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...
How do you list anything bigger than 61cm? Part two.
Haven't had much time on this yet but first attempts with this new listing format today is like this to get back to your own carrier who will take your large/small items, (preview works, not tested with listing): Still start with over £750 - £800 is ...
6th August
So 6th August is when everything is supposed to switch to Simple Delivery, even existing listings. Not sure how that will work because I don't have dimensions or weights listed for any of my items. It will also be the day I take down my listings if i...
Simple Delivery could be about to be pushed on eBay US sellers
I just found this article which seems to indicate that unless there is some heavy duty resistance, eBay are going to force Simple Delivery onto their US sellers. If so, we can probably kiss any hope of it being rolled back goodbye. https://www.valuea...
Fake Labubu Dolls Safety Issue
I have only recently heard of Labubu dolls ( maybe late to the party) and they seem to be the latest craze with 1000's of sellers jumping on the bandwagon, while it lasts, to make money.TS up and down the country have seized large quantities of fakes...
Have fees for subtitles been removed?
I’ve just revised a listing, and it says "Subtitle (optional) - £0.00”. Then when you click the Info button, the pop-up says: "Subtitles appear in our search results in the list view, and can increase buyer interest by providing more descriptive info...
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.
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...
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...
Simple Delivery: Royal Mail put label on another parcel, how do I deal with this?
I sent a parcel to a buyer earlier this week and they've just received a completely different parcel with two different labels on it. I have a receipt to prove I dropped it off at the post office and I have the tracking code of the other label which ...
Late delivery defects / royal mail not scanning
Hello We have recently had a barrage of late delivery defects taking us up to 4%, resulting in us being due to loose our top rated status this month. We have recently switched to Royal Mail as our default courier, but it appears they are regularly no...
Having to opt out of Simple Delivery on EVERY LISTING
OK so listing some items tonightgood news first - even though Simple Delivery is now being pushed I can opt out to custom settings and select my standard shipping ratesbad news - I have to opt out of Simple Delivery every time I list even though I am...
Resolved! Getting a buyer's address to re-send and item when simple delivery used
So, I forgot to send a case for an item that I sold. I had forgotten that I had listed it with a case, it had been on for many weeks. My fault entirely. When I realised what I'd done, I messaged the buyer who, hadn't contacted me about it, and they d...
Royal Mail, second class post only every other weekday begins today
A warning to sellers using Royal Mail second class post (is this still an option with eBay's new Simple Delivery?) From today second class will only be delivered every other weekday (ie not on weekends) so make sure you keep an eye on your delivery e...
Simple Delivery Ebays worse idea yet
Simple delivery is the worse idea Ebay has come up with, people want their items quickly, 48 signed could take 3-4 days to deliver, Evri takes up to a week, not good for sellers or buyers. Please re-include 24 signed for or allow sellers to use Royal...
Claims through EVRI for non-delivery?
When I used EVRI myself, before the eBay limitations, if a parcel went astray, I claimed via EVRI &, in all cases, got my money back, both for the delivery costs & the parcel contents. There seems to be a problem at present, judging from other posts,...
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