05-04-2025 8:49 PM
Buyer protection fees literally KILLED our business. I think it’s time to wrap up and take the business to some other platform.
05-04-2025 8:52 PM
They only apply to private sellers. So shouldn't apply to your business.
05-04-2025 8:53 PM - edited 05-04-2025 8:54 PM
The Buyer Protection fee is only applied to private sellers listings.
If you're trading as a business then it won't be added to your listings.
Edit to add: I've just had a look at what you're selling, and you haven't registered correctly.
A private seller is one who is just selling off their own personal items such as 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.