No tracking number to mark on listing and flagged "item not shipped"

[lastchancenow]

I am sending a small value item (a few bucks) out by letter post and there is no point paying 2 times more the item value for a tracking number. I didn't enter any tracking number at the listing and eBay marked the listing as "item not shipped".

How to enter a tracking number when there is none?

What is the consequence of being flagged "item not shipped" even if the buyer receives it?

What to do if being flagged?

[2nd-time-around-jewelry · Accepted solution]

You can still mark the item as shipped manually. Go to the item page of your sold item & on the top left corner you have a choice of what you want to check off. Mark As Shipped is one of the options. It doesn't show it on my example below because I had already clicked on mark as shipped when I sent my item.

• Print shipping label
• Add tracking number
• View order details
• View PayPal transaction
• View purchased item
• Contact buyer
• Sell a similar item
• Relist
• Unmark as shipped
• Unmark as payment received

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

Without tracking, as you probably know, if an unhappy or dishonest buyer complains that he did not receive the doohickey, the seller is required to refund or get a Defect.

With the defect, eBay pays the buyer and comes after the seller for their money.

However, unlike US sellers, Canadian sellers do not have to track 90% of shipments to hold TopRatedSeller status, with its various discounts.

[ypdc_dennis · Accepted solution]

For items I ship without tracking I just click on Mark as shipped from the More actions menu next to the sold item (*) -- you do not have to enter a tracking number if you don't have one.

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(*) - As viewed on a desktop computer.

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[lastchancenow]

Thank you all for the helpful information. I have marked my items as shipped. My item is only less than 5 dollars, so I won't loose too much in the worst case. I do ship with tracking numbers for other items.