Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimisation.
Why has ebay reduced the dispatch time limit to 3 days? I do normally manage to dispatch within 3 days, but sometimes I am not able to, so would prefer to go back to 4 days dispatch to give me some leeway and not be subjected to complaints.I am a pri...
Hi, trying to list something for the first time. I keep getting this error when i try to list: Please fix any issues and try again. Domestic postage cost The postage amount is being automatically calculated and I have left both carriers as options. I...
Posted earlier about ebay's dishonesty and deceipt regarding the alleged pros of new Simple Delivery.Forgot to mention that I frequently have buyers buying two or more items. I offer free postage so this has previously been a way of adding a small am...
I have been selling my unwanted clearout items to reduce the household clutter and I have been either using Royal Mail Tracked 48 or Yodel for the cheaper bits. I find Yodel so easy as I could walk to the local convenience store and drop it off whils...
This is an exact copy/paste from the recent Simple Delivery newsletter. "Fragile items can be included within the Simple Delivery service: When you follow our packaging guidance, you benefit from the protection for damage in transit offered by Simple...
Simple deliveryWhat could be more simple than what I already had?1) I book a collection.2) Royal mail collect it from me.3) Royal mail deliver it to the buyer.4) If anything went missing, Royal Mail refunded.It always worked for me with zero issues. ...
I’ve read the forum regarding many people trying to Revise a listing and getting a Red message saying “ First Postage value must be 0” ie zeroI think this is when the seller wants to pay the postage so has chosen theCustom Postage option when creatin...
Buyer protection fees literally KILLED our business. I think it’s time to wrap up and take the business to some other platform.
I enter a starting bid into the box and scroll down and select "List Item" (ALL other fields have been completed). I then get the listing page back with an error on it saying that there is no starting bid so I scroll down and the "Starting Bid Box" i...
Good morning, everybodyI am a stamp collector. I buy old collections, take out the stamps I want, add them to my collection and resell all surplus stamps to help finance my collection. I've been a member since 2005. My customers have indicated via fe...
Clarification needed please. If I list the postal cost of an item at, as an example £3.99, and Ebay issue the label, let's assume it's £2.70, who keeps the difference, me or Ebay?OR.......... Do Ebay set the price of postage to buyer under the SD sch...
Hello, Fellow eBay Sellers (excluded eBay personnel, as they don’t listen to us !) …. Why are our eBay listings getting less views than ever before ?Am I correct in thinking it’s due to our listed items appearing over priced due to the inclusion of t...
I am wanting to sell my planer thicknesser but I can’t post because of it’s classed as bladed.But there are plenty listed collection and delivery, how have they listed!?
Hello Folks, I bought something about 10 or 11 days ago and it was marked as 'delivered' last Thursday....... but it wasn't delivered to *me*..... (no, it's not in my wheelie bin/porch/hedge etc, and it will have been small enough to go through the l...
I can't get past this error message. Have selected "postage only" Royal Mail tracked 48. Show box 5kg. And whether i accept default the £6.59 or make a change say £6.89 - i keep getting this error message (on any browser i use)
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