UK Seller News: April 2025
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over seas postage
So far whenever I've sold an item the buyer has always been based in this country (UK) and my postage cost is based on that. But what happens if the buyer is based overseas, which would, I assume, increase the cost of the postage.
eBay commission on postage
I have been trading on eBay for 14 years but as I have said before it is a shadow of it's former self.I know eBay brought in commission on postage to stop individual sellers charging £2 for an item and £20 postage but the policy they have have brough...
Buyer Protection Scenario ,Is It worth the hassle ?
Low cost item listed for £1 + postage of £1.60 ,Ebay adds their BPF of 75p + 4% (Tax) an increase of 79%. The said item is sent standard 2nd Class £1.55 or £2.00 (depending on weight) Tracked too costly to justify . I then have to wait 14 days to get...
Which Cancellation Reasons Don't Incur A Defect For Seller (Or Buyer)?
Title says it all. There aren't really enough reasons to select now, for instance, if you've literally just sold the item locally and it overlapped with your listing still being live, or you made a genuine mistake in the listing and the buyer is very...
Next month’s Scheduled Listings fees
Why is eBay trying to charge me for listings that are scheduled for my next months allocation? I’ve used up all my listings for the month and as usual started to schedule new listings for the 1st or 2nd of next month to use up next months allocation ...
Resolved! Good news from Ebay?! Change to Private Sellers Payouts
Transferred some selling funds from ebay to my bank account using the ebay app today and got the following message:
Is it worth selling outside of the UK?
Hi there, I sell most (if not all of my products) in the UK only. However, does it give your items more views when you expand where you are willing to post to? Thank's in advance! Jen
Bladed items Ai bot
I was asked to change my listing to ensure the buyer was over 18 and offer proof of age on delivery of said item.Firstly I checked to see how much it costs for age verification delivery almost £7. I was selling a rotary paper trimmer with 2 rotary bl...
Custom delivery option disappeared
Have tried to list an item this afternoon and there is no option for custom delivery anymore, either that or I can’t see it?!? Any ideas?!?
Simple delivery and other default settings
I have been a happy ebay user for over 20 years but recently have almost stopped using it. The main problem is that when items are unsold and I manually relist them, ebay without telling me change the delivery to simple delivery, change postage costs...
Resolved! Massive drop in sales
We sell on both the main platforms and mostly they would be level in terms of sales , until a couple of months ago , when ebay sales just fell off a cliff , I had to check that our listings were still there . Has anything bizarre happened ? Anyone el...
Simply Postage : I find this rather confusing!
Since the introduction of Simple Postage my new listings viewed in the Seller Active listings screen show postage as free. The Simple postage overrides this so when you see the listing as a buyer would see it the postage is showing as extra (Buyer Pa...
Chancellor goes after tax dodgers
HMRC getting more powers to go after tax dodgers, 5.5BN lost in 2022-23 with 81% of that coming from small businesses. A lot of people will be sweating on here
More trouble at mill
Ok, I posted a short while back, usual thing, sales gone etc (in UK). I've kept up some auctions, increased postage to cover royal mail 48 to ensure I'm covered. I decided to give promotions a try. So, the handful of sales I've made (3) over the last...
Payment Information
I have a buyer who says I have charged them for an item they did not order and have not received. My belief is that eBay charge the buyer as I do not have any details of the buyers bank details or access to the same. Can this please be confirmed? Tha...
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