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Global Shipping Programme Costs charging US customers extreme posting charge - Other Alternatives?

Hi, not sure if anyone is able to help - we have been sending parcels to the US for a while now using The Global Shipping Programme, and as of recently we have had many customers telling us the cost to ship is calculating over $350. Never had this pr...

Rise in INR claims. Buyers are delusional.

Almost every day I am receiving new Item Not Received cases from buyers. Do they live in cloud cuckoo land? I have had several this week where buyers have placed their order on 30th or 31st December and have been opening INRs since 3rd January! It do...

You tube promoting. The intro

After another week of getting more sales from my you-tube videos, today`s tip for those who are starting this FREE advertising , here is my take on the all important intro. Lets say for example you sell Lego sets and do demo set ups How NOT to do an ...

Is eBay a place TO SELL OR NOT any LONGER? Is it dead / dying?

Does anyone else feel the same? Is eBay no longer a platform for sellers? During my years of selling on eBay, I've noticed declining traffic. The traffic and sales were so much better previously Is it the algorithm that is messing up people's busines...

ALL SELLERS USING GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM READ THIS - Unauthorised setting changes

I am a UK seller and have just found out for second time in 2 months ALL my postage policies have been changed WITHOUT my knowledge from GSP enabled to GSP not enabled. Luckily I only have 25 policies so I have just re-enabled them. I have reported t...

Resolved! Are these calculations correct?

Looking at changing my account to a business seller. Just trying to work out with fee’s etc whether it is worth it or not. I have added a picture of the fees below, are these correct? Is the 20% VAT not 20% of the selling price? So if it sells for £4...

AUTOMATED 'BEST OFFERS'

Seems eBay is now doing 'automated offers' for us - yesterday I found 88 on one account.Tried to remove them, eBays advice re bulk edit doesn't work - the tabs mentions aren't there. Took nearly two hours to remove 25 manually. Didn't want to end the...

Royal Mail have stopped free collections from home.

I haven’t been doing my postage today for items sold over the weekend and notice that Royal Mail have very sneakily introduced a charge of 30p per parcel for a home collection. Has anyone else noticed this. I must have had my head under a rock for a ...

Resolved! How Can A Seller With 150 SALES GET A PROMOTED COUPON FOR PURCHASE?

How Can A Seller With only 50 sales get a promoted coupon for purchases very unfair processes, eBay who might as well promote a banned seller?. stooping low here is a clear understatement.

Resolved! My local drop off won't accept parcels larger than a shoebox.

My local Yodel drop off point has said they will not take any parcels larger than a shoebox as they are "just a convenience store". They are the only local Yodel point. Is this normal? Are there "large" and "small" designated Yodel dropoffs? thanksA

Some RM postage via eBay not loading tracking numbers

I've noticed a couple of my recent sales where I've bought RM postage via eBay and the tracking numbers haven't been added to eBay like they normally do. I've found the numbers via a reprinting labels link. One of them had already been tracked delive...

Final selling fees on 99p items

Because private sellers have help with fees why cant business sellers have help especially when only an item sells for 99p, which I add, ebay recommend starting at. This is all very well, but by the time fees have been taken, we are practically makin...

Return requests increasing

Just wondering if any other clothing resellers have noticed their returns are up . I put plenty of measurements on the listing etc but there has been a significant uptick in returns over the past 3 weeks . may just be one of those things or do others...

Business Policies - Postage Keeps Changing

This last week eBay keeps creating new postage policies and no amount of trying to delete them is working. I basically have two main postage policies, one for free postage and one for items where I charge postage. My listings are now in around 7 diff...

Resolved! "10p Per Order Fees For Sales up to £10 in Selected Categories" not applying

I've recently been on to support about eBay's "10p Per Order Fees For Sales up to £10 in Selected Categories" not applying on my sales within the 'Collectables' category. I'm currently being charged 0.25p fixed (down from 0.30p because of my shop tie...