their rules. So if you want to find out if someone is offering your items on a scam website I would suggest an image search of the main photo in your listing.

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

str11p — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:19:56 GMT

It's possible, but my personal opinion is that most "customers" would then work out what had happened and the two weren't connected and then most of the rest would contact you via ebay from which you could explain.

Hopefully, no-one does arrive at anyone's door. Have you actually contacted ebay about it? What did they say?

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

deverefineart — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:29:57 GMT

I'm not sure why you are trying to minimise this issue, obviously it doesn't effect you, as you have no items for sale! Unless you are in some way connected to the fake website in question?

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

str11p — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:46:03 GMT

"Have you actually contacted ebay about it? What did they say?"

doesn't sound to me like minimalising it. If it does to you, apologies, that wasn't my intention.

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

4_bathrooms — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:22:49 GMT

@deverefineart wrote:
A quick reverse image search will take them to your / my original listing on ebay.

I somehow doubt someone daft enough to enter their card details into a dodgy website would have the wherewithal to perform a reverse image search. Even if they did and subsequently contacted me they would be told to take the matter up with the website they purchased from and/or to request a chargeback from their payment provider.

Can you post an item number that is affected?

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

deverefineart — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:33:46 GMT

Wow! I'm really surprised by the tacit support for the scam websites that is being expressed on here!

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

4_bathrooms — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:02:37 GMT

@deverefineart wrote:
Wow! I'm really surprised by the tacit support for the scam websites that is being expressed on here!

Without seeing the website I'm not convinced there is a scam; that's why I asked you to post an affected item number. I can then find the website myself without you breaking the board rules.

There's been previous threads started by paranoid posters about perfectly legitimate remarketing websites - I'd just like to check that isn't the case again.

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

jonatjonatjonat — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:29:15 GMT

It does look pretty dodgy.

I can't see any business details anywhere on the site and the meta title still states...

Auto Parts USA Online – OEM Parts, Aftermarket Parts, Performance Parts for Cars & Trucks

Re: Fake website selling ebay items!

4_bathrooms — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:06:49 GMT

I've found it now and yeah...it's dodgy. However, I doubt many buyers (if any) would ever find it - I Googled a few item titles and whilst the eBay, Vinted, Vinterior etc. listings would be returned this website was nowhere to be found. One of the titles for an unusual item even had a pipe character in it but I gave up after looking through the third page of Google for it.

Anyway, reported to the domain registrar, WordPress, the Google Safe Browsing Portal and the NCSC.