Seller News: July 2025
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New issue with Simple Delivery 24/07/25
So, I have been using Simple Delivery - and honestly, I quite liked it. It was less bother for me, no booking couriers (I used to import to Evri) and I just print a label as each item sells. As I understood it, even if the parcel is overweight, the s...
No orders after "high value" order.
Does anyone experience drop in views and sales after "valuable" order? For example, I am selling low value stuff, but as soon, as "value " sale arrive, next week is disaster, as it feels like a ghost town? For 4 years of my business it is apparently ...
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! Buying a second label - advice please
I didn't have access to the car today so had a Royal Mail collection booked. They have failed to turn up which is unusual for themThe trouble is the buyer needed the item before the w/e so I'm happy to purchase another label - this time First Class.I...
Marking an item as dispatched
Have successfully used eBay for many many years, and have always posted via Royal Mail and done my own labelling. Sent an item the same way a few days ago and cannot find any way of marking the item as “dispatched”, so ebay keeps saying the item is o...
I've refused to refund a buyer for the first time ever
I joined eBay in 2003. Since then, I have bought and sold items and sent stuff all over the world. A while back, I bought a full centre console from a W222 Mercedes S Class, as I wanted to try something with my car. It didn't work out so as the conso...
Maximum box size now 61cm under simple delivery?
I have just had to cancel two listings for ikea prints as to safely package would have required a box/package ca 75 x75cm. After searching listing page the MAX size under royal mail is now capped at medium package 61cm so these would have been reject...
Virtuous Circle or Death Spiral?
Anyone who's had to prepare a 'proper' business plan that potential external investors will use as a basis for making an investment decision, will likely have heard of the 'Virtuous Circle', in simple terms it's things in the plan that feed off each ...
Receiving payment - rule change
I have received an email from Ebay stating that from Aug 6th I will now be paid for any sales 24 hrs after payment is recd from buyer. Am I reading this correctly? Can we spend those funds or transfer to bank account?So after all the fuss and palaver...
Private sellers getting little interest from buyers?
What's going on with eBay? I have excess stuff - luckily most of it I've gotten rid of over the past couple of years, I still have a bit more to go, mix of used & new items.I've noticed though that some of my things get 0/low views and then when I ch...
New postage policy seems a bit dodgy...
Anyone else find the ‘new’ postage process for sellers frustrating and a bit suspicious? Specifically: Ebay now require sellers to select the postage service during the listing and only allow them to use that postage service once the item has sold. T...
Resolved! how do you list anything bigger than 61cm?
Ebay is now forcing me into SD with no custom delivery option The largest postage offered under SD is 61cm There seems to be no way to list anything over 61cm and get the correct postage, even if you declare the dimensions in the listing height, widt...
Sold Via Promoted Listings No Longer Showing In Orders Overview
Just a heads up everyone - it appears eBay is no longer showing the green "sold via promoted listings" text to determine if an order was attributed to an ad on the Orders overview page in Seller Hub. Previously it looked like this: Now it no longer h...
Resolved! What happened to the postage options?
Really eBay, do you have to mess about with a system that is working and turn it into a nightmare? This morning went to do some listing via my templates, and getting to the bottom of the page I realized that my postage options had vanished! Apparentl...
Resolved! Simple delivery
Help! NOTE to The Gods of EBay .Your New 15th/4/25 : New enforced system of courier-'your way Only' ! 1) I Don't have a printer 2) l've been with you for nearly 10 years without one (.& + see positives reviews !) 3)The Only & post office is openONE d...
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