Mystery code included in addresses

[ammtalan]

Hi, please can someone help explain why when I receive purchased items on eBay, there is a random code included as part of my address? Also, when I create an eBay label when dispatching a sold item, a similar code is also included in the recipient’s address. It is certainly not part of the official Royal Mail address and I want to remove it, but naturally would like to know the reason behind it. Thank you for your help as I haven’t been able to find any reference to this so far.

[plum993 · Accepted solution]

Its ebay's VTN,virtual (postal) tracking numbers for sellers mainly and can help in avoiding claims of none receipt,while making sellers exempt from late delivery defects.

Its none compulsory,so you can post out without the digits as normal

[redwick1]

It is in the announcements somewhere

Ebay add if for when a seller buys ebay postage.

It is when you buy ebay postage

If you dont do that then just delete it

[redwick1]

See announcements at the bottom of the page for 01 Sept 2020
Royal MAil tracking and delivery events for all the information

[ammtalan]

Thank you for your reply. You are certainly right about the eBay postage that causes it. It would be good to know from somewhere what the reason is for it, as it does tend to clutter the actual address details.

[ammtalan]

Please forgive me but I am new to the eBay Community forum. Where is this “page for 01 Sept 2020” to be found?
Thank you again.

[ammtalan]

Update: I’ve just found reference to this 7-character tracking code in the “Tracking items you’ve sold” help section.
It states that the code will not appear in the address label and should be transferred into the 2D code on the label which obviously isn’t what I have found, so in future, I will just edit it out of my address labels when I see it.