Seller News: August 2025
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US tariffs reminder and Royal Mail shipping changes
We understand that ongoing changes regarding US tariffs may have brought uncertainty, especially for those of you who frequently sell into the US market. We’re committed to supporting you through these changes. What’s happening? The US de minimis exe...
Join us at eBay Open UK 2025!
We are excited to announce the return of eBay Open UK, our annual event crafted for experienced sellers looking to elevate their business. This year, we're gathering at the iconic NEC (National Exhibition Centre) in Birmingham for a day filled with n...
How to handle customs charge when sending to USA
I've read up from searching the forum and looking through these links pasted below, but still not quite sure what happens regarding the customs fee.I'd have to buy a label from Royal Mail's site, and now they're requiring me to also pay a customs fee...
Removal of feedback ratings
An item returned by a buyer was lost in the post, so ebay paid out a full refund. My associated held funds were released and an email from ebay included 'Your seller performance level won’t be affected, and any Feedback left for the transaction will ...
Goods price EU sales
HelloI am having an issue with eBay over goods price calculation on EU orders .Sell quite a bit to Germany.Some sales, not all.Example: Sold two items to a buyer in Germany listed at £33.00 each (£27.50 plus VAT at 20%) no quantity discount, £66.00 i...
Hmrc reporting January 2025
Are we all ready for the avalanche of activity that this will bring next month on the forums.Seems Ebay's wording at the beginning of the year on there announcement that only newly registered accounts 2024 and the rest 2025 was correct. Can't believe...
RM price increases 6th October 2025
Not too bad for the services I use, 5 to 15p increases.Even less reason to use 2ndSP over T48SP now, only 5p difference.T48LL up 5p but now covers up to 1kg.Tracked compensation reduced to £75 though.Our online prices (valid from 6 October 2025) I ge...
Fees for business sellers
Realistically do we think eBay will ever reduce fees for business sellers in line with private seller fees. Including adding free listings and therefore making the shop fees redundant?
Click & Drop IOSS Mark Missing from Labels
I have just had a German customer complaining that he had to pay tax, duties and a handling charge to get his order delivered. I have checked and eBay have charged him the VAT at the checkout via IOSS. Upon checking the RM shipping label the IOSS mar...
Travelling back in time to deliver parcels!
So yet again we have the issue where E-bay quote dates in the past for delivery. I set Thu and Fri as none post days this week to go visit family. Came back to see all my orders have this on dispatch/delivery times: Dispatch by 15 Sep at 11.59pm BSTM...
DPD Next Day delivery estimates!?
How the hell does this work then...? DPD Next Day showing up as Wed/Thur but Royal Mail Tracked 24 showing up as Tue / Wed? Settings set to dispatch same day before 15:00, so that's all okay... DPD Next Day should be showing an estimate of Tuesday. S...
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...
ebay changing shipping to freight even when royal mail was selected
i have had it 3 times now in the last weeks where on larger items i have selected royal mail 2 nd class as shipping cost 7 £ - these are items weighing in the range of 10 kilo . however to the buyer it shows freight shipping contact buyer ? i had ano...
Has Ebay has killed the UK antiques market to the US ?
I am sure you will all agree that antiques and collectables that are over 100 years ago form a massive part of sales on ebay from the UK to the US.Since the introduction of tariffs we have seen a massive decline in sales of our antique photographs to...
eBay sales dropped off a cliff
Have any other eBay seller sales dropped recently mine was not bad but now I'm lucky to get 1 sale a day and it's not the economy i sell more on Facebook than on here and without running prom ads on fb eBay dev needs to stop playing with the search a...
Advise re MTD
I fall into the new MTD 2025-26 - Watched the HMRC Webinar and all good. Im a small business proprietor so never used an accountant in 25yrs of being Self employed so please do reply with "speak to an accountant" I use a basic cash basis reporting So...
Ebay staff are sending me offensive messages. This is causing me great distress. How can I stop them
I listed 2 suspender belts with bras for sale. As you know, suspender belts are worn on the waist. But Ebay staff repeatedly remove my listings, saying they're offensive and violating their policies. Their messages say that the waist belts are next t...
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