Seller Update: January 2025
We’re kicking off 2025 with some important enhancements and updates.
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Buyer Protection, Pokémon Day, VAT invoices & other launches landing this February
As we wave goodbye to January, I wanted to update you on exciting changes coming in February.
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Forum Posts
Update regarding “Urgent - VAT action” email
On 17-19 February, some sellers received an email asking them to update their UK Value Added Tax (VAT) registration on eBay or potentially be restricted from selling. This email was sent in error. Rest assured, this does not affect your ability to se...
Ebay's new Buyers' protection fee from the 4th Feb
I'm a private seller. Items I sell are between £2.90 - £10. Is It just me or will ebay's new Buyers' protection fee from the 4th Feb make it near impossible to sell competitively. A few months ago Ebay got rid of Sellers' fees for private sellers, wh...
Sudden low performance and barely any views, after 20 years use (private seller).
I am no longer able to sell under my private sellers account. This one im posting under is not my main account. One of my listings (shown) has no views after a week. How is this possible? I have never known this in 20 years of using eBay under our v...
Inpost
I would like to sell on ebay, however i would like to use inpost lockers, but I can’t even select it when picking a posting option, does anyone know how to do this?
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...
Resolved! Item not as described scam
Hi I have a theoretical questionIf I were to sell something and in the listing I stated that I didn't accept returns(I didn't notice this at the time) and somebody has bought the item. What happens if they falsely claim the item is not right? I'm wor...
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...
"custom postage", I cannot find it on my listing page, what the hell is going on?
Cannot find "custom postage" on my listing site, any ideas?
Bladed items
Think Ebay are just annoying members now for the sake of it. Bearing in mind I don't list bladed items! I have just received an email from Ebay, posted part of it below:Since you’re listing bladed items on ebay, we’re writing to let you know about so...
I Rejoined and Quit Again within a Month
Well i reopened my Ebay store on the 19th Feb this year after checking my Ebay fees were 72% of my sales i have now closed my Ebay store again EARLY ! and come to the realisation i did when i closed my store down last year , Its not worth the hassle ...
How to Remove Auto Relisting on eBay?
We want to remove Auto Relisting the unsold items, and choose relisting ourselves later. But now eBay just auto relist everything all the time. So we have no choice but auto relist everything which were not sold. There were option menu to remove Auto...
where is my money? why am i still waiting 56 hours after tracked delivery
why am i still waiting for my bloody money 56 hours after delivery? i though tit was 48 hours. this is pathetic.
Resolved! Send Combined Invoices box has disappeared and replaced by 'cancel order'
How do i get round this problem.
Resolved! Unable to send Invoice or Combine Postage
So usually when I sell multiple items to a buyer I send them an invoice and adjust the postage accordingly - there is no such option there at the moment - there is a link to combine items so I click on that and then try and collate them there and get...
Ebay business school
I was so right! Last year I asked what business school ebay went to as the reduced listings would impact on on my private selling account. Sales have been down by one third since. I have used up all my free listings and now will not be able to relist...
R.I.P eBay (UK) ------>> 19th Feb 2025
The introduction of the eBay Buyer Protection fee of 75p plus 4% of the value of goods, effective from 19th February 2025 has effectively killed off eBay (UK). Buyers have walked away and Private Sellers are now forced to drastically reduce their pri...
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