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...
buyer had wrong address, they updated it then re bought item and now refused delivery
Hi guys, I have a buyer who bought a medium sized parcel item and then messaged me saying their address is wrong and to send it to a different address. They stated that the parcel will be too large for them to carry from their work. I messaged to say...
INR case opened and issue refund within 20 minutes!
Is there some new rules with eBay cases? I've just had a buyer open a case and while I'm looking at the tracking etc I get another message saying they have closed the case with a refund to the buyer. This all happened in about 20 minutes. How was I s...
Sales Downfall in March 2024
I wonder if anyone else noticed a sudden downfall in sales. Sales are non existent in March however January and February were reasonabley good months. Please share your thoughts!
Resolved! A Bitter Rant about the 4% extra Final Value Fee
After 23 years on eBay I have just incurred the 4% Extra FVF on my products. Which take me below break even on some items. For Very High “Item not as described” or "Defective" rating. The problem seems to be that buyers think that the Title is the de...
Resolved! No VAT shown on invoices - now just packing slips
Hi all,I just wondered if anyone else is having the same issue; when we print our 'invoices' on the seller hub, it now only produces 'packing slips'. We can't find a way of producing an 'invoice' to include the VAT amount for the customer.As we state...
ZERO FEEDBACK
I've just had an offer from a zero feedback buyer who has made a fair offer on a high value item. Got me thinking. Of course we have the argument for - everyone has to start somewhere and its very feasible that a new buyer is coming to eBay searching...
Where are the customers?
Hi all, I am looking for answers with regards to business sells since Christmas Eve please. I have no sales since Christmas Eve and I'm beginning to wonder what I am doing wrong or maybe others are experiencing the same? I have also noticed that many...
POOR SALES = MORE BUYERS NO LONGER USING EBAY?
So I managed to find some info on yesterday's eBay 2021 Q4 Results. It came as no suprise to me - after seeing my own declining site sales last year - that again for the third consecutive quarter that the "Number of Active Ebay Buyers" has fallen dow...
No sales
What is going on at eBay? No sales, no offers no response to offers, last sale 15 hours ago and counting. I sell worldwide, all listings promoted, TRS, eBay premium service, fast and free, NO SALES. Everything's collapsed since mid march/early April....
HMRC - Meaning of trade
Internal business income manual - updated May 2024 Interesting reading for those unsure of How HMRC class you as trading
Israel Post Tracking not Possible
I have always sent a fair number of orders to Israel via Royal Mail and delivery has always proved to be safe and reliable. Sometimes there are delays and by simply tracking the package directly on the Israel Post website brings up some detailed info...
Help as a new business!
Hi everyone So I only opened my store about 5 days ago and I only have 6 items listed at this point - I have about another 40 items to list. The reason why I havent listed any more so far is becasue already I dont know if being here is even worth my ...
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...
Goodbye ebay
After launching ebay business in 2011 it's time to go. 13 years, sometimes it was good. Mostly it wasn't. Ebay has become unprofitable. Taxes or fees on everything.. I can't make money. Add to that Royal Mail increasing prices far too regularly. I di...
eBay Search
Morning all, hope you are all well. Like many others we come to these boards to find solutions to our problems and/or offer insights to eBay and other users - you know the way a forum should work. In the last 12 months or so we have been hit as selle...
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