Seller Update: January 2025
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Buyer Protection, Pokémon Day, VAT invoices & other launches landing this February
As we wave goodbye to January, I wanted to update you on exciting changes coming in February.
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Forum Posts
Update regarding “Urgent - VAT action” email
On 17-19 February, some sellers received an email asking them to update their UK Value Added Tax (VAT) registration on eBay or potentially be restricted from selling. This email was sent in error. Rest assured, this does not affect your ability to se...
That’s it for me…
I have made the decision to close my shop on 31st December 2024. I am not prepared to pay almost half of my earnings in the current state. I am continuing trading on other platforms and social media in the hope of encouraging a circular economy for p...
Private sellers
Yesterday looked at an item on here and was very tempted to buy but as usual I went to check feedback. Feedback was 100% and 18,798 and total sales of 29,000 and then I realised this was a PRIVATE seller. Needless to say I didn't buy the item. Thankf...
Selling slightly more expensive items - how to protect against switch and INR fraud
I have a few items of jewellery I want to sell as I don’t wear them. They are all likely to sell for somewhere between £200 and £1000 per item. If there is a high risk of me losing the proceeds I won’t sell them, but I really would like to sell. How ...
Item Description and Returns
Hello, First time posting as a Business Seller so apologies if this is in the wrong forum. I am a seller of Football Cards and Toys for context, one of the mandatory fields for Trading Cards is the condition guidelines (provided by eBay) as Near Mint...
Multiple defects for same transaction
I noticed by chance a couple of days ago that for a recent transaction Ebay gave us a defect both for 'Late Delivery' and 'Case closed without seller resolution' ( we did not refund the buyer when they informed us that they had not received the item ...
Ebay log in nightmare
After clearing cookies & cache on my laptop, had to go through extra security / 2 step verification when logging into internet sites and service providers.Ebays 6 digit pass codes were not coming through. Double checked everything and was receiving c...
How to download Evri VAT invoices from orders older than 3 months?
Does anyone know how to access Evri postage label invoices for orders over three months? Currently, I can access invoices for the past three months by going to Orders > Postage Labels > Actions, but this option is limited to the most recent three mon...
Christmas Past, Present and Future
I have been hoping that the month on month, year on year steady downward spiral in my sales volume would end and my income would return to a reasonable level. Having upgraded to a feature shop and increased listings considerably. Added PL to everythi...
Problem With Buyers Address
So I had an order, buyer registered in UK, according to user info.Delivery address is Portugal….. in the UK. Two issues, I no longer ship to Europe, no postage paid anyway. How is this possible?Obviously cancelled and refunded.Jo
Reporting listings in violation of policy
Has anyone had any success with reporting listings which breach the rules? Is it even worth the time and effort as everyone comes back with 'We looked into your report and didn’t find the listing to be in violation of our policy. This determination w...
POOR SALES = MORE BUYERS NO LONGER USING EBAY?
So I managed to find some info on yesterday's eBay 2021 Q4 Results. It came as no suprise to me - after seeing my own declining site sales last year - that again for the third consecutive quarter that the "Number of Active Ebay Buyers" has fallen dow...
List it Faster Issues
Has anyone else noticed when you are listing an item and the system picks up certain words from your title the little box you tick underneath that should change the item specifics is not working and has been hit and miss for a few weeks now. For exam...
Buyer using different accounts - requesting cancellation on wins.
Hey everyone I could do with some advice, I've had two items ending around the same time. We'll call them A & B, item A was won and paid for by an account called Chris, it was paid for immediately, on that item I've had another user message asking to...
And so it has started…
My first one and possibly one of many.Hi, I just tried to accept your offer but it wouldn’t let me. Don’t you post to NI.So I’m assuming people don’t know this has happened or were people forewarned. Can you imagine being from NI being poised to bid ...
Orders Page - Dispatch EDD Glitch
dave@ebay My despatch cut off is 11am.I’ve just had a sale, so expected to post tomorrow. Yet orders page says despatch by 24th ! Could you throw any light on this?I haven’t changed any despatch times or time frames. Jo
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