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Royal Mail: updated delivery restrictions & packaging requirements for bladed items
Royal Mail has added delivery restrictions and packaging requirements to bladed items and sharp or pointed objects which will be in force from 7 May 2024. If you are posting bladed items such as cutlery knives that you have sold on eBay via Royal Mai...
Stopped receiving sale emails
I have sold a couple of items this evening but never received any "You made the sale" emails from Ebay. Anyone else experiencing this?
HMRC - Meaning of trade
Internal business income manual - updated May 2024 Interesting reading for those unsure of How HMRC class you as trading
buyer had wrong address, they updated it then re bought item and now refused delivery
Hi guys, I have a buyer who bought a medium sized parcel item and then messaged me saying their address is wrong and to send it to a different address. They stated that the parcel will be too large for them to carry from their work. I messaged to say...
eBay's false estimated delivery dates, now several messages from buyers not happy.
I have been going on about this issue like a broken record. I have reported it several times and even been on the community chat several times. Ebay claim the EDD's are working fine. They are not. Ebay are giving buyers delivery dates as same day del...
Resolved! Listing fees for Business seller / no shop
Considering closing my shop to concentrate more on the website / public open days.You know - the kind of places where customers can actually find what they are looking for. Would think of my self pretty OK with finding answers on the web.But for life...
Listings Dropping Rank On (Advanced Promoted Listings)
Is anyone experiencing issues with Advanced Promoted Listings i'm finding my best sellers dropping from first page rankings since yesterday keyword bid amounts are high and if i increase it drops to the listing to the 18th page Seems ridiculous and i...
VAT threshold for UK eBay sellers who sell internationally.
I've seen some sellers saying that the UK VAT £85k threshold applies to those ebayers selling internationally, but I've also been told that the VAT threshold for international sales (for UK eBay sellers) is the equivalent of 10,000 Euros.Can anyone a...
Sales Downfall in March 2024
I wonder if anyone else noticed a sudden downfall in sales. Sales are non existent in March however January and February were reasonabley good months. Please share your thoughts!
We've looked everywhere.
Yet again more glitches. Trying to list and it's hit and miss if it gets saved into a draft or if you have to keep doing the same listing over and over.
How many sellers are closing their shops or running down their account in 2024?
We have been a seller on here over a couple of our accounts for many years now. Over this time we have seen a reduction in sales from a max of £13k pcm to £60 pcm. We have been through mass seller culls, more and more control over the seller/buyer re...
Collapse in sales & views
What has eBay done? I was regularly selling items, and my 31 days sales were around £18-19k up until April when now its £8900 and going lower everyday. Many items listed recently (over the last month) have 0 views and its not as if our prices are mor...
No sales
What is going on at eBay? No sales, no offers no response to offers, last sale 15 hours ago and counting. I sell worldwide, all listings promoted, TRS, eBay premium service, fast and free, NO SALES. Everything's collapsed since mid march/early April....
General Partnership
I was a sole trader on ebay but formed a partnership (me and my wife). I changed the business type to general partnership. It then came back and asked for "official partnership document". I uploaded the letter from HMRC with the UTR number on but thi...
Regulatory Operating Fee
Just seen the information on the Regulatory Operating Fee!!! So...does this include private sellers?Is this fee charged to sellers or buyers too?Why is Ebay so expensive now?Surely this additional fee is going to ruin things even more?Ebay used to be...
Resolved! A Bitter Rant about the 4% extra Final Value Fee
After 23 years on eBay I have just incurred the 4% Extra FVF on my products. Which take me below break even on some items. For Very High “Item not as described” or "Defective" rating. The problem seems to be that buyers think that the Title is the de...
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