11-05-2025 3:41 PM
Hello,
A buyer made an offer one of my items, which surprised me as the listing didn’t allow for making an offer.
Did anyone had this issue?
I've double checked the listing and it doesn’t allow to make offers, it’s buy now only.
What irked me the offer asked for 54% off on the item that sellers sell at full price. I refused, and my listing has been reported as breaking policy - AI removed the listing. 🙈
If eBay allows buyers to bully sellers I might as well move on and not bother.
Thoughts welcome!
11-05-2025 3:48 PM
What's the listing number, we'll be happy to take a look.
Just a heads up because you may be heading for grief with HMRC as you appear to be unaware that you should be trading on an eBay business account.
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.
If you're also selling your own items, just open another eBay account (you can have more than one).
11-05-2025 4:41 PM
"because you may be heading for grief with HMRC as you appear to be unaware that you should be trading on an eBay business account"
You make it sound like upgrading to a business account on Ebay has now become some kind of HMRC requirement?