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Program now available to help find which GTC listings of yours are missing photos

Hi all. Just got off the phone with a most excellent customer service rep who advised me that they do now have a "program" to help sellers pinpoint which of their GTC listings are now missing photos. Yes, I know, not as good as finding what the heck ...

Ebay system for dealing with listings is terribly crude, never meant for hundreds of products

My most actively-used pieces of information when selling are:-Sold, Active listings, Unsold, (left-hand side), "selling reminders" (middle page) and "messages." What is missing from this is a one-click SEARCH mechanism. People aren't all gifted with ...

What do you have your handling time set at and does it make a difference in sales?

I currently have my handling time set at 3 days. Within Canada, I mail usually the next day however with international and US, I drop off at Chit Chats 3 days a week, Monday, Wed and Friday. Now chit chats will be moving in Sept further away from me....

Canada Post memo warns of slow shipments to U.S. over trade dispute

More scrutiny over the border on things going into the U.S. Memo was not shown (that i could see) on Canada Post's website, but it was shown to me at a post office outlet. If Americans are wondering why packages are taking longer, this could be the r...

Selling limits?

I wish ebay was alittle quicker on the selling limits I have been selling on ebay for 90+days still can only list ten auctions a month.

NEW OPTION UNDER ITEM SPECIFICS: MODIFICATION DESCRIPTION

I listed an item tonight on eBay.com and under Item Specifics there is a "new" option called Modification Description (up to 200 characters). I believe this might be an option for mobile applications. Has anyone used it?

Experience with USPS - parcel not yet delivered

Sent a parcel tracked packet to Florida. Item arrived in the small towndays ago - was to be delievered Thurs. by 8pm. USPS. Tracking on theirwebsite now says "Awaiting Delivery Scan" for several days and the buyer says has not been delivered. I googl...

Closing Store

Hello. Business has been getting worse over the last year. Since getting treatment for cancer I haven't been able to keep up as much as I did before. I decided to close my store.I know that without constantly listing new things, my search placement i...

Listing clothing on Ebay will not accept size

I am trying to list items on the new ebay listing format. However when I go to fill out the size of the item the drop down menu has no options to select so I choose "Enter my own". I have tried Medium, Mens Medium, and 32 as a waist size and as soon ...

Tracking number on ca

Why eBay doesn't include tracking numbers for the sold items on ca? There are tracking numbers for the sold items on com but not ca. What is wrong with eBay for not including tracking numbers?? Anyone knew why eBay is doing this insane thing on ca??

How does one turn off the UID automagic process for .CA items?

Hmm I may have been here "forever" but I still find stuff I can't figure out how to do!! (Although really I'm still a .CA virgin...only been selling on .CA for a few months). Anyway, whilst on vacation, I normally turn off the UID automatic process f...

Resolved! So once positive feedback is received, shouldnt funds be released to PayPal

So I have sold a couple of items, one has been received and I have received positive feedback and even a thank you email from the buyer. Shouldn't the funds from that sale be released instead of a few days time. I understand the buyer protection but ...

New Selling Offer

This just magically appeared on dot ca. Hope its there for you too!!! Special Offer: 25% off final value fees!Start:Jul 30, 2018 at 9:00pm PDTEnd:Aug 12, 2018 at 8:59pm PDT *Qualifying Items are limited to select categories as follows:1. ElectronicsC...

Resolved! Ebay mobile app bugging out

I use the mobile app while sourcing. Since most of my customers are in the US i had it set to shipping to California. That way the sold listings showed what Americans were paying with shipping and I could value accordingly. Once in a while it will re...

Asia to Canada very slow shipping situation - worse and worse since 2014.

Hi - here's the situation from my point of view. I sell primarily from Taiwan in Asia (not quite the same as China!) worldwide - and a main problem recently, which had worsened in 2015, and now in 2016 seems even worse - is that stardard airmailed pa...

Shipping to Egypt

Anyone have experience with this? I used to have no problem shipping internationally but I have noticed countries customs departments will hold things forever/lose them/etc.

Is eBay as a brand in trouble ?

In my couple of months back on ebay all it seems like they are trying to do right now is play catch up with amazon . How many 10 - 15 % off sales have they had in the past couple of months .. How can eBay absorb these discounts (expenses) and grow in...

What happened to the chat session with Andrea this week?

Anyone know if she is okay, were there any problems, that did not allow the questions raised, to be answered? Mods, Tyler, please fill us in, thanks.

Why does Ebay always try to fix something that isn't broke? ie: Page Layouts!

Once again Ebay is changing page layouts that don't need changing. The new layouts are terrible. They are hard to maneuver around and functionality has been removed. These new pages must have cost Ebay a lot of money for zero improvements. In fact, I...

Is eBay as a brand in trouble pt 2

I am asking real questions whether anyone wants to listen or not is up to you . I love eBay as a brand and it is the reason why I began a career in online retail . My first and only post was pretty much about the same thing and you guys all seemed to...

Low cost shipping versus free shipping.

Conducted a small experiment with shipping cost. I had a lot of listings with free shipping. They had the odd view. Then this morning with the 5 listings offer for $1.00 final value fee, I decided to relist an item that I've had listed several times ...

not receiving sale confirmed emails again???

anyone else not receiving their "sale confirmed" email from ebay today??i have only sold 2 items 7 hours apart, i received the "'offer received" emails, but when i accepted the offers nothing to confirm sale..

Can't create or save to Draft any new listings

How long has this been happening? I cannot create or Save to Draft any new listings, it won't let me get past or around this page and all the work I've done is lost. Twice now. It's been an eternity since I last tried to create any new listings. How ...

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Ebay Shipping Supplies

If anyone recently has tried to purchase shipping supplies using their coupon and had issues and were not able to view the 21 items it should be working properly now. Was in contact with the seller and when he checked. His response below. "at first I...

Sales Tax GST/HST and QST - How Do you report your Sales taxes?

I have a few questions regarding sales tax and I was hoping the more experienced ebayer had some answers.1. Is there an intergraded software that exists that can take care of eBay Canada sales tax? 2. What method do you use to Calculate your sales ta...

combine shipping problem

Hi All I want this posted in chat with Andrea but could not find a way to post there Trying to set up banded shipping profiles as we have on our amazon store... Example purchase 1 item at a price of 29.99 then shipping is charged at a flat rate. But ...

Head's up - A few sellers have reported pictures missing again

You might want to check your listings if any of them just renewed. There is a post on the US board and at least 3 sellers have said that the pics in their gtc listings have gone missing again. It could be just a random thing but it won't hurt to chec...