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.

[xenavsbuffy1]

Come the 6th August it won't matter, if you sell on Ebay it's SD.....no exemptions no opt outs.....and then you can bet it will start to branch into the Business section...

[johnwash1]

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@sunshinerose1973 wrote:

The forcing of Simple Delivery means my selling days on eBay are probably over. There’s no longer a way out of using it, apparently. Yesterday was the first time I sold something and had to use Simple Delivery. Despite being charged for postage, the option for getting a label or QR code was greyed out. I could despatch the item independently, but there’s no option now to mark items as despatched or to add a tracking number. So, in effect, to eBay the item will remain un-despatched! In the end, I cancelled the order and refunded the customer.

What an absolute waste of time this is. And to call the option Simple Delivery is the biggest joke of all! It’s like eBay are going out of their way to lose customers.

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I hope you told the buyer why you had to cancel.  Buyers who understand what's happening will join the exodus.

[musicmaker231263]

I thought the same thing but I went in and changed the item to a large letter (it was showing as small parcel) and then it brought up custom postage for me to arrange my own delivery.  It's worth a try.

[photochromic.kid]

I have listed on eBay for 23 years, and for me Simple Delivery is effectively terminal for my selling model. I need the option of a simple 2nd class stamp! Come on eBay, I have phoned you twice about this. Simple Delivery is hugely regressive. It smacks of 'GroupThink', which was incredibly dangerous to M&S in the 1980s. Don't go down that path!

[xyz307xyz]

For your GG badges? Try listing them in category

Collectables > Badges & Patches > Collectables Patches > Club & Association Patches or similar.

[hill_strider1974]

I second what you have said - I just had an hour on chat trying to combine postage for a buyer, which was prevented by eBay. It angered the buyer and I lost the sale - so eBay have lost out on both fronts here. I am done with eBay now, whoever made this change has implemented a policy which has fundamentally changed how eBay works. Its going to put off hoardes of people, I think this is the end for eBay (its been in decline for years now)