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...
Font confusion
A while back I sent an item out which didnt arrive.I spotted later the post code had a letter I in it.Is this an eye or an ell ?Ebays font causes confusion. So now I am changing the I to a different font which has top and bottom bars on the I to stop...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Charge for accrued selling costs
I've had a £72 Charge for accrued selling costs appear on my latest fortnightly payout statement. This is a one off amount on top of the normal FVFs etc. I haven't had anything like this appear before & I was wondering if anyone else had similar or k...
Postage and delivery options disappeared from listings when editing, cannot add on new listings
Good afternoon I've posted this on IT issues, but had no response. Are there any other business sellers that when they go to revise their listings and go to the postage section it has disappeared and just says DELIVERY in bold black writing? I have t...
Shipping to US royal mail DDP
US sales represent around 15% of my cross platform business. So I've started an experimental ship to US before peek trial.I'm a royal mail account customer and on Thursday they introduced their Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) service. Its billed as invoicin...
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...
seller account at risk for not providing tracking ?
has any one else had this pop up ? i had the message today and i can't see an answer why i am being put up against the wall for this . i know its only 10 p more with royal mail but with some buyers being stingy and not being bothered if its tracked o...
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