Ebay simple delivery opt out

[cartermk]

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 ....

I searched around a while and eventually got this from the chat bot:

"Eligible listings will show Simple Delivery as an option when you're creating a listing. Starting 15 April, 2025, Simple Delivery will be the only delivery method available for private sellers when listing eligible items."

The recent changes like BPF and simple delivery have been extremely irritating but not terminal. I think this is terminal for me.

I cannot express on this forum without getting deleted my extreme annoyance with ebay.

[xyz307xyz]

Did you enter the dimensions? What [sub]category are you listing in?

See this which refers to postcards, for example.

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Ebay-simple-delivery-opt-out/m-p/7890684#M745612

[xyz307xyz]

Please disregard most of my previous response to you. I now see you were talking about

Topographical Postcards

not Non-Topographical Postcards

It seems you can opt out on both. If you click View listings next to my username, you can see I've listed a Topographical Postcard as a test, with custom postage. Ebay's subcategory opt out list is "described" here https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/posting-items/setting-postage-options/simple-delivery?id=5575#se... - mainly with "examples", many of which are not the lowest level actual subcategory needed to be selected when listing an item.