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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...

I now have the option to reject a return?

this evening a buyer raised a return because the pair of shoes "did not fit". they have had said shoes for just over 2 weeks since delivery and only now they are raising this claim, a tad annoying but as per eBay protocol I know i have to agree to th...

Ebay still killing off sales to the US

So this morning I was delighted to see the Blue Banner informing all US buyers that they will have to pay import duty if they purchase my items had gone. My joy was short lived however as when I checked the shipping details on each item this now appe...

Ridiculous Delivery Estimates - Again!!!

Item purchased Thursday 6th Nov for 2nd Class delivery. Despatched Friday 7th (earliest possible postal collection after payment received) . Delivery estimate given to customer was 8th (Saturday) to 10th (Monday). It's just not possible - so I have a...

Good till cancel cut off times?

Hi all I have a number of listings that are "good till cancelled", so does anyone know at what point do I need to end the listing before being charged a listing fee again? I ended a listing with around 8 hours to go, but was still charged! Any advice...

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...

Item specifics missing on create a listing when using Dark Reader

Hello--today when I'm creating listings with Dark Reader enabled non of the item specifics are filled in--the title is still there and also the item description. If I turn off dark reader the specifics come back--is anyone else having the same proble...

1st and 2nd Class Post - Payments on Hold for 31 Days

This is really taking the P... Apparently now if you send an item 1st or 2nd Class Post, no tracking, eBay will put the funds on hold for 31 days as it can't be shown as being delivered. They won't release the money even when the buyer has left you F...

Resolved! Ebay via YOULEND - anyone got any pros and cons

Hi All, I hope sales are good! Today we received a generous offer from eBay Capital that would be enough to rent a unit for a year. I believe that you pay a daily percentage of sales. The previous similar type of loans via P-pay were very straightfor...

Resell? What's the thinking behind this then?

Well! There I was, on my sniping account (private not business), happily combining and paying for a few purchases, when I noticed that when I leave feedback for some items (not all items interestingly), the top tab then turns to 'resell'. This doesn'...

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?

Royal mail 2nd class or crl 48 delivery delays, ebay not marking no tracked as dispatched

Anyone using royal mail 2nd class or crl 48 on account seeing longer delivers than usual over the past few weeks or even not at all. Getting quite a lot of Item not received claims Some taking as long as 7-10 days to be delivered and some not at all ...

Import/export complications.

It seems the EU make it hard to sell there by demanding a responsible person in the country you are sending to. They are also fussy about paperwork. I have had 2 items which were refused by receiving country for not having correct paperwork despite a...

Message from eBay - Intra-EU sales, 10k limit (depsite I'm way under)

I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable can help here, as I received an email regarding sales to Germany and the 10k limit for cross border EU sales. I've never listed on the German website, and my intra-EU sales for the entire year amount to about 1,0...

eBay "official" packaging supplier are the worst

how is it that this company is still the "official" packaging supplier of eBay? every month i get a measly £10 voucher as a "thanks" from eBay for having a shop subscription. the voucher barely covers the cheapest item from the packaging supplier and...

Promoted Listings Changes - You Must Be Joking, eBay

Email from eBay this morning. If I read it correctly, from 24th June, if you use promoted listings and ANYBODY clicks on the ad one time...if the item then sells to ANYBODY ELSE within the next 30 days, you get charged as if the first guy bought it.T...