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! 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...
Is jewellery now included in Simple Delivery?
Up until today I understood that the jewellery category was excluded from Simple Delivery. But tonight I tried to list a silver brooch and I am only being offered Simple Delivery - no custom option. I tried on the app and on the desktop. I tried list...
"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...
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...
Resolved! Buyer with 0 feedback and brand new account – worried about potential scam
Hi everyone,I’ve just sold a book on eBay for £69.99, but I’ve noticed the buyer only registered yesterday and has zero feedback. The item is due to be collected by Royal Mail on Saturday (standard tracked delivery), but I’m now feeling quite uneasy ...
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.
Can't withdraw my funds. Why is Ebay not allowing me to withdraw my sales receipts?
I recently sold an item and Can't withdraw my funds. Why is Ebay not allowing me to withdraw my sales receipts?The so called 'NEW ' process says there is a 'Withdraw' option in the sellers hub which we can opt for at any time to transmit funds to our...
Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING
OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...
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 ...
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 ...
Old style of listing
Hi, I changed to a business seller and now I have lost the better AI driven listing method where you just put in essential and optional detail etc. Also simple delivery has vanished. Has anyone got any advice please
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! 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...
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...
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