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...
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 .......
Resolved! My first return with buyer stating ' I just didn't like it', what to do and expect ?
I got a return the other day on a private account and the buyer has returned and posted it I can see that according to the tracking code that it's on it's way back. This was a board game (not an expensive one, only £26) but it was sold sealed in the ...
How do you list anything bigger than 61cm? Part two.
Haven't had much time on this yet but first attempts with this new listing format today is like this to get back to your own carrier who will take your large/small items, (preview works, not tested with listing): Still start with over £750 - £800 is ...
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...
Selling without Simple Delivery
Hi All, I have not bothered trying to sell a thing since the changes, so now not a clue how it all works.Can a seller list something for less than £10 and post it the easy way in a stamped addressed envelope by Royal Mail without a tracking number or...
24 Years and This is No Longer Viable
Just a rant here. 24 years selling on ebay and 2024 has made me ready to pack it in. Fees - crippling. Unless I find it on the floor, buying and selling is now impossible to make any sort of profit. Ebay and couriers make more per sale than me. Buyer...
WARNING! Ebay are not properly refunding unused Simple Delivery postage!
TL;DR: Ebay SD refund rules are misleading and are not being followed by Ebay themselves! For the SECOND time now, even after filling out the postage refund form and the form saying on it and after submission at the end "Please allow up to 14 days fo...
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...
Trustpilot Reviews - Ebay
Is Ebay aware of Ebay's, almost without exception, highly negative reviews on this website? Does Ebay care? Apparently not.
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.
Resolved! Simple Delivery more expensive for letters & large letters
With custom postage being rolled out and eventually the only option, I am a little confused and trying to clarify something please. If I am posting something of large letter size, less than 100 grams and low value - a DVD in it's case for example, I ...
PROMOTING LISTINGS
I am unsure, whether I should promote my listings again. Do promoted listings still work for you after changes by ebay in the last few months? Did it bring you more sales?
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...
Combine postage, simple delivery
I just sold 2 items to the same person, using simple delivery, postage has not been combined. I have checked my settings and there is no option to combine postage, not is there a way to combine postage on postage page either. Is there a way to combin...
Revising a Listing.
Hello all. Is anybody else having trouble revising their listings? Problem started yesterday for me. I get the usual layout but nothing further after 'Pricing' section. No 'Delivery' section of listing at all. When I change my price it says 'Couldn't...
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