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 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 .......
Why are items not relisting 8 times? My items only stay up 1 week
Listing of 7 days are supposed to relist 8 TIMES this is not happening. The items I listed last week have not automatically relisted. This is continually happening and is so frustrating and time consuming. I did phone up and query this but it is stil...
Buyer Sent Cancellation Request After I Accepted Offer - EBay Wants To Return Balance & Card
Hi folks, So I have a buyer who has sent a cancellation request after I accepted their offer claiming they made a mistake. Now when I click on “Approve and relist with fees” instead of decline, eBay wants to refund the buyer using part my eBay balanc...
Simple Delivery is just too expensive for many smaller items - will it get more flexible
Hi All,I want to sell lots of small booklet magazine which should cost about £1.55 but Simple Delivery seems to be totally inflexible and assumes everything is larger and charges a minimum £2.70.Will probably have to go elsewhwre to sell these and th...
Ebay AI, FAQs and Google Algorithm
We are hearing lots of feedback regarding how Ai and google will align in the near future. In short there is going to be a big shift towards people using Chat GPT (and other AI bots) to help them make purchases. We are being advised to help Ai by re-...
Agreed offer price , but at checkout price jumps
I agreed an off price for an item in the USA - eBay , when offer was accepted I could see that price and estimated shipping fees - and I knew there would be import taxes . but when I go to pay now - the item price jumped up 20% , the shopping by 33% ...
Sellers will receive their money 2 days AFTER the item has been delivered, what on earth !!
From February 2025, sales proceeds of private sellers will become available via eBay balance, 2 calendar days after the order has been successfully delivered, unless subject to a hold.Not at all in agreement with this.Talk about being controlling, wh...
Royal Mail collection vs QR code?
I've used the RM free collection option on EBay, but for the umpteen time RM postie has failed to collect. The problem is...How do you get a QR code so you can take the uncollected parcel to the nearest Post Office for them to print the label? AFAICT...
Resolved! Postage cost changes when switching between 'buyer pays' to 'seller pays'
Hello,When I create a new listing the default for postage is 'buyer pays'. As an example, say the postage amount to be charged is £3.38, then when I change it to 'seller pays' the amount changes to £4.48. It behaves the same with other parcel sizes a...
Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number
Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...
removed listing
We had to remove one or more of your listings for not following our Prescription and over-the-counter drugs policy. We understand that this must be frustrating. But don’t worry — we’re here to help!What happenedPrescription drugs, or drugs containing...
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...
Buyer claiming damaged parcel and contents missing
Hi everyone, I've found myself in a bit of a strange situation where a buyer has opened a 'missing parts or pieces' return case claiming that the parcel I sent has been damaged and the item inside is missing. For context, I sent a video game which wa...
eBay now refund your buyer if the item gets lost in the post
eBay are now responsible for refunding buyers where items get lost or damaged in the post and are sent after 4th February when the new Buyer Protection kicks in (private sellers only) https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/returns-refunds/returns-missing...
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.
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