Seller News: August 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...
Resolved! Simple Delivery
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
Policy Violation
I listed 3 items today. I put a link to YT on them all and a comment to contact me if any questions. One item came back with policy violation? I requested a phone call, the agent advised me to remove the YT link and the contact me. I did tell him I d...
posting cylinder shaped parcels with simple delivery
hello - i want to sell some unfolded posters and dispatch them rolled up in cardboard cylinders. the simple delivery rules all seem to be about box shaped parcels. i seem to remember a while back that royal mail had unfathomable rules for cylinders t...
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 .......
Message confusion
I sent a message to a buyer letting them know that delivery would be on XX in case they were waiting in for it. Sent the message & then followed 2 failed delivery attempts. I've just checked the message I sent & I'm not sure about the message below i...
Your seller payouts are on hold and some services are blocked — update your account and do more with
Okay I am officially freaking out right now because I've received this message and the only form of ID I have in the UK is a Proof of Age Issued by CitizenCard from the Post Office. I cannot afford a passport, I am a disabled person living on a low i...
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.
US Tariff Chaos - Can Ebay Help Sellers
Good Morning All, Just logging the worry that the chaos caused by US Tariff confusion poses a huge risk to sellers and the platform as a whole. The current Royal Mail cessation of shipping to America continues and there is no clear info as when they ...
Buyers receiving empty boxes? New Scam?
So these are all simple delivery parcels however I have had 3 people saying that the parcel is empty. Because it's simple delivery it is dealt with by eBay but is this a new scam exploiting simple delivery? And at what point will this possibly impact...
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...
Resolved! Simple Delivery more expensive for letters & large letters
With custom postage being rolled out and eventually the only option, I am a little confused and trying to clarify something please. If I am posting something of large letter size, less than 100 grams and low value - a DVD in it's case for example, I ...
Simple delivery of large items - does not work
So the saga ends. I sold a largish item and "simple" delivery has only one option - collection by DHL. 3 days later, 3 emails promising collection, 3 no shows (doorcam footage to prove), 3 LIES on tracking that the "premises were closed' (our family ...
Why aren't my items getting views, etc?
As above, selling decent Dickies hoody, gametime hip hop jeans(sell well from U.S) Stronghold Plaid shirt(one went for more!) other sellers same items are selling on site as well. I have even promoted the jeans, Just about to put a carhartt t shirt o...
Resolved! Seven failed collections....and counting.
What is wrong with people who it seems cannot read or understand the simplest information? I have had an item on sale for `COLLECTION ONLY`, and have just had to cancel the sale for the SEVENTH time due to people buying this item and then asking to c...
US Tariffs - Royal Mail online service now requesting email & phone number of buyer
I have held 3 items for the US until now and all 3 customers were understanding. I decided to check out the new procedure on the RM website to compare with the post office counter as they had no idea about the new system!I've noticed that they are no...
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