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 is it declining?
HelloI am beginning to wonder if eBay is on a rapid decline! Speaking to some other users I know personally we are all saying that, with all the recent 'revisions' that have ocurred recently the sales have declined. I have seen this myself and I feel...
Another Simple Delivery Tracking Farce...
So, today I encountered a weird situation with Simple Delivery. I'd purchased a book which was due to be delivered today. At 11:13am I received an email stating Royal Mail had delivered the parcel to my Safeplace. I was at home, but not a problem, so...
DHL not always needed
HAVING HAD ISSUES WITH DHL measure your parcel first. Here is an example where eBay directed me to DHL because the item is longer than 61cm.eBay have listed measurements for EVRI as if you were sending it Royal Mail. This will push the parcel into DH...
Non payment of auction bids
Buying at auction on Ebay, is like a contract, therefore Ebay should automatically take the payment from the buyer.Too many times have we been left high and dry with non payment of highest bids, wasting weeks on the items.
Resolved! Buyer miss using the returns policy
Ive I sold a perfectly good item to a buyer, who has installed it into his computer but now says its damged. Ive been sent a photo of the item and its in perfectly good order no damage is visible. I have asked for some photos to prove the item is dam...
Is eBay actually dying? Or is it just private sellers that are suffering?
Ok I know I only sell a handful of things but I'm getting no views and few watchers. Things were much better a year or so ago. Are auctions falling out of favour?
Resolved! 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...
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.
Lack of sales
Hi everyone. Who else is suffering dreadful lack of sale. Ours have been getting progressivly over the last year but particularly in the past 4 months. I have altered some of our ads in line with e-bay recomendations but to no avail. Quite frankly E ...
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...
Combined postage on auctioned items.
I have sold as a private seller my collection of Star Wars x wing game and a lot of them have one a 5 or 6 buyers and so I need to combine postage and send an invoice which we know we can't.I spoke to an assistant on the phone who told me it now can ...
I’m a buyer being scammed
Hi Firstly thanks for taking some time to read this. i sold an item valued at £500, I accepted £425. the buyer is saying I sent the wrong item. (they took the original item & replaced it with something else) i am 100% certain I enclosed the right ite...
What encourages ebay to take action against private aka business sellers?
I gather ebay sometimes ebay takes action against private sellers that should be on a business account, and sometimes they don’t, even when it might seem obvious to most people. Are there circumstances under which ebay is more likely to take action? ...
How do I combine postage for overseas please?
I have sold 4 items to a buyer in Australia. Postage for each item is 27 quid. I cannot find a way to combine postage for the 4 items which will all go in 1 box at under 2 kilos. Postage is not via global shipping programme. The buyer has messaged an...
13 Days Waiting on Counterfeit Appeal
I’m beyond frustrated at this point. My AirPods Pro 2 listing got flagged as counterfeit on September 20th by I guess automated detection. The listing still shows as active on my profile but it’s hidden with a policy violation message saying I need t...
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