Seller News: July 2025
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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...
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.
SIMPLE DELIVERY + BUYER FEE = NO SALES
Since Simple delivery and buyer fee I think I have only made 2 sales. And tonight I have lost a sale because it is Friday night 8pm and Ebay want me to post by Sunday - in other words next day.I had no idea they have been able to change my listings s...
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...
Resolved! Global Shipping Program jumped in price to same buyer
Three weeks ago I sold a box of 42 magazines to a buyer in the States. The GSP charge for the buyer (Sales tax, transaction fees, postage label) was £43.23. The buyer wanted 4 more magazines, which would obviously be less bulky to send, and I set up ...
Giving up selling because of stupid "Buyer protection Fees"
Anyone else feel this way? As a private seller. I am seriously contemplating stopping selling because of these rip off "buyer protection fees". It is very, very off putting for buyers to see these strange buy it now prices. All it really does is forc...
Sales to USA after August 29th - Tariffs / End of de minimis
I asked about this in the weekly chat, specifically whether ebay are alerting US buyers to the fact that they will shortly have to pay duty on anything delivered from outside the US and marco@ebay helpfully later posted this link showing that there i...
Royal Mail parcel being diverted via ParcelForce Coventry hub
Just posted this in buyers but has relevance in sellers? Royal Mail tracked 48 parcel being diverted via ParcelForce Coventry hub, apparently to be delivered by Parcelforce also.Has any one else experienced this?I had a quick google and found that th...
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 ...
Simple Delivery and Royal Mail Collections
I’ve seen this question asked over and over this weekend, will I be able to get a Royal Mail collection with Simple Delivery?According to the FAQ you can… “Collection is available for items sent through Simple Delivery with Royal Mail labels only. Yo...
Ebays Infinite wisdom
ParcelForce and Royal have merged this week, no problem apart from when I went online to book collections with ParcelForce the website has changed completely. You dont enter parcels sizes anymore, just its weight which for us means a fair hike in pri...
Nothing is selling?
Just endless watchers? I have even factored in the buyer protection fee to my items. Can’t sell anything, not even at rock bottom prices? I currently have a few items for sale and nothing? Not even an enquiry? People can’t be that broke? Seller prote...
Does anyone use Auctiva Templates in the UK for listing?
I remember the old Auctiva Templates and I see you can still sign up but can you use them on the UK site?
Why am I not receiving my funds within 24 hours (as stated by eBay after the 6th August)?
Ive had 3 sales since the 6th and all the payouts are still showing as being available multiple days after the estimated delivery date, I am fully eligible for receiving the funds within 24 hours (as ebays 'timeline' states) yet Ive had 4 sales be pu...
Ebay pre filling item specifics (condition in particular)
Ive seen this a few times, I just sold a record in very good but not excellent condition and notice that ebay had filled in specifics I hadn't. Its usually things that dont matter like label or backing band, vinyl colour etc but when is starts fillin...
Resolved! Simple Delivery
Is Simple Delivery mandatory now ? used to be able to select custom postage option but it’s not available now. Just tried listing and Simple Delivery is the only option for postage
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