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...
Private Vs Business
My husband and I run a small site which some people may say is a business. However, our products are all of low value with turnover and profits so small its barely a self funding hobby. Since the introduction of Simple Delivery our shipping charges h...
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 ...
Be Aware Market Flooded with Counterfeit Stamps from China
If you buy postage for your business on eBay you will find an array of offers - pretty much all the bulk offers I have seen from sellers who are not stamp dealers are counterfeit. It is a criminal offence to sell them and a criminal offence to use th...
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...
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?
Suspiciously not getting ANY views of Items since ebay has started asking to (pay to promote)
Is anyone suspiciously not getting ANY views of some of their items since ebay has started asking to (pay to promote)? Im hearing people saying that ebay are shadow banning & secretly penalising private sellers who haven't (paid to promote any of the...
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 .......
Evri postage - doesn't seem to support large parcels?
I've got a light parcel (3kg) that is 81 x 30 x 30 cm, so well within Evri's capability to post (usually £6.49), but for some reason I can't get at this option via EBay?Is this size parcel blocked from 'Simple Delivery' via Evri?Thanks for any help!S...
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...
Weird Payment Issues???
Has anyone else been dealing with some weird activity in the last 24 hours or so? Ive had multiple purchases at my store today, but none have completed and all have shown "We couldn’t process this payment". One ended up canceling, which is really fru...
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
Resolved! Channel Islands buyer cannot make purchase
I am so frustrated, I have a buyer from Channel Islands wanting to make a purchase but she couldn't. I checked on my end by inputing Channel Islands post code and I get the same message "Will post to United Kingdom. Read item description or contact s...
Resolved! Buyer in Channel Islands unable to pay
I have had an issue with a buyer being unable to pay as they say I do not post to Channel Islands. I have not excluded CI from the domestic postage locations that I send to. I sought help yesterday and was told that I have excluded Guernsey and Jerse...
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.
Performance / Sales total for this year problem.
I am just about to start my accounts for the year and cannot access the total sales figurefor this year. I click on Myebay, change the sales report from 31 days to this year, press generate reportand it clicks back to 31 days with 'We ran into a prob...
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