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...
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.
"eBay may charge you a final value fee even if your item is not sold"
I just read the following in the T&Cs Make sure that your message does not contain any contact information and that you do not request contact or other personal information; otherwise as a seller, eBay may charge you a final value fee even if your it...
Marking an item as dispatched when not using simple delivery label
Hello on the 29th September i sold a kids toy. I went to do the usual pack it up, write the address and then post it. However i noticed i could only see the buyers name, i thought weird. So looked into it more and ebay had automatically purchased a l...
Extended item not received protections
Another Ebay announcement which raises more questions than answers. Is ebay swallowing the cost? Or are they charging the buyer? Does Large letter constitute tracked, because it sure is frustrating when you see the item is posted weeks after you gave...
Have any vinyl/CD sellers shipped to the US via the GSP hub and not had tariffs applied?
Any eBay reps are unwilling to shed any light on this - physical music formats are exempt from tariffs but I'd like to know if any sellers shipping to the US using the Global Shipping Programme have had tariffs applied or not to the total for the buy...
Ebay is it declining?
HelloI am beginning to wonder if eBay is on a rapid decline! Speaking to some other users I know personally we are all saying that, with all the recent 'revisions' that have ocurred recently the sales have declined. I have seen this myself and I feel...
What The Hell Is The International Fee For Private Sellers?
I admit I must have been living under a rock or something, but I was under the impression that when eBay 1) Removed fees for private sellers and 2) Brought in the "Buyer Protection Fee" to try and claw some of this back. But the justification was alw...
Giving up selling because of stupid "Buyer protection Fees"
Anyone else feel this way? As a private seller. I am seriously contemplating stopping selling because of these rip off "buyer protection fees". It is very, very off putting for buyers to see these strange buy it now prices. All it really does is forc...
Resolved! Selling fees are too high on ebay, time to call it a day and just bin it all
I have been a loyal and faithful member of ebay for 20+ years now, till quite recently it has been good, but of late not so good, sadly. The fees are just too much for me and also for other sellers too.So what to do, I think that the options for me a...
Resolved! Not recieved a refund for an unused simple delivery label
I sold an item on freepost but to my horror ebay deducted £2.70 from my balance for a label I didn't use because it only needed to be £1.55 for L letter so I bought the correct label from RM & sent item with that. To make matters worse I only got pai...
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 ...
Resolved! Postage costing me more than buyer pays. Formal complaint
I have no doubt that this has frequently been mentioned on here, but forgive me, I have not been on here much. I am livid. If I have it wrong, then, please correct me.I am losing money on this new way with the postage costs. . Buyer pays less than wh...
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...
Remove Simple delivery in bulk option
We don't like it.We don't want it.we don't care about it.We don't care why or why you implemente it. Throw it away. Far away. It is horrible. We want to offer freee shipping as default most of the times.
Is it Royal Mail or Buyer Protection??
Hi, I am at my wits end! I sell the odd piece of costume jewellery on ebay and 1 out of 2 things I sell gets a 'not arrived' case opened.I send them regular mail, large letter and always get proof of posting. Padded envelope, written clearly etc. The...
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