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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...

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.

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Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number

Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...

Resolved! Can’t send an invoice

Is anyone else not able to send invoices as of today? I sold three items on my private account and they were for ‘freight’ items which I usually issue an invoice for once the buyer clicks the buy-it-now button. But there is no option and they are ask...

No Simple Delivery?

From 15 April, we’ll gradually introduce Simple Delivery as the only delivery method available for private sellers who list eligible items on eBay.co.uk. I've been using Simple Delivery for a while now. I tried listing an item this morning. But no Si...

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...

N.I.number

Hi , ebay now withholding payment as I haven't given my N.I. number. DWP advises not to share number with 3rd parties and i would prefer not to. I already declare ebay income to hmrc and as ebay has my name and address this info can be cross referenc...

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...

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All postage is now corrupted - It's a nightmare!

Ok, I review listings as my first job in the morning, usually with the few that are ending shortly.I thought as some of them are small parcel size under 1kg I'd have a look to see what eBay is now quoting as the price. Great it's down to £3.38 (I onl...

EBay it’s the end for private sellers.

Well finally after changing the format of their selling platform it seems every couple of weeks you have come up with the ultimate level of stupidity with this latest total ridiculous set of changes. Nobody is going to wait what could be weeks to be ...

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Ebay's new buyer protection scam

So I have been a seller on and off her since June 2001, Over the years I have sent items recorded delivery that either never turn up , or arrive with no notification of delivery. Now someone wants to charge a buyer a fee for safe delivery, when they ...

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