Seller News: October 2025
Read the latest updates to streamline your selling experience.
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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...
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...
Marked down on postage
How is it possible to mark a seller down for postage,when using simple delivery and we have no control over pricing.Parcel size was correct ?Just happened to me
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...
Searching Newly Listed now a waste of time.
This is the new kick in the teeth for private sellers. If you list anything now, people searching "Newly Listed" items will find your item maybe 4 or 5 pages in. Unless you PAY the extra to get on page one (12%). I urge all buyers searching newly lis...
Sender asked to return parcel Evri
Hi all, I ordered and item which was dispatched by the seller. However, on the tracking on Evri there is an update stating the below: The sender has asked us to return your parcel. Please contact the sender if you need help. Has anyone ever experienc...
Overcharged Ebay FVF after upgrade to business account
Posting this as more of a warning. I upgraded my private account this week to business. I then noticed that all my sales were being charged a final value fee of 10.6667% regardless of the Headphones and E-reader categories which should be charged at ...
Includes a battery
So, with the new massively flawed Simple Delivery, I sent an item off today using that *bleep* system. Got to the Post Office and if I know the item has a battery in, before they even ask I tell them. They then put the battery sticker on. Today howev...
Global Shipping Programme Enabled but Buyers Abroad Cannot Purchase – Urgent Issue Costing Sales
Hi eBay team,I’m writing to report a serious issue that’s severely affecting my ability to sell internationally.Despite being fully opted into the Global Shipping Programme (GSP) and having it enabled on all my listings (see attached screenshot), int...
Postage service not specified on revised listing
Hi, I am revising the price on a few items but one has come up with"A postage service is not specified" and won't let me continue. There is postage specified as it was already listed. I cannot find any way past this. I'd rather not resist as the item...
I have a selling account, had it for 20 years, ..eBay now want Photo ID?
Had an selling account for 20 years (this isnt it) I'm a UK seller, haven't sold a great deal, feedback is still under 1000, last year after about a year of not using the account I started to sell again, not a lot but eBay first treated me like I had...
Peavey PV14USB
Hello my name is Jamal Hughes I recently sold a mixer Peavey PV14 USBbut I have not received payment wanted to know my options thanks for your time j hughes
Resolved! Delivery for business sellers.
Can anyone please tell me if business sellers have to use simple delivery or is it still just private sellers that have to do so.
UPS not collecting from depot.
Hello, I purchased a UPS label in ebay and dropped it to the depot within 24 hours . This was not "simple delivery" it was from a selection. I chose UPS as it allowed the length and insurance. UPS have not collected for a week. it is still at the loc...
The item was lost by Royal Mail, Ebay gives me 3 days
The item was lost by Royal Mail according to international standards. Ebay gives me 3 days to resolve the issue. Royal Mail stated: "Claim not eligible: Unfortunately, we are unable to accept your claim. For items shipped internationally, we require ...
Sellers- How do you feel about people watching your items but not buying, making offers, or bidding?
Buyers- why do you watch? I've been a buyer on ebay for years, but I'm a new seller. All my listings atm except the 3 I uploaded this morning have at least 1 watcher each. I wanna know how sellers feel about watch. Does anyone else get really fed up ...
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