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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...

Resolved! Moving from Private Seller to a Business One

I've recently took early retirement and plan to do Ebay full time. I've changed my account and set up a mid tier subscription. I've started to set up my store and shop categories and started to move listings over. However, I've finding it hard to wor...

Resolved! How do I offer discounts on purchases?

I have a featured shop and I want to offer discounts for multiple purchases - specifically buy two items (any items in the shop, not just multiples of the same item) and get 5% off the total, buy three or more and get 10% off. I can't see how to do t...

LUCID and restrictions on selling to Germany

Hi, I received an automated email from ebay basically saying to provide the LUCID number to keep selling to German customers and that I may have noticed that my listings are not visible to German buyers. Upon checking, all my listings are visible on ...

eBay please stop working on the site no sales can't plan for Xmas

eBay needs to inform us all when they will stop with the ever changing the listing page Since June I have had problems Now I've spent day after day apologising for the estimated delivery times that are wrong There is more glitches on eBay that there ...

eBay Open UK is back for 2024

I know this is on the front page but maybe people havent seen it. Birmingham 12th of September. I went last year and I'd say its great, even for a business seller who has been around for a while, you can enroll in smaller seminars on certain topics w...

Important changes regarding cancellation experience.

And another change that will cost us the seller. Ebay are you gonna refund the transaction fee then when everytime immediate payment is taken from a buyer and then they cancel 5 seconds later??? We are still out of pocket as far as I'm aware we don't...

Seller item description "window": usually tiny?

Hi, Appreciate I'm not a major/experienced business seller. I just don't understand the logic of the page layout for listings - in particular, the size of the section for "Item description from the seller". On most listings, you have a huge section f...

The new EU legislation for safety paperwork when selling used equipment

There is no doubt this EU law will prevent most E bay listings in Ireland. This will have a major impact on E bay and all listing sites which host the seling of used equipment. If this legistration is adopted in Mainland UK it will put a lot pf firms...

GPSR exclusions list a joke

Just received the update about GPSR and the exclusion list is rediculous. Im really concerned that whoever is dealing with this lacks the understanding to deal with this. The main problem being is that using ebay exisiting catagories will never fit G...

Seller Portal

Is anyone else having any issues getting into the Seller Portal?.Com seems to be working fine, but not the UK one.

Prestigious order from the Vatican couldn't be completed!!!

I, frustratingly, had an order from the Vatican cancelled today. The buyer refused to use the ebay payment system and insisted they would only make their payment if the could use Papal.

Yet another Royal Mail price increase

Royal Mail has announced it will hike the price of first-class stamps by 30p due to "very real and urgent" financial challenges.The increase, which will kick in from 7 October, will see the price of a first-class stamp rise to £1.65p, while second-cl...

I want to refund the buyer but it said they cant accept my card.

The title refers to a thread over on the member to Member to Member Support board, to which I can't reply.I had a customer return a purchase. The refund would not go through because of a glitch and my buy was starting to get anxious thinking I was ki...

Is there any way to revive a listing that's ended?

I thought one of my listings was still active but it seems it sold out months ago and I never realised. (I don't really sell any more, just getting rid of old stock). I've tried to relist, but as it finished over 90 days ago there doesn't seem any wa...

Royal mail....ebay.......fee breaking point.

Royal mail increase...again.............currently a small parcel sent standard for example is £4.69, 1st class, ebay help themselves to 46p of that at least, now Royal Mail is increasing, at what point is online sales for small value items, ie under ...

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Update regarding “Urgent - VAT action” email

Resolved! Moving from Private Seller to a Business One

Resolved! How do I offer discounts on purchases?

LUCID and restrictions on selling to Germany

eBay please stop working on the site no sales can't plan for Xmas

eBay Open UK is back for 2024

Important changes regarding cancellation experience.

Seller item description "window": usually tiny?

The new EU legislation for safety paperwork when selling used equipment

GPSR exclusions list a joke

Seller Portal

Prestigious order from the Vatican couldn't be completed!!!

Yet another Royal Mail price increase

I want to refund the buyer but it said they cant accept my card.

Is there any way to revive a listing that's ended?

Royal mail....ebay.......fee breaking point.

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