Seller News: October 2025
Read the latest updates to streamline your selling experience.
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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...
eBay Signs Small Business Payments Fairness & Transparency Pledge
I thought some around here might be interested that eBay UK joined PayPal, Temu, OnBuy, Stripe and others in signing the Office of the Small Business Commissioner's 10 point payments fairness and transparency pledge. https://www.smallbusinesscommissi...
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.
UPS not collecting from depot.
Hello, I purchased a UPS label in ebay and dropped it to the depot within 24 hours . This was not "simple delivery" it was from a selection. I chose UPS as it allowed the length and insurance. UPS have not collected for a week. it is still at the loc...
eBay Transaction Losses Up 19% In Q3, Mostly Due To Simple Delivery Claims
Interesting stat from the Q3 earnings call for those who missed it - Transaction Losses spiked a significant 19% year over year with CFO Peggy Alford telling investors it was mostly due to increased consumer protection costs of Simple Delivery, ie. p...
Resolved! Need help with return postage - buyer is refusing to use label and started a case?
Hi, relatively new seller here so apologise is this isn't the correct board. I have just got my first return. Provided a label but because the item is so large I had to manually provide the label, I purchased a DHL shipping label and provided a valid...
pre-paid label applied to order
I did a quick search of this forum & there are already a lot of threads about pre-paid labels, so I'm sure this has already come up. I have always listed items for sale in a way that I sort out whichever postage option I've listed it with, usually Ro...
Item delivered to neighbour - buyer insists it wasn't
We sent an item to a buyer and it has been delivered to their neighbour. It was with Evri and the tracking says delivered to recipients porch (they don't have a porch) and shows gps coordinates a few houses down and a very close-up photo that annoyin...
Why does eBay allow phony sellers selling counterfeit products
A seller was selling 15+ bottles for Chanel Allure They RRP at £110 but he was selling them at around £50, my bid went to £42 and I won I didnt check the sellers feedback before I put my bid in, he only bought 3 products and clearly a new account I r...
Resolved! Revise an item - Anyone else having problems and not been able to revise any active listings?
Selling for 10 years on eBay and when a 'Buy Now' item has less than 3 left for sale, I usually revise and increase that listing for how many more of that item I have for sale. The last 2 days, when I select any of my 21 'buy Now items' I want to rev...
eBay wont accept any of my bank account information
eBay is refusing to add my bank account details to my account. If I manually enter them (I've tried two accounts), it says it will verify my account, but it makes no attempts. If I click 'log in', it just dies and does nothing. This has been going on...
Global Shipping Programme Enabled but Buyers Abroad Cannot Purchase – Urgent Issue Costing Sales
Hi eBay team,I’m writing to report a serious issue that’s severely affecting my ability to sell internationally.Despite being fully opted into the Global Shipping Programme (GSP) and having it enabled on all my listings (see attached screenshot), int...
Suddenly cannot edit drafts on a Samsung mobile
I have drafts sitting waiting to amend / edit and now when i click the drafts it just brings up grey boxes. I have cleared cache , restarted etc ..etc. but nothing works.
Contact details on listings - are they allowed?
At an auction on Saturday and naturally chatting to people, the majority of conversations focus on eBay and their Wild West approach to terms and conditions - too many to mention but one in particular got us all interested. Is it forbidden to give yo...
Simple Delivery Unused Postage Label Refund - eBay not paying out
Simple Delivery for light, low value items is a nightmare. I sell something for a few pounds, eBay automatically charge me £2.72 for the label even though the item would only cost me £1.55. So I pay the £1.55 and complete a refund request for the £2....
Sharing listing
I've noticed that when I use the Share Listing function to Facebook, it links to ebay.com and is listed in USD. I always list on ebay.co.ukCan anyone tell me if I'm missing something I need to do to get it to share my original listing?Thanks
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