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...
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...
Postal courier indicated late delivery Posted after dispatch time IT'S A TOTAL FARCE
I post my parcels in large grey sacks and drop them off at the Royal mail sorting office, Monday to Friday.When items are delivered past the 3 day delivery estimate, ebay is supposed to consider the date it was scanned occuring within the dispatch ti...
US Tariffs and State Tax - A California sale
Have received a US order and the customer is in California, I dont know what states have their own import tax but know some do. Ebay have collected a 'Sales Tax' on this order and taken the tax at point of sale. So the packing slip states 'in accorda...
Traffic stats not updating?
Has anyone else noticed the traffic stats haven't updated today? Mine has been stuck on 3 views all day. I know it's slow lately but this must surely just be another JT issue.
SAVED DATA HAVING TO BE RE-ENTERED WHEN AMMENDING LIVE LISTINGS?
Hi AllHas anyone else noticed an ongoing issue when updating live listings?I am talking about the BOOKS category but could be wide reaching. Previously when updating a live listing to for instance change a price, or quantity the title, author, langua...
Simple Delivery Labels are not refunded if not used.
People may not know this, if your item sold and listed with the simple delivery option. You can not make any changes to the Postal service or change the time from 48 to 24 or even try to see the buyers address. Not possible!The only way is to Cancel ...
Still no sales on Ebay.
The season has changed, the weather has changed, and everyone has been paid. We are top rated, with 100% feedback, yet still no sales on ebay. If we could actually get rid of our stock we would close today. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark...
No sales suddenly?
Hi, I have had fairly consistent sales in the few months I have been on and all listings are sponsored, I am running a sale and have coupons on the go and do a monthly newsletter to buyer groups. I have been delisting and relisting listings with impr...
Resolved! Listing Views All Set To 0 Views Today
I was checking my active listings today on my smartphone and noticed that they were all showing 0 views even those yesterday that had been showing 11 views etc. The number of watchers does not seem to have been impacted on the lisitngs. Does anyone k...
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 ...
£21 million
£21 millionRoyal Mail has been fined £21 million by Ofcom for failing to meet its delivery targets in the 2024/25 financial year. The postal service delivered only 77% of First Class mail and 92.5% of Second Class mail on time, which is below the tar...
Post office closures
I live in a rural area 10 miles away from a large town. My village post office which was only open part time is closing altogether as is the one in the next village. So I will now need to drive 10 miles and pay for parking if I want to post royalties...
Resolved! New warning "Your listing is successful but there's a problem with your Gallery picture"
New warning "Your listing is successful but there's a problem with your Gallery picture" on most (all?) of my ~1500 existing listingsUnable to resolve it by editing etc and not clear why they've been flagged? Clicking 'Fix your Gallery picture' goes ...
More views on other platforms are buyers looking elsewhere
This morning I’ve been uploading items to another platforms where I’ve had no views in 30 days on eBay. I’ve also ended those listings and used sell similar. Almost instantly I’ve had several views on those items on the other platform and they have b...
VAT Receipt For eBay/Packlink Shipping Labels
Hello Does anyone know if it is possible to obtain VAT receipts for shipping labels purchased directly through eBay/Packlink? I have tried search everywhere but can not seem to find them. Thanks
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