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...
"simple" delivery
Thanks to this garbage "service" the morons at ebay have generated a pre-paid label which is nowhere near the cost of sending my parcel. A buyer bought three items off me, each would have cost £3.38 to send yet the label from this genius system has c...
Large Letter and Simple Delivery
I have been selling some low cost items and sending as a Large Letter 2nd Class at a cost of £1.55.Most I sell for £4.99 or £5.99 including the P&P so I end up with around £3 for my trouble.With Simple Delivery it now costs £2.72 which seems extortio...
Interesting read even if a few months old now, wonder if the next numbers will be up or down?
https://ecommercenews.eu/ebay-shrinks-in-the-uk-stabilizes-in-germany/
15% Coupon Codes added to my items without my knowledge
I've just discovered that 15% Coupon Codes have been added to all but one of my listed items. I hope I'm right in thinking that ebay will be covering the cost of the discount and that I will still get the full item price, but could somebody confirm t...
MC011 Restriction
Hi eBay community,I'm in a desperate situation and hoping for advice or similar experiences. Here's what's happening:6+ years account of good standing. Barely ever sold things before, but just sold three items in the past two months or so, and listed...
Pending Funds
I hadn't sold an item on eBay for a while, and so ignored the pre-paid label and sent the item independently via Royal Mail signed for. The item has been delivered and signed for, but my funds remain pending as Ebay hasn't recognised that the item ha...
Resolved! Why am I paying tax on my shop subscription fee?
Hi AllWhen I signed up for an eBay shop I was led to believe that it would cost £27 a month. I've just been charged £32.40 for the month which includes additional tax (VAT I assume?) I know that we have to pay VAT on things, but I can't find anywhere...
The new when we get paid rules from February.
Ebay was always heavily weighted in favour of the Buyers, but this new mad rule thats coming in next month about having to wait two days after delivery is confirmed to get paid is simply beyond the pale. And sometimes delivery conformation never come...
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...
Simple Delivery nightmare! Until yesterday I could choose custom and choose my carrier etc
How do eBay know the carrier, price, weight, size of box used to pack etc ? Large letter is charged at 1kg even if it’s 250grams. RM the box has to be 16cms max. It jumps from 2kg to 10kg with no 5kg offered. I always added a tiny amount towards the ...
Payments - payouts
I recently revived my ebay account and started selling again. a message appeared stating that i would be paid quarterly on the 1st of July then October,January and April. After my first "new" sale i received 1st payment as stated but as i list more i...
Is eBay open for buyers?
Hi everyone,I’m starting to get really concerned about the lack of sales on eBay lately. No matter how much we promote our listings or how generous the discounts are, nothing seems to be moving. It’s like shouting into a void.We also sell on other pl...
Suspicious purchases
Hi, does anyone have any experience with suspicious purchases and how do you deal with this? A buyer contacted me today about has not received the purchases made two weeks ago, but the account used to contact me is different from the one used for the...
Resolved! Simple Delivery - Inflated Postage on Large Letter
Hi,This is prob just the same stuff that everyone else has been posting here, but thought I would ask. Item has relisted with Simple Delivery, as this is now mandatory.Free postage has been removed and is levied at the buyer (yes I can toggle back).I...
Resolved! Waiting payment after auction
This is the first time I have ever sold something on Ebay, my item sold at auction and it is not clear to me what to do next. The only message I have is "waiting payment" there is a button that say "send payment details", however this simply informs ...
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