Surprise Surprise....re Custom Postage

[oldredrockchick]

Hi everyone who is doing their nut about about the disappearance of Advanced Posting Options....sorry I had to make a new post as I don't know how to reply to a message, or rather, can't find the Reply option, why doesn't that surprise me?

Anyway.....Hubby and myself have contacted Ebay regarding this (separate accounts so they got it with both barrels!) and guess what?  They explained it away as a "bug" and that they were working to restore Custom Postage/Advanced posting options!  Yeah right, they tried to coerce us all into using Not So Simple Delivery and now they are having to back track, so they invent a bug!  Power to the people!

[*vyolla*]

The reply button is the big blue button located bottom right of each post.

At the moment you're operating on the incorrect eBay account, so you have to use eBay's new Simple Delivery services and your buyers are also seeing a 4% + 75p Buyer Protection fee added to the prices on your listings (business sellers do not have to worry about Simple Delivery or buyer protection fees).

A private seller is one who is just selling off their own personal items such clothes from their wardrobe, bits from their loft/garage etc.

A Business seller is someone who buys or makes items to sell on. 

They need to be registered as a business to meet the requirements of UK law. eBay will be providing HMRC with your details anyway so it's vital to keep correct accounts for your tax return. You can obviously offset more expenses as a business seller, but can't offset any at all as a private one.  

To correctly register as a business seller simply go to your Personal Information in your account and to the right of Account Type, which will be showing as 'Individual'  you'll see an Edit option.

https://accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/profile

This doesn't affect your feedback profile or any current listings, it merely upgrades your account so that you're compliant with current consumer and eBay policy.

If you're also selling your own items, just open another eBay account (you can have more than one).

[*vyolla*]

Just a heads up too about copyright, I assumed that the photos you were using to print record sleeves had been researched and cleared to license to use for commercial gain, but I see a Duran Duran one there that I know you don't have copyright clearance for.

It's vital to get these or you can end up with a huge legal bill (there care some threads on Seller Central where sellers have been targeted and billed by US lawyers for copyright issues).

There can be more than one copyright owner - the photographer may still own copyright, EMI have have commissioned that session, the band management may own all or part of the photo session, and each band members image is intellectual property. The Duran Duran logo also has it's own copyright, as does a song title. None of this may be snagged by a seller for their own commercial gain. 

Sorry, to go on, just trying to explain the copyright minefield here and how it may work.