Seller News: August 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.
Sending by Royal Mail Special Delivery?
Hello, I seem to only have the option for "simple delivery" and while that has worked fine for lower value items I am trying to list something that I'd want to specifically send via a guaranteed service.The problem with the simple delivery system is ...
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...
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...
Simple Delivery - Click & Collect only available with Evri?
With Simple Delivery is it still possible to do the old style Click & Collect from branches of Argos, etc with an eCP number?Or is it only supposed to work if you have Evri enabled and to collect from Evri shops?
Ebay simple delivery opt out
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 .......
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
Resolved! Combining seperate items
I am a private seller. Somebody bought two items from me, about a minute apart, but checked them out seperately. In this case the help (https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/posting-items/postage-rates/offering-combined-postage) says: "To ensure you're...
Resolved! Reporting Bidders for None Payments
Where can you reports buyers that never pay for items and never reply to any requested. On the choices when reporting anything this is not mentioned anywhere.I have one item that it looks like I will have to relist for the fifth time due to people no...
Opening a private account when you have a business account pros and cons.
Looking to wind my business down a new job and wont have the time.I will be selling stock to a local business.But i still want to be on eBay selling my own things.What is the latest advise and pitfalls of this.Do i ned to use a different email, a dif...
ended classified add as in wrong listing with I could not change want fee back from eBay
put motorbike up for sale classified 19£ it went in the wrong listing could not change that listingput on again 15 minutes later trying to get the money back from eBay for 1st listing ???
Resolved! Unable to send Invoice or Combine Postage
So usually when I sell multiple items to a buyer I send them an invoice and adjust the postage accordingly - there is no such option there at the moment - there is a link to combine items so I click on that and then try and collate them there and get...
Sellers - Stop using 'AI' nonsense for descriptions, you are losing sales....
It might seem an easy option but I won't buy from sellers who use the lazy option for descriptions, it's sometimes completely wrong or just nonsense and does not tell me want I want to know to make a buying descision so I don't. I want real descripti...
Have eBay given a date for reversing compulsory use of Simple Delivery?
Anybody heard anything yet? I can’t list anything other than large ‘buyer collect’ items. I keep hoping. I already have Royal Mail postage stamps and sell about 30 items a year. Currently have three things listed. It must be worse for sellers who rel...
eBay changed my selected courier
Ok so I sold an item using "simple delivery" and I selected "Royal Mail" as the only option as its a fragile item. Yet when I come to print the label it's for "Evri". Apparently I was told the buyer can select a different courier from what I specifie...
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