eBay

colcoo-616 · ‎28-03-2025

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

goodibags · ‎14-08-2025

"So I'm wondering whether I can still change that to the correct Large Letter rate after the item has been bought."

This is what happens when Ebay ambushes seller listings with SD. By 'upgrading' the postage from large letter to parcel they were going to charge the buyer more, but since you've listed as freepost the postage will be deducted from your sale proceeds instead. I hope they're still above zero?

The good news is, yes, you can buy large letter tracked postage and use that instead. The bad news is you'll have to join the ranks submitting refund claims and waiting for your unused SD label to be refunded. That's if it is, it may prove tricky.

It may be better (whenever you get the chance) to split out postage to get buyers to pay? Then they won't have extra buyer fees charged on top and you won't need to worry about re-pricing everything when the SD rates change.

I'm not sure what happens in the case of express postage but splitting it out so buyers pay would probably save a bit of stress and worry there too?

incredible_how · ‎14-08-2025

when you make the listing it states what the postage is that you are to pay - but I don't offer free postage so can't say 100% (the customer pays 7% on the invisible "free" postage cost). Think as above you can do your own label and wait for a refund from the SD label

maujohwai · ‎15-08-2025

@goodibags wrote:
It may be better (whenever you get the chance) to split out postage to get buyers to pay? Then they won't have extra buyer fees charged on top and you won't need to worry about re-pricing everything when the SD rates change.
I'm not sure what happens in the case of express postage but splitting it out so buyers pay would probably save a bit of stress and worry there too?

Great reply (and not just the bit i've quoted) — thanks!

I originally used free delivery because I could determine an instantly visible, attractive total price, but I'll look at revoking that, now that, as you make me realise, buyers now pay BPF on that element of the price. This means changing the price of a few hundred individually priced items for the third time this year (thank you, eBay!): first when BPF was introduced, then when they changed the rates.

goodibags · ‎15-08-2025

Glad to be of help. It's worth doing as while the fixed buyer fee is down to 10p the variable part has gone up from 4% to 7% on everything up to £20. For a £20 item that's £1.40.