Seller News: October 2025
Read the latest updates to streamline your selling experience.
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Up & Running Grants: apply now for the chance to receive £10,000 to fuel your business growth
We’re excited to announce that for the very first time, Up & Running Grants are launching in the UK - giving 25 eBay business sellers the chance to take their business to the next level. Each successful applicant will receive: £10,000 cash grant to i...
Where has the 'offers sending automatically' filter gone?
Hello. I dabbled with sending offers automatically, but have recently sold an item more cheaply than I would have liked. I can only think I listed a new item, by sell-similaring from an item that had the auto accept applied, without realising the sam...
Is Upgrading to a Business Account Really Worth It?
Is Upgrading to a Business Account Really Worth It?I'm planning to start selling on eBay and am considering subscribing to a store plan. However, I want to make sure I fully understand the differences before making a decision.From what I understand:P...
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...
Buyer demanding refund for late delivery then none delivery
Hi everyone, I could really do with some help here with a buyer that's being an absolute nightmare. I sold an item last Saturday and the buyer paid late in the evening, I had my listing set to dispatch time for three days. The item in question was fr...
Sales have dropped last 10 days - I cant figure out why and am I alone?
Hi everyone,I’m a relatively new seller with a general store on eBay. Since last Friday, my daily and weekly sales have dropped quite drastically. Traffic and impressions are down a little, but not by much. People are still viewing my listings—just n...
No impressions or views reported for today Thursday 23rd October!
In fact the column where today's results should be is just not there! Yesterday's was there but not today's.Is anyone else seeing (or not seeing!) this ? Sales are pretty dire too.
Royal Mail OBA Charging for Bogus 'Unreadable Barcode / Label Incorrectly Applied' Surcharges
Starting from January 2025 we started seeing charges on our each and every invoice from Royalmail C&D. Raised this with Royalmail finance several times and been informed machine cannot read my barcodes. We replaced our printer and started putting lab...
GPSR Compliance
This is as clear as mud to me. Been to the gov. advice website and various others.How does a 1972 poster fit in to this process?It's not an exempt category. Advise buyers this item is for viewing only ? My initial reaction, sadly, to to switch EU and...
Click and Drop RM24 tracking/delivery Confirmation numbers not uploading to eBay
Is anyone else having an issue with the delivery confirmation numbers not uploading to eBay automatically from click and drop? We use RM24 (not tracked) that gets delivery confirmation once the postie scans it upon delivery (well most of the time). T...
More eBay Ads Weirdness!
This impressions chart shows that from the 7th when I accepted eBays promoted shop ads offer and activated it, traffic dropped by 50+ percent and when I paused the campaign you see traffic for the last 24 hours return to normal. Now this isn't a new ...
Why is the buyer username at the bottom of the packing slip address?
This has happened overnight, is it a glitch? I hope it's fixed soon as I don't want another reason for Royal Mail to lose an order. If anyone from eBay is listening, please remove this now! David _ _ _ 44 _ _ _ rd F_ _ _C_ _ _ T_ _ _ _ United Kingdom...
UK VAT Threshold - Account Restricted for 7 days now after submitting VAT No.
Good Morning I have had the same issue with UK VAT registration as others here, I understand that HMRC has made marketplaces like ebay liable for relevant taxes so I do appreciate why eBay have implemented this draconian system for managing this. My ...
Postage Settings incorrect!
Hi All So all my listings are set on a 3 day courier service, however Ebay are showing a 1-2 Day delivery on all my listings! which means all my items are arriving later than what Ebay are estimating. Is it just me or are others having the same probl...
New Payout Rules for Business Accounts
I have business account and Ebay in their infinite wisdom, have changed the way I'm paid out to 3 days after delivery has been confirmed. Apparently this is being rolled out to everyone via email. Anyone else experienced this?
Wrote to small business commissioner regarding eBay’s so called new 30 day payout holds
I have wrote and complained to the small business commissioner regarding eBay’s so called new 30 day payout holds for untracked items. Considering eBay has signed up to their 10 point fair payments pledge I am aware they break virtually everyone of t...
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