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...
"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...
Refund Scammers - EBay do nothing!
So I’ve been scammed. I’m a seller. Sold an item for £185. Customer received it and said there was an issue and can he refund. I’m yes of course sorry and accepted the return. A few days later a tracked envelope arrived with a pen in it? No tracking ...
Disappearing listings
I've noticed my listing for a surface plate has disappeared. I've just revised it, and it's disappeared, nowhere to be seen under any of the listing categories with a day or so left on it. Can someone please advise. Cheers.
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...
Red Banner Saying “Open Issues” But I Have No Issues
Hi everyone,I’m hoping someone here can help or has experienced the same problem.Recently, my eBay account was reinstated after a restriction. Since then, I’ve noticed a red banner under my payment section saying there are open issues to resolve. How...
24 Years and This is No Longer Viable
Just a rant here. 24 years selling on ebay and 2024 has made me ready to pack it in. Fees - crippling. Unless I find it on the floor, buying and selling is now impossible to make any sort of profit. Ebay and couriers make more per sale than me. Buyer...
"Simple" delivery of large items - what a fail - forced to wait at home for a whole day.
So having sold a large item (plastic wall cladding sheets, about 1kg, but 1 metre long) I had the joy of "simple" delivery to content with. Only option for the size was the large size, which it turns out is DHL collecting it. No option to drop off, h...
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...
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...
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.
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