Seller News: August 2025
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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...
sending a golf club.
I am trying to find the cheapest/best way to send a golf club. In simple postage there does not seem to be one that accepts the length and in custom there are no prices.How are we expected to know how much to charge and how much ebay are going to cha...
You have received an offer. Buyer Protection Fee ?
So if i have a listing with a buy it now of £191.66, a total of £200 with BPF to a potential buyer. The potential buyer offers £191.66 If i accept it what do i get ? £183 something
i have a problem registering an item as delivered .i have received feedback from the buyer but the o
registering an item as delivered not just dispatched. chriseim1900.
Private seller fees and business fees - why
I am a little confused and more than a little concerned by ebay dropping fees for private sellers. As a small business, surely ebay should be supporting us who provide genuine service and legal products? As the ebay commission charged heads towards 2...
Resolved! Are Promoted Listings always identified as such?
I know there are Sponsored listings which are identified, but do some listings appear “incognito", ie as a result of a paid promotion but which isn’t identified as such? So it may look like an organic result in searches, but it’s actually been paid f...
NI number private seller
HiI was just wondering what happens after you give EBay your national insurance number?Do you get a letter from HMRC or do you just get an email from EBay?Thank you in advance.
Countries missing from drop-down menu of place of manufacture
Just to add to Ebay's current woes, some sellers have reported than they are unable to select a Country of Manufacture when trying to list an item. In my case the missing country is Turkey but there are a number of others. Needless to countries such ...
Is there anyway to show/amend Simple Delivery Options on the Seller Hub?
Simple delivery is now overriding any Custom Delivery OptionsBut Seller Hub only shows custom delivery options?Is there anyway to show/amend Simple Delivery Options on the Seller Hub?
Message saying buyer cannot pay as seller doesn’t post to your country
Hey all buyer is getting the below error message. They live in Germany and i use the EBay global shipping program so I don’t know why it’s saying that I won’t ship to their country. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks
ebay is becoming just a extension of aliexpress or temu
Has anyone else noticed ebay has /is becoming a extension of aliexpress and temu ? lots of sellers on here are drop shipping from them now. I have been caught out by this a few times now, I can buy from aliexpress or temu myself and get it cheaper. I...
Resolved! Feedback Received but Tracking not updated to show this
I sent an item Saturday Guaranteed by 1pm. Buyer left great feedback including pics to show item delivered. Royal Mail hasn’t updated tracking to show delivery completed. Funds not yet released as eBay not showing item delivered, what’s my next step?...
Maximum box size now 61cm under simple delivery?
I have just had to cancel two listings for ikea prints as to safely package would have required a box/package ca 75 x75cm. After searching listing page the MAX size under royal mail is now capped at medium package 61cm so these would have been reject...
When will eBay Techies allow us to tick multiple Filters when searching??
Whenever I do a search for anything it's so laborious to tick UK Only, Size, Colour, etc. etc. only one at a time and then wait for eBay to completely re-load each time before ticking another box.It's been driving me mad for years and I would have th...
Resolved! Buyer wants to return sandles
I sold a pair of sliders over two weeks ago. They were a size 6. The seller has now come back today to say she would like to return them as they don't fit her as they feel weird when walking in them. She also says that my sliders measure up as a size...
Simple Delivery Fees for over max size weight.
hoping to make a post specifially to help ebay sellers find answers as to how much they will be fined if they post an item over the max length, width, height and or weight through Simple Delivery (SD)! It could be very aggressive from large parcel to...
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