UK Seller News: April 2025
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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...
Confirmation that large letter is excluded from Simple Delivery
Asked the question in today's weekly chat and received the following reply:
is e bay damaged beyond repair
question.... is e bay damaged beyond repair ?a lot of buyers and sellers both private and business have abandoned e bay some giving up selling some have gone to vinted which is now flooded with former e bayers and some like myself have a foot in both...
Marking a cash sale as paid isn't working
Yesterday, I sold an item for collection in person and took cash payment. I now want to mark it as payment received but it's not working. I know how I am supposed to this. I selected the relevant item under "Manage orders awaiting payment", clicked o...
4% fee needs to be recalculated more like 80% for low value items
Heres the real numbers regarding the private sellers fee also know as "buyers protection" for low value sales. If you list an item for £1 = 76% mark up If you list an item for £2 = 40% mark up If you list an item for £5 = 23% mark up If you list an i...
its not free to sell - false advertising and needs to be taken down.
"It’s now free to sell. What you earn, you keep. We removed fees for private sellers in all categories," Once you sell and item there is a fee applied. Its called a "Buyers Fee". We removed fees for private sellers means, there will be no fees for pr...
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.
A 'Petition'
In one particular thread about 'Simple Delivery' which I've been active in over the past few days, the suggestion has been made that someone - ie., me, an eBay member of 25 years - should start a petition.With seemingly thousands of posts in numerous...
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...
Positive Feedback Received Should Dictate To Ebay That Item HAS Been Delivered, BUT... Funds Held
Hi, I sold an item on Ebay just 5 days ago which was only £20.00 + the £1.52 New Buyer Protection Fee to a UK buyer, and I posted it by Royal Mail using the Post Office counter service and paid £3.75 Postage costs out of my Own money, since I offer F...
Last minute bidders question
Ive tried dummy run listings & so far i can still list an item weighing well under 100gm in the doll clothes category with a starting bid of £6.00 with custom delivery.My buyers are usually repeat ones & often pay lightening fast,What happens if i ge...
DROP IN SALES SINCE NEW BUYER PROTECTION 4TH FEB 2025
Has anyone else noticed lack of sales since the buyer protection update 4th february 2025. I used to sell quite a lot and virtually sold nothing since 4th Feb. Can anyone else relate to this and what can we do?
Why are buyers being forced to pay 79p to "protect" a 99p item from private selllers?
Why are buyers being forced to pay 79p to "protect" a 99p item from private selllers?Simple question.My answer is that it makes no sense other than it's a greedy cash grab for eBay. Also, how many items will now go to landfill rather than going to a ...
CUSTOM POSTING QUERY
Why can’t I list an item (vintage postcard) under custom postage so I can arrange own first class letter posting with local post office ? It is letter size and well under 100g.I get a pop up saying I need to select delivery service !! Any help / repl...
Simple Delivery...Low cost items exempt ..... this is what CS say
Thank you for contacting us here at eBay Customer Service regarding our Simple delivery. I understand that you have been notified about this service and you would like to know if low priced items are exempted and what can be considered as low-priced ...
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