Today I just received an Ebay message stating that as from 15 April 2025 'Simple Delivery' will be the ONLY option for Ebay private sellers.

So myself being a private seller I have two questions:

1) For my EXISTING Ebay listings which I had made in previous weeks and months which are NOT marked as Simple Delivery but are using the standard delivery function, will those REMAIN as NON-Simple delivery items if a buyer buys post 15th April 2025 ?

2) For International sales where the buyer is located outside of the UK is Simple Delivery also mandatory after 15th April 2025 for Private Ebay sellers ?  I mostly use Royal Mail for UK and international shipments but on occasions for very expensive items over £150 I usually use DPD instead to the UK and I also use DPD to Italy (as the Italian Post Office isn't great). Will I still be able as a seller to select DPD to Italy ? or even DPD to UK ?

3) Regarding the cost of Simple Delivery how does it compare to just buying direct from say Royal Mail / DPD ?

regards,

dfernand101