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...
eBay Signs Small Business Payments Fairness & Transparency Pledge
I thought some around here might be interested that eBay UK joined PayPal, Temu, OnBuy, Stripe and others in signing the Office of the Small Business Commissioner's 10 point payments fairness and transparency pledge. https://www.smallbusinesscommissi...
Simple Delivery Unused Postage Label Refund - eBay not paying out
Simple Delivery for light, low value items is a nightmare. I sell something for a few pounds, eBay automatically charge me £2.72 for the label even though the item would only cost me £1.55. So I pay the £1.55 and complete a refund request for the £2....
Sharing listing
I've noticed that when I use the Share Listing function to Facebook, it links to ebay.com and is listed in USD. I always list on ebay.co.ukCan anyone tell me if I'm missing something I need to do to get it to share my original listing?Thanks
Suddenly cannot edit drafts on a Samsung mobile
I have drafts sitting waiting to amend / edit and now when i click the drafts it just brings up grey boxes. I have cleared cache , restarted etc ..etc. but nothing works.
Resolved! Your Account Is Under Review
The dreaded email we all worry about. Not entirely sure what i'm meant to have done. 99.8% top seller. All fees paid, all tax documents correct, all contact info correct etc. The only thing I think it might be is someone who didn't receive her orders...
Simple Delivery - Punished for not using Evri ?
I have only made 3 sales since Ebay brought in simple delivery. I have my account set to Royal Mail.Sold a Jacket today ,( 4/11/2025),packaged it up, went to post office , package refused !!. Why ?..... Ebay sent a label for a maximum parcel of 2kg a...
eBay Transaction Losses Up 19% In Q3, Mostly Due To Simple Delivery Claims
Interesting stat from the Q3 earnings call for those who missed it - Transaction Losses spiked a significant 19% year over year with CFO Peggy Alford telling investors it was mostly due to increased consumer protection costs of Simple Delivery, ie. p...
Re. VAT added to my listing on a resale item as a private seller used for personal use
@jiglo1 This is in response to your thread entitled 'VAT added to my listing on a resale item as a private seller used for personal use' as I am unable to respond directly to that thread. https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/VAT-a...
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...
Your payouts are on hold until you update your account details.
My bank account hasn't changed at all, I have had no problems receiving previous payments but eBay has decided to reverify and put a hold on my payouts? I have clicked on the red banner to "update" my bank account with the same details. It wants me t...
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...
Contact details on listings - are they allowed?
At an auction on Saturday and naturally chatting to people, the majority of conversations focus on eBay and their Wild West approach to terms and conditions - too many to mention but one in particular got us all interested. Is it forbidden to give yo...
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.
Ebay’s new policy for private sellers is like hell now!
I’m a private seller with 99.7% rate for 7 years now. The new policy changes are like hell for me. I’m not getting paid for sold items for a week now. Most of my sold items are delivered already, but Ebay still showing the as “Dispatched”, but they h...
Parcel was collected but Royal Mail tracking says it wasn't
HiI sold an item on ebay and used the simple delivery label that I was sent. It was booked to be collected last Friday, which it was. I then had an email from royal mail saying that the item wasn't available when they called. I got straight on to the...
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