Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimisation.
Forum Posts
Resolved! How does ebay count completed orders?
Hello,Made a sale today. In my app showing year to date I have 29 orders less than the threshold to get caught by the taxman. I quote here from https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/account/regulatory/sales-reporting/uk-digital-sales-reporting?id=5454 "Your to...
What is BUYER PROTECTION FEE really for ?
With Buyer Protection, you'll benefit from:New! Private sellers paid after delivery: When you purchase from a private seller, payment will be sent after the order has been successfully delivered.New! 24/7 customer support: Connect anytime with a pers...
eBay removed a woodcarving gouge set even if listed with age verification posting
This woodcarving gouge set is a tool set for wood carving work. As per the policy, it has been listed with the Age Verification posting which is double the price of the usual Tracked48 small parcel via RM. Ebay sent email saying the item had been rem...
End of private sellers
I have been an ebay user since 2003.both as a buyer and seller,but it seems that my days of selling are now over thanks to the recent ridiculous buyer protection tax on buyers which make it almost impossible to sell low value items.And now they are r...
Selling expensive item to 0 feedback person
Hello I am selling a laptop and have today accepted an offer on it. However the buyer is now sending me weird messages late at night in broken English, and asking for videos etc even after they’ve paid. They asked for a detailed video of it working a...
Resolved! VAT on orders with Simple Delivery
I'm noticing that orders with Simple Delivery are now also showing a VAT deduction. Is this new? For exampleSubtotal£19.50Buyer Protection fee£1.25Postage*£3.56VAT*£0.71Order total**£25.02
April 15th - The day Ebay died. (Yet another Simple Delivery rant)
The new Ebay controlled delivery for private Sellers becomes compulsory on April 15th, Ebay will remove the opt out option. I won't re-hash the many negatives for Sellers around the cost and delayed payments. For me the final straw is that the Seller...
Ebay Buyer Protection
Hi - Message from Buyer to say an item hasn’t arrived - only just let us know. We have proof of posting, so can refund - However who refunds the Ebay Buyer Protection, how do they claim that back - Thanks for any info.
eBay as confused as us about Simple Delivery?
eBay help says this about Simple Delivery postage rates for items under £100: which I was pleased to see had a 2-10kg option at a price that was close to Yodel’s £5.21 that I use a lot. BUT… there is no option for this weight range when you select Si...
Ebay confirms when Simple Delivery will be Mandatory
Someone else posted this as a reply to an existing thread but thought I would post it separately. It appears to be taken from one of ebay's terms and conditions pages but I do not have a link.
Simple delivery - not!
I am very annoyed with this 'simple delivery '95% of the time I use Royal Mail as I arrange collection & this suits me. I dont have a local Evri & the closest opens 9am to 4pm so useless if you work. If I do have something larger to sell then I get E...
Some recent weird stuff
Ok, these have all happened in the last week and are rather odd. eBay told me I was winning an auction (I was watching), it was lit in green up to and after the auction ended. I never bid once on it. I checked my ended auctions it still showed me as ...
Thread for sellers' experiences of Simple Delivery and if only their chosen carrier is actually used
Yes, I know there are a lot of Simple Delivery threads but I imagine this one will be helpful for others too. I'm holding off listing any more items and taking existing ones down tomorrow as there's no way that I want to use Evri. I asked earlier thi...
Tracking number
I have just sold an item. So I go to the item on the app (iPhone) only to find the buyers address is nowhere to be found just a message saying the address will be on the postage lable I don't use postage through eBay because the amount is always wron...
Buyer cancelled order but I have been charged for postage. What can I do?
Someone bought my item by mistake and immediately cancelled. I found another buyer very quickly and posted, but I was charged for postage for the first order despite the label not even having been printed. Several threads on the same subject suggeste...
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