Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimisation.
Forum Posts
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.
Digital Sales Reporting
Can anyone let me know in simple terms please, what this all means? I am just selling items from around the house that have been lying around and are no longer needed or wanted. Granted I may have sold 30+ items and sales are in the region of £1500-2...
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...
Posting a camera with a battery via Royal Mail
I need to send a camera and battery to a buyer in Belfast from South West England, and am wondering what Royal Mail's current rules are for sending batteries. I'm having trouble finding a definitive answer when checking the Royal Mail prohibited item...
Resolved! Pre-loved selling better than New items?
Hi there, I have noticed that my pre-loved designer labels are selling faster than my brand new items that are heavily discounted. Is this normal here? Thanks! Jen
Is anyone else having problems with Simple Delivery or is it just me?
I'm having problems with the new Simple Delivery. I thought I selected a up to 750g label by default as I put on a Nintendo Switch game, but it gave me 100g label - maybe it selects 100g large letter by default. With this you also can't change it aft...
Updates to eBay’s Promoted Listings programme
I'd love to see how eBay can justify this changed to "promoted listings". (In an email received a few minutes ago.) In future, if anyone ever clicks on a promoted listing, the promoted fee will be charged, even if the actual buyer did not find it thr...
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
Really stressed - buyer has opened a item not received claim
Folks I know this has been talked about a lot but I am genuinely stressed to hell here. I have chronic depression and anxiety and this has knocked me sideways. I sold a handheld pc, a Lenovo legion go back in April. At the time I actually was shocked...
SALES FROM LISTINGS
First and foremost this is not a criticism of others as I have experienced the following myself. If one lists 200 items as But It Now for one month and achieves 10 sales which equates to 5%.Yes I know it’s a personal decision but time, unsold items p...
Possible scam buyer??? Any advice???
Hello!Recently, I received a message and asked if I would send an item to China. And I replied "NO". The buyer then immediately paid for that item with US delivery address provided.However, I felt strange with the delivery address so I googled it. I ...
Simple Delivery: Collection available?
As a private seller using Simple Delivery, is there any way at all to get your item collected by Royal Mail postman or Evri courier, rather than having to take it to Post Office/Evri shop yourself? Reason: My local post office is shut for renovations...
Discrepancy between Royal Mail's tracking and ebay - is this anything I should be worried about?
Hi guys, I have a little bit of an issue regarding postage. I sell pokemon cards on Ebay, made a sale this morning, generated the label through Ebay simple delivery and dropped it off at the post office. Item was accepted as per usual, didn't think...
Global Shipping Programme Enabled but Buyers Abroad Cannot Purchase – Urgent Issue Costing Sales
Hi eBay team,I’m writing to report a serious issue that’s severely affecting my ability to sell internationally.Despite being fully opted into the Global Shipping Programme (GSP) and having it enabled on all my listings (see attached screenshot), int...
New Changes to Promoted Listings programme - June 2025 - What a scam!
Anyone else seen this? Just received an email detailing their promotion changes from June. So basically, if you promote an item as a seller, regardless of whether the buyer is a lead acquired through the promotion, you will be charged the advertising...
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