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...
Buyer protection fee
I understand that eBay has to make a profit but this is just not working. I am having to reduce my selling price by 4% to achieve the advertised price I am seeking, effectively a selling fee of 4%. Buyers seem to be staying away as I have only sold 2...
A tip for Image Research I posted on Facebook a fortnight ago.
Most sellers of vintage items now use Google Lens and any similar services which are available to identify items and learn about them. A trick which worked for me when my picture search on a blue vase was not producing anything was to change the pict...
VAT on postage?
Hello,Is it normal for VAT to be charged on non- SD listings?I thought it was only for SD, because Ebay are providing a service?(Changed a listing to Advanced 2nd Class RM, and VAT applies!)TIA!
Reviewing bank account
I have been selling on eBay for about 4 months and have made a good amount of money.Firstly there was no issues with withdrawing me money out of my ebay account until it said eBay will be reviewing my account bank details and that my payouts would be...
EBay asking for national insurance number
I understand why they're doing this because of the new laws with them having to report to HMRC etc. The issue and concern is, What IF eBay was to be compromised and this data leaked...NI is pretty important information and a NI number leak can lead t...
Postage
On my selling account, why have Ebay changed many of my postage prices?I always list with buyer paying at, for example £2.75 Royal Mail. Today, I've noticed some have changed to collection only, others have had postage reduced to £1.55.I can go in an...
Resolved! eBay customer service said "don't worry". Simple delivery?
Package is lost. When will I get my money back? What should I do now? I explained many times that Evri lost my package. Customer service said "don't worry, we will help with this". I am still having problems with my refund. It was a Simple Delivery (...
Simply taking the p**s of course refering to simple postage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simple postage just another seller annoyed at ebay's simple delivery, can live with other changes but this is simply taking the biscuit not happy with this, please more people post the same inundate ebay so they eventualy back track on what is simply...
SD Delivery.
Sorry if this has been covered before in previous Community messages, I do try to read as many as I can, and pick up hints and help along the way. Since the gradual spreading of Simple Delivery, I have managed to hang on selling by my finger tips. Th...
Opinions on eBay removing fees for private sellers
Hello everyone, I've just checked my emails to see that eBay have completely scrapped fees for private sellers. I want to know what everyone thinks about this? in my opinion this is unfair on business sellers as we will now be competing with traders ...
Simple Delivery strikes again!
eBay, Are we simply ignoring everyone's complaints on simple delivery? Its horrible, Look at the forums, I hear it in person amongst friends etc. Nobody wants it! Why fix what weren't broken? All it has done is cause everyone to spend more money than...
Multi variation listings and postage (after Simple Delivery Introduced)
Hi all. I'm slightly baffled by the new Simple Delivery thing, which seems to get more and more problematic. Originally I set my own custom postage options and rates. Once Simple Delivery was introduced, it did seem possible to opt out of it when rel...
Feedback (or lack thereof)
I've been a seller (and buyer) on ebay for many many years...... and one of the best features of eBay in general is the feedback facility, for both buyers and sellers. I can't count how many times viewing a sellers feedback comments good and bad has ...
Simple Delivery Postage Options - Why cannot Sellers choose signature on delivery confirmation
Just found out yesterday that all our listings have been changed to all Simple Delivery and Ebay with its AI or automated whatever it is? has miscalculated the sizes and the types of postage that the buyers would have to pay. I had to go through all ...
Confused - Simple Delivery override not showing on my listing when I view it from another account?
I'm looking at one of my listings, which has an eBay message at the top saying that Simple Delivery will override my custom delivery rates (I use Postage Tables/Rates), my choices are ghosted out and the only choice I'm allowed to make is whether I w...
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