Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimisation.
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Royal Mail have stopped free collections from home.
I haven’t been doing my postage today for items sold over the weekend and notice that Royal Mail have very sneakily introduced a charge of 30p per parcel for a home collection. Has anyone else noticed this. I must have had my head under a rock for a ...
You tube works. Today`s result from FREE advertising
Message below from a buyer today that spent £338 after watching my you-tube channel that brightened my day.So I keep repeating, it does work and get extra sales. The only cost is time. Maybe takes less time than reading through posts here and replyin...
Private listings are getting listing sort/order priority, even at 'lowest price' (excl. sponsored)
I recently noticed across a lot of my business listings, private listings are getting listing sort/order priority, even in situations like sorting/filtering by 'lowest price' and them not actually having the lower price. This obviously excludes spons...
eBay trying to get business sellers to go for Simple Delivery?
I posted this about half an hour ago on the Seller Central board, but perhaps I should have posted it here. Sorry for duplication. I got an invitation to fill in an eBay survey today, on this account. It was mostly very bland, gobbledegook about all ...
Cannot sell items to America due to high tariffs.
Hi,I accepted some offers on a range of books last night, but the buyer from America informed me that they were unable to check out and buy them using the GSP.I spoke to an Ebay rep this morning, who informed me that I am unable to sell to the US at ...
Had no choice joined amazon fbm
For months my sales have been slow on ebay I've tried a few things as I have a background in tech to try beat ebay algorithm no luck or change as a diy and hardware seller we can't use adds put the price up too much I like to offer good value for mon...
Past couple of days listing views high but sales on the floor
Anyone else had good listing views over the weekend but no sales? Very odd to have fantastic listing views but no one buying? Wondered if there had been any tech issues over the weekend?
No Sales in March 2025 - What happened to our once best selling platform
We have noticed a sudden decline in sales and since last week we are on Zero. Has anyone else noticed this issue and is this related to any new changes by Ebay. What happened to our once best selling platform.
Resolved! US Tariffs
Sales seem slow this week and I feel like this is down to Trumps tariff plans; people holding off buying, waiting to see what happens. Also concerned once he applies tariffs what will happen to Ebay? If the EU retaliate will Ebay being a US company b...
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 ...
Anyones payments stuck on processing till tomorrow?
Just curious.I bought a load of Ebay postage this morning and immediately set it to pay from my bank account so my balance went to zero, makes accounting easier for me and feels like a bit of free credit all be it not long, funds will be removed from...
Resolved! Is SELLER POSITVE FEEDBACK relevant when buyers abuse the system and Ebay appears to enable this??
I'm always working to provide my customers with a positive buying experience and always overcome any issues when they arrive. Questions are answered immediately, refunds processed without question and attempts are made to keep the customers happy! Ye...
Is eBay a place TO SELL OR NOT any LONGER? Is it dead / dying?
Does anyone else feel the same? Is eBay no longer a platform for sellers? During my years of selling on eBay, I've noticed declining traffic. The traffic and sales were so much better previously Is it the algorithm that is messing up people's busines...
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...
Created a welcome campaign - how to subscribe?
I've recently been updating my shop and have created a show newsletter (A welcome campaign) Recipients are all new subscribers. How does someone subscribe to my shop? Subscribers are different to followers correct? I've checked from my other eBay acc...
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