Seller News: May 2025
Catch up on the latest updates focusing on trust and optimisation.
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Resolved! EBay asking for national insurance number
Hi everyone, I recently joined for like 1 month and I start selling as a private seller , and now eBay is asking me to provide national insurance number."New UK digital sales reporting legislation requires sellers with 30 or more sales, or who have s...
NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY
AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.
Listing Violations
Hi, couldn't find the right category so apologies if in wrong section. I sell preloved prams and pushchairs. Each pram consists of the pram frame, the Carrycot and the 6 month + seat unit. So its essentially a 2 in 1 rather than a 3 in 1. I am fully ...
EBAY added V A T
been selling for 13 + years mainl my husbands vast " treasures " also sold my ageing (86) sister in laws craft items over 400 + craft cd's and other craft making itemsetc and my other inlaws jewellery hordein that time have sold aprox 400 items and s...
"Brand new features and events are coming your way" ???
Why do titles like this fill us with dread? The simple delivery nightmare being an example.I guess it's mainly due to the brand new features dread. Ebay we like the old features.
Resolved! Is it possible to opt out of Postage Polices any more?
Is it possible to opt out of Postage Polices any more? Ebay postage is a total mess. I decided to create some postage policies to avoid a lot of duplication when listingI've now decided to change some listings to Postage Free to avoid more complicati...
Simple Delivery
Simple Delivery . It was simple , I wrote address on package and took it to the post office and would send tracked or signed for to avoid issues , simple . Now ebay have complicated it to the extent that I can no longer sell items . Member for 21 yea...
Is combined shipping still a thing or have they killed that too?
On my private account i am selling off some of my personal collection of rare 35mm slides. Being small and post able in padded envelopes it makes sense to allow combined shipping for buyers, i added the allow combining shipping option a while back ma...
Resolved! Simple delivery
Help! NOTE to The Gods of EBay .Your New 15th/4/25 : New enforced system of courier-'your way Only' ! 1) I Don't have a printer 2) l've been with you for nearly 10 years without one (.& + see positives reviews !) 3)The Only & post office is openONE d...
"even more of the features you’ve requested"
No, you haven't. One of the features most sellers appear to want is a return to being in control in dealing with postage, full stop. You've ignored that completely.
*breaking news - Simple Delivery* Changes to postage rates and delivery options
Last month, we shared that Simple Delivery will be the only delivery option available for private sellers when listing eligible items. We’ve been listening to your feedback whilst rolling out this change, and are introducing a new parcel size option ...
eBay Adding £0.75 + 4% To Sale Price AND An Aditional £0.75 + 4% To Postage????
Right, we are all aware that eBay have started adding a BPF of (IIRC) £0.75 + 4% of the total sale price (inc P&P) , yeah? BUT, today I noticed when editing an item, when I hit "Save", I got a red error message satating that I needed to add a postage...
Trump's Tariff War Hitting Sales To The USA
Prior to Trump taking office, half my sales of rare books were to the USA. But now 100 days in - with the dollar having plunged in value and Trump's toxic threats of tariffs on anything and everything - my sales to the USA have plunged to zero. US bu...
Resolved! Fee formula for private sellers items over £300
Can anyone do a spreadsheet formula to get the pre-fee price, which includes both the up to £300 at 4% tier, but also the £300 to £4000 at 2% tier? Note the formula should include the top £4000 amount too, so would be something that incorporates 300 ...
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