Seller Central

Update regarding “Urgent - VAT action” email

On 17-19 February, some sellers received an email asking them to update their UK Value Added Tax (VAT) registration on eBay or potentially be restricted from selling. This email was sent in error. Rest assured, this does not affect your ability to se...

What's happened to postage options?

Went to list something just now and the post service options have completely changed since yesterday. I usually list with free post (I then select yodel as that's my nearest/best priced drop off centre), but there's no option to offer free post. I'm ...

eBay commission on postage

I have been trading on eBay for 14 years but as I have said before it is a shadow of it's former self.I know eBay brought in commission on postage to stop individual sellers charging £2 for an item and £20 postage but the policy they have have brough...

Good news from Ebay?! Change to Private Sellers Payouts

Transferred some selling funds from ebay to my bank account using the ebay app today and got the following message:

Resolved! Option to send invoices disappeared

Option on sold listings to ‘send payment details’ has disappeared and I’m unable to send people invoices for combined orders like I normally do. I did a live chat with customer service, but I don’t really think they knew what I was talking about. I h...

Resolved! Got the dreaded letter from HMRC

Have received a letter from HMRC about online selling and money earned and they’ve asked me to contact them to disclose my earnings . The thing is my whole family use my EBay account , daughter sells her unwanted clothes , my son his toys , I sell my...

Not received payment for my sons compute steering wheel and pedals

I have sold my sons Thrustmaster computer steering wheel and pedals. It has been posted and delivered. I have still not rceived payment after approx 1 week. I checked my bank and visa accounts nothing yet. How or who in e bay can i escalate ths to pl...

Confused over needing NI number and allowances

My non-related business *completely* died in May last year but I still had a huge tax bill from the previous tax year to pay off, so resorted to selling off a lot of my prized possessions on eBay to soften the blow. Today, I just got a notification a...

EBAY HAVE FINALLY GOT RID OF LOW PRICE SELLERS

YES AFTER 10 YEARS OF SELLING, EBAY HAVE FINALLY PUSHED LOW PRICED SELLERS OFF THE CLIFF, I SELL RECORDS AT 50p EACH AND WITH EBAY'S BUYER PROTECTION IT BUMPS THE PRICE UP TO £1.24 WHICH IS MORE THAN MOST OF THEM ARE WORTH, WHO'S GOING TO BUY A £1.50...

Click and Collect

yet again the perennial click & collect question looking back through the old threads, it seems to be asked every few weeks can anyone advise me, please, how to add C&C to my listing?

Account restricted and funds on hold

I started selling on eBay to get myself some money. All the orders were delivered to the buyer, however ebay restricted my account and put my funds upto £800 pounds on hold. They asked me to provide proof of delivery, i provided all the tracking deta...

Newly listed items not appearing in my 'Seller's Other Items' link.

I’ve recently been finding that some of my new listings don’t appear in the ‘Seller’s Other Items’ list. They appear in my own Selling Overview page when I click on the ‘Active’ sub-heading’ but they can’t be found either by searching generally on eB...

+ Postage (you pay)

Has anyone noticed on their items, after uploading and putting in the correct postage. I go to view that item and it has + Postage (you pay) against it. So I revise the correct postage again and it still shows. Not on all my recent listings but some....

Resolved! GSP Glitch Worth Mentioning

Thought i'd mention that if you ever edit any postage policies, the ebay GSP option likes to switch itself off for no reason. It sometimes takes a few times to switch it back on. Just for those who use it that wonder why sometimes you suddenly have n...

Resolved! National Insurance Number

A quick post and a straightforward question. From January 2025 , which begins tomorrow, Ebay have to pass your details to HMRC if you sold 30 or more items in 2024. Have they requested your NI Number yet? Only asking because they have not asked for m...