Seller News: July 2025
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Royal Mail 2nd-Class Letter – what’s changing and what isn’t
Royal Mail now has Ofcom’s approval to deliver 2nd Class Letters on alternate weekdays and will remove Saturday deliveries. However, Royal Mail has not set a go-live date, meaning as it stands currently your delivery estimates and seller metrics will...
Sales to USA after August 29th - Tariffs / End of de minimis
I asked about this in the weekly chat, specifically whether ebay are alerting US buyers to the fact that they will shortly have to pay duty on anything delivered from outside the US and marco@ebay helpfully later posted this link showing that there i...
Ebay Scam
I'd like to share a scam that happened to me, which I believe eBay employees are involved in. I sold an item on eBay and then the buyer risesd a dispute directly with his bank without returning the item. Of course the dispute was found in the buyer's...
Combining seperate items
I am a private seller. Somebody bought two items from me, about a minute apart, but checked them out seperately. In this case the help (https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/posting-items/postage-rates/offering-combined-postage) says: "To ensure you're...
SIMPLE DELIVERY + BUYER FEE = NO SALES
Since Simple delivery and buyer fee I think I have only made 2 sales. And tonight I have lost a sale because it is Friday night 8pm and Ebay want me to post by Sunday - in other words next day.I had no idea they have been able to change my listings s...
Giving up selling because of stupid "Buyer protection Fees"
Anyone else feel this way? As a private seller. I am seriously contemplating stopping selling because of these rip off "buyer protection fees". It is very, very off putting for buyers to see these strange buy it now prices. All it really does is forc...
Is opting out of Simple delivery still possible?
Hi. I haven't listed anything in a while, but while trying today on mobile I could no longer figure out how to remove this overpriced service. It wants 2.72£ for a 2.80£ item, which I could easily send for 87p with Royal Mail 2nd class.. Do I need to...
Resolved! Buyer Protection
Just noticed all my items listed this week Ebay have increased my starting price by 75p+ 4% this will impact on my sales as some items are listed low to sell. If Ebay want to get Buyer Protection from the Buyer they should add it at checkout so not t...
NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY
AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.
Seller central
Hello what date do eBay evaluate on the 20th of themonth on the 20th July, I was evaluated at below standard. Through July I worked on my performance, and at the 31st my defect percentage was 2.54% fast forward to today, it is now 0.19%will I be eval...
Simple delivery is awful
I list a few things on ebay occasionally, but this new simple delivery is just rubbish for sellers. It assumes that ebay actually know the size and weight of items And that everyone can easily get to Evri or other courier services easily. Why did the...
Resolved! Global Shipping Program jumped in price to same buyer
Three weeks ago I sold a box of 42 magazines to a buyer in the States. The GSP charge for the buyer (Sales tax, transaction fees, postage label) was £43.23. The buyer wanted 4 more magazines, which would obviously be less bulky to send, and I set up ...
Royal Mail parcel being diverted via ParcelForce Coventry hub
Just posted this in buyers but has relevance in sellers? Royal Mail tracked 48 parcel being diverted via ParcelForce Coventry hub, apparently to be delivered by Parcelforce also.Has any one else experienced this?I had a quick google and found that th...
What's happened to postage options?
Went to list something just now and the post service options have completely changed since yesterday. I usually list with free post (I then select yodel as that's my nearest/best priced drop off centre), but there's no option to offer free post. I'm ...
Simple Delivery and Royal Mail Collections
I’ve seen this question asked over and over this weekend, will I be able to get a Royal Mail collection with Simple Delivery?According to the FAQ you can… “Collection is available for items sent through Simple Delivery with Royal Mail labels only. Yo...
Ebays Infinite wisdom
ParcelForce and Royal have merged this week, no problem apart from when I went online to book collections with ParcelForce the website has changed completely. You dont enter parcels sizes anymore, just its weight which for us means a fair hike in pri...
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