Seller News: August 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
Join us at eBay Open UK 2025!
We are excited to announce the return of eBay Open UK, our annual event crafted for experienced sellers looking to elevate their business. This year, we're gathering at the iconic NEC (National Exhibition Centre) in Birmingham for a day filled with n...
Postage policy excluded everyone except UK, but South Korean has bought item!
The way the buyer has got round the policy is by having a mailing address at a shipping agent in the UK. Can the sale be cancelled? I have my concerns, because the items was sold as potentially faulty, that this is going to end up with a full refund ...
Recieved unfair negative feecback
I recieved negative feedback unfairly ,buyer did not reach out at all ,the item was pristine when it left and posted .The buyer refuses to return ,he’s demanding I give money to charity and he keeps the item .Now this feedback is affecting my sales.T...
UK Only search not working
over the past couple of days, when selecting ‘UK only’ and searching for listings on the app, it will automatically display and suggest listings from other countries (i assume for lower volume search results). seemingly with no way to disable it. ver...
eBay sales dropped off a cliff
Have any other eBay seller sales dropped recently mine was not bad but now I'm lucky to get 1 sale a day and it's not the economy i sell more on Facebook than on here and without running prom ads on fb eBay dev needs to stop playing with the search a...
"Required item specifics" are all blank
I just went to change a few prices and have noticed that most of my items have the required item specifics blank. It has done this before in the past and I don't want to waste a whole load of time checking them all again. Has anyone else noticed this...
Verifymyage Ripp off supported by ebay
Could anyone explain why we have to pay verifymyage £0.54 on every transaction that you need to be 18 for .Even if the customer is already aged verified .Why are we recharged this fee when a buyer is already aged verified it makes no sense at all com...
Resolved! Re: US import tarrifs.
The new US import tariffs come into force on 29th August but I can't get my head around why I, as the seller, am responsible for paying the duties before the item is posted. For other international orders ebay collect any duties at the point of sale ...
Royal Mail have stopped free collections from home.
I haven’t been doing my postage today for items sold over the weekend and notice that Royal Mail have very sneakily introduced a charge of 30p per parcel for a home collection. Has anyone else noticed this. I must have had my head under a rock for a ...
Royal Mail Changes to Second Class Delivery 28th July 2025
Has there been any information from eBay re RM changes from today in that Second Class deliveries will now be every alternate day and no Saturday deliveries. I cannot see any announcements and hope they are going to change the Estimated Delivery Date...
Going on holiday. Is it better to close shop or extend dispatch time to 2 weeks?
When going on holiday previously I have tried closing my shop for 2 weeks but noticed that it took a while to recover once re opened. I have also tried putting my shop on holiday mode whereby buyers can still make purchases but there is a message fro...
Promoted Listings Changes - You Must Be Joking, eBay
Email from eBay this morning. If I read it correctly, from 24th June, if you use promoted listings and ANYBODY clicks on the ad one time...if the item then sells to ANYBODY ELSE within the next 30 days, you get charged as if the first guy bought it.T...
Resolved! How many sellers are closing their shops or running down their account in 2024?
We have been a seller on here over a couple of our accounts for many years now. Over this time we have seen a reduction in sales from a max of £13k pcm to £60 pcm. We have been through mass seller culls, more and more control over the seller/buyer re...
Buyers on eBay are not leaving feedback for purchased items?
Hi Everyone,Earlier on I checked my sales and feedback and I cannot understand why buyers are not leaving feedback for my purchased items, I even have repeat buyers not leaving feedback as well, I have not had any buyers contacting me with any issues...
EBay official packaging
Every month I get a £10 voucher from eBay to purchase official packaging. I have for the last two times purchased the eBay postal bags. The bags are grouped together in 50’s however one of the bags is then used to bag up the other 49 and sealed, mean...
HELP PLEASE re Fee differences of Business Account v Private Account
Hello all,I am getting old in the tooth now, nearly 67.I have tried to understand eBays Fees but I am still a bit confused.I simply want to know if I sold an item for £10 on a business account without a shop, and forgetting postagehow much would I ac...
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