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Accounting Software Recommendations?

Hoping the eBay community can provide some recommendations on accounting software for my antiques and collectibles business (currently a sideline). My sales and inventory purchases have grown over the past couple years and it's becoming too much of a...

Signature Delivery?

Just curious...does anyone pay for signature delivery for higher priced items, even when it's not necessary?

How much we can sell to be in safe zone?

Experts,Need your thoughts on this. I might start selling some personal movie collections soon and wanted to find out what is the max safe selling money we can make before going to tax, etc.? I mean when exactly should we declare in tax as income and...

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International Shipping Exclusions List

The recent announced changes to ebay's blocked countries list prompted me to have a look at my own shipping exclusions list. Made some changes, unblocking most of Europe along with Australia, New Zealand and a lot of the larger Asian countries.Everyt...

eBay reported Increased sales last quarter

It`s laughable that eBay is reporting higher sales in the last quarter and taking bows for it. It is the sellers who drive eBay with products for their buyers to purchase - let alone millions having to stay home in that period. Yet no very large free...

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Managed payments and International/US visibility?

I'm worried about the following, that I saw on an ebay.com thread: ..."There are a few more details in the Terms of Service: Charity, International Listings, and International Site VisibilityIf you use managed payments, certain types of active listin...

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GTC Fixed Price Renewal Chart

This chart was made back when I had stores, now that non-store subscribers are allowed up to 200 listings/month it is applicable again.Most of us have a hang at this these days but for anyone who is interested:- rows show the insertion date- columns ...

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Canada Post August 2020 rate changes

The Canada Post discount online shipping promo for levels 1, 2 and 3 Solutions for Small Business members has ended. Fuel surcharge will see an increase on Monday, August 3 (after 6 months of dropping).In Canada will see an increase from 3% to 4.5% (...

Disputes /Managed Payments/ ApplePay/GooglePay

I understand that one of the benefits of Managed Payments is that the customer can use ApplePay or GooglePay as well as a credit card or Paypal to make an anonymized payment. But what happens when things go pearshaped?If there is a Dispute that is ta...

Shipping Letter Mail to the U.S.

I'm doing a pretty decent business just shipping Video Games within Canada that I might not even open it up to US but wanted to know in case I do. Can I just mail a video game in bubble mailer to the US without worrying about customs? It makes no sen...

What if any extra charges for a US buyer?

I received a question from a US buyer: And, I've never had to pay anything additional from Canada. Could you exp!win it you've had buyers that received extra charges. When a US buyer pays, they pay for the .com in US $ and then how does it work with ...

not getting the sale confirmed email from ebay..

started yesterday late afternoon, and all day today. no email from ebay saying sale confirmed, but i am getting the paypal notice on time.. anybody else experiencing this glitch again.. and no they are not in my trash folder.

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Paypal fee increase

Beginning April 12, 2017, PayPal is simplifying the prices we charge for transactions and will be removing tiered merchant rates on Canadian domestic and international purchase payments. If you are currently receiving a merchant volume discount, this...

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Variation in delivery times...

On July 26 I sold some **bleep**aner stamps to someone in the UK. I mailed on Monday July 27. The buyer received it today! A letter Ontario to Quebec took 16 days and one Ontario to Ohio took 34 days!

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30 days return policy

When the 30 days return policy starts?A) from the day the item was deliveredB) from the day buyer opens a return caseAnd those 30 days are 30 calendar days or 30 business days?Thank you for your feedback

Scammed by a buyer!

I sold an item on Ebay and the buyer paid via PayPal. But the email sent from the PayPal was fake and requested the item shipping details before I got the money. After I sent out the item the buyer contacted me and said she over paid the fee and want...

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