Seller News: October 2025
Read the latest updates to streamline your selling experience.
Forum Posts
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...
Resolved! How to improve listing visibility? Items not displayed in search
I get little or no views on some of my items. A number of them seem invisible when searching the specific item. For example “Telescope”.. I literally can’t find my item? Is there anything I can do to improve my listings? I only selling stuff I don’t ...
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 .......
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 is awful
I list a few things on ebay occasionally, but this new simple delivery is just rubbish for sellers. It assumes that ebay actually know the size and weight of items And that everyone can easily get to Evri or other courier services easily. Why did the...
"Mark as dispatched" - gone
As a private seller paying postage costs on all my listings I sometimes have two separate orders from the same buyer. Previously I would pay for and print a label for one, but include both in the parcel and mark the other as "dispatched". But now wit...
Royal Mail/Parcelforce tracking not updating
I can see that there has been observations that sellers using Royal Mail/Parcelforce are experiencing tracking issues, whereby EBay is not updating their tracking information accurately or at all! This seems to be due to restructuring undertaken by R...
Overzealous hiding of usernames
Alright, hear me out on this. I totally understand why it's important to withhold from sellers the identities/full usernames of followers, watchers, and "interested" people who've been sent offers. It makes perfect sense from a privacy standpoint tha...
Anyone else come across this potential problem?
I have always indicated 'country of origin' in the item specifics. Up until a few days ago this automatically filled the new 'country of origin' / 'item origin' field prior to the 'item disclosure' section introduced to ensure visibility for US sales...
2 items sold, eBay combined items into one order. Fails as 2 Medium parcels
A buyer purchased 2 items from me, both medium parcel on the simple postage methodthe buyer was invoiced for an order containing both items paid for both items including combined shipping fee.Both boxes were medium parcel, impossible to fit into one ...
‼️Warning for Gold and Silver sellers ⛔️
Hi Guys, I sold a 1 kilo Johnson Matthey silver bar here to a user. I felt off as the profile had been dormant then a sudden activity buying gold and silver. I called eBay who incorrectly (!!) informed me I should leave the sale as I would be liable ...
Why does eBay always lie
I qualify for 24 hour payouts after buyer pays but never receive the money on the day ebay states. it says will receive funds within 24 hours bit that has never happened.
Constant Errors While Trying to Buy Postage
Hi guys,Not a new eBay seller - been selling for many years.Last few weeks I've been having issues buying postage. Keep getting an error message 'We were unable to load payment options. Please try again later.'If I keep on trying, it will eventually ...
eBay Signs Small Business Payments Fairness & Transparency Pledge
I thought some around here might be interested that eBay UK joined PayPal, Temu, OnBuy, Stripe and others in signing the Office of the Small Business Commissioner's 10 point payments fairness and transparency pledge. https://www.smallbusinesscommissi...
Resolved! Item stolen from Evri Simple Delivery parcel and substituted with another item
Hi,Looking for some advice on how to proceed with this. Has anyone else been in this situation? I sold my old iPhone and despatched via Evri Simple Delivery in good faith. The buyer received the parcel but is saying the package was tampered with. It ...
Nobody leaves feedback anymore
Since the introduction of automatic feedback I have noticed less buyers leave it. I am just a guy selling my old stuff. Not business, but I always dispatch same or next day if the post office is closed and package with care. My last sale I sent it ha...
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