Seller News: August 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...
Resolved! Simple Delivery
Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage
Your seller payouts are on hold and some services are blocked — update your account and do more with
Okay I am officially freaking out right now because I've received this message and the only form of ID I have in the UK is a Proof of Age Issued by CitizenCard from the Post Office. I cannot afford a passport, I am a disabled person living on a low i...
Resolved! Channel Islands buyer cannot make purchase
I am so frustrated, I have a buyer from Channel Islands wanting to make a purchase but she couldn't. I checked on my end by inputing Channel Islands post code and I get the same message "Will post to United Kingdom. Read item description or contact s...
Resolved! Buyer in Channel Islands unable to pay
I have had an issue with a buyer being unable to pay as they say I do not post to Channel Islands. I have not excluded CI from the domestic postage locations that I send to. I sought help yesterday and was told that I have excluded Guernsey and Jerse...
Ebay simple delivery opt out
So ebay have decided to force private sellers to use simple delivery for all listings.Previously you could select advanced options in postage and select your preferred postage method as before.Did ebay announce this to private sellers - did they .......
Suspiciously not getting ANY views of Items since ebay has started asking to (pay to promote)
Is anyone suspiciously not getting ANY views of some of their items since ebay has started asking to (pay to promote)? Im hearing people saying that ebay are shadow banning & secretly penalising private sellers who haven't (paid to promote any of the...
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.
Performance / Sales total for this year problem.
I am just about to start my accounts for the year and cannot access the total sales figurefor this year. I click on Myebay, change the sales report from 31 days to this year, press generate reportand it clicks back to 31 days with 'We ran into a prob...
Resolved! How long ebay will hold back funds for not giving NI number on Blackmail.
Used to sell on ebay but no more as refuse to give ebay my details.ebay is not my employer but just a selling platform, HMRC are not my employer but deal with my yearly earnings where i pay no tax what so ever after calculating my way.so now i cut of...
Introducing automated positive feedback... April 2025
Introducing automated positive feedbackThe great service you provide to your customers deserves to be recognised. This is why we are excited to introduce automated positive feedback. Starting late April, automated positive feedback will be added to y...
Evri postage - doesn't seem to support large parcels?
I've got a light parcel (3kg) that is 81 x 30 x 30 cm, so well within Evri's capability to post (usually £6.49), but for some reason I can't get at this option via EBay?Is this size parcel blocked from 'Simple Delivery' via Evri?Thanks for any help!S...
Resolved! Message confusion
I sent a message to a buyer letting them know that delivery would be on XX in case they were waiting in for it. Sent the message & then followed 2 failed delivery attempts. I've just checked the message I sent & I'm not sure about the message below i...
VAT on Used Ladies Clothes
Morning I have an eBay shop which has now reached the £90,000 VAT threshold and must register with HMRC. I’ve contacted three separate Accountants who have all told me conflicting evidence. I sell used ladies clothing … will I owe 20% off the turnove...
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
With the MTD for IT becoming mandatory from April 2026 what low cost accounting software do other Ebayers use that will make this possible. With profit margins squeezed and postage costs forever increasing turnover can be high enough to make MTD mand...
eBay Emails - too long for DPD
Is it just me - or do others have this problem, DPD will send delivery notifications and drop off passes direct to the customer once we enter their email address when we book on through their portal - but the long complicated emails eBay give us - so...
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