UK Seller News: April 2025
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Plummeting sales
I am a private seller with 4500 items on saleFirst 3 months of 2025 I did £1700.So far in April I have done £30!Desperate times!Anybody else experiencing this?
Confirmation that large letter is excluded from Simple Delivery
Asked the question in today's weekly chat and received the following reply:
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.
Being charged the same final value fee?
I might be being stupid here as I couldn’t wrap my head around what the agents were telling me on webchat. basically, I just started my business account, I sold a few items but to just focus on 3: I sold a ps4 game - which to my understanding should ...
Resolved! ebay reduction to 300 listings for private sellers . scheduling holiday over changeover period. hel
Re the reduction from Ocober 1st in listings for private sellers.i am a private seller , selling off a lifetime collection of books on ebay as im downsizing on retirement.i currently have well over 1000 items listed which dont attract listing fees at...
THE ONGOING eBAY SAGA !!
I do query the value of the Weekly Chat with the eBay Community Team. Whilst only a few queries and questions that do get replied to are more often than not being passed onto other departments such as Tech Team etc so therefore an answer is never for...
How are people Sales?
Hi there How are peoples sales, percentage wise?How has this affected you, and do you have any plans of action, or will you just hope things pick up?It seems like all platforms have drastically dropped also. I seem to be buying more on eBay tho. Just...
Navigate post and supply tracking not ebay's
I have not sold on ebay for a while so when i recently sold an item I sent it with royal mail tracked but I'm now unable to add tracking to the item in fact the item is not visible any longer as SOLD items has been removed from my drop box can anyone...
Latest News About Combined Postage Simply Delivery
I had a buyer who won 3 items via auction , I sent her a message asking her to give me time to speak to customer service before making payment. I spoke to the first agent this morning at just after 8am . He confirmed there was a way to combined posta...
Collection In Person - Suddenly added to new listings without warning!
I just listed a new item today, everything seemed fine but then when looking a few minuits later I realised Collect In Person had been added to my listing (I did not activate this option) I do not want to offer Collect In Person and will only use tra...
Previous buyer messaged me to tell me my listings are not showing.
For the past 10 days my sales have dropped 90%. I thought it may just be a quirk of the time of year, but it appears I may have been naively paying eBay to list items that it's not actually showing to buyers.And I don't mean not showing at the top of...
postage
every time i try and add domestic postage i have to keep adding the postage again as it keeps disappearing is this happened to anyone else before
Is it possible to suspend my listings once I reach my tax limit for next year without readvertising?
Is it possible to suspend my listings once I reach my tax limit for next year without readvertising them all again? I cancelled the listing s last year but they all disappeared after 3 months?
A 'Petition'
In one particular thread about 'Simple Delivery' which I've been active in over the past few days, the suggestion has been made that someone - ie., me, an eBay member of 25 years - should start a petition.With seemingly thousands of posts in numerous...
DROP IN SALES SINCE NEW BUYER PROTECTION 4TH FEB 2025
Has anyone else noticed lack of sales since the buyer protection update 4th february 2025. I used to sell quite a lot and virtually sold nothing since 4th Feb. Can anyone else relate to this and what can we do?
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