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selling as a business on Ebay

Why have my sales flatlined on Ebay? I have repeatedly tried to contact Ebay via phone for some direct answers as to what the hell is going on, but can't get to talk to anybody. We used to sell around 4K - 6K per month, but now a struggle to sell ove...

Title: eBay Is an Absolute Embarrassment — Run by Greedy, Out-of-Touch Dinosaurs

eBay is hands down the worst selling platform on the internet today. It’s a bloated, broken system run by corporate parasites who haven’t evolved in over a decade. They don’t give a single damn about sellers — especially resellers — the very people w...

NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.

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Resolved! Simple Delivery postage rates keep changing, again

Each day as I relist items SD postal charges are changing - most of my sales are bundles of books, most between 1 and 2kg in weight - so can anyone tell me why I'll relist one day and the rate is £3.44 for up to 2kg and the next the rate is £5.15 (wh...

Loosing sales as i can not combine postage

Yes, when a buyer buys multiple items of offers i have sent them, they have to pay postage for each one, crazy, i can not combine postage and they can not combine.I say i will refund the excess but a lot of buyers have trust issues and will not proce...

Resolved! Buyer Protection

Just noticed all my items listed this week Ebay have increased my starting price by 75p+ 4% this will impact on my sales as some items are listed low to sell. If Ebay want to get Buyer Protection from the Buyer they should add it at checkout so not t...

Resolved! Uncertain of new buyer

I have listed an expensive camcorder and have received and offer from a new buyer who became a member on the same day the offer was made, buyer has zero feed back. Buyer profile says they live in Australia but want to provide a UK shipping address. A...

Resolved! Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING

OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...

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Simple delivery - how do I compete?

I'm relatively new to selling on ebay, and when I tried to revise one of my listings to change the description, I was informed about the dreaded "simple delivery..." I currently sell several items with highly competitive prices, and the margins are v...

Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

Buyer wants to return item

Received message from EBay that Buyer wants to return Sandals he purchased from me for the following reason:Return reason: Doesn't fitComments: Great sandals but rubbed the skin off my ankle bone just walking around the house. Straps are thicker/high...

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