Seller Central

Should I drive to the U.S. to ship from Canada?

My first Expedited Parcel has arrived at it's destination in Vegas only 4 days after shipping. As a new seller, I am subject to the 21 day holdback on my funds. According to Ebay, I can speed up the process by meeting certain criteria. I have done so...

Don't qualify for 5K free listings on eBay.ca due to Below Standard on eBay.com?

Perhaps someone can enlighten me, because the 3 hours on 2 separate days with customer service has been completely pointless no matter how many time I repeat myself. Its a long story but if someone could tell me if it makes sense it would be apprecia...

Newcomer impressions about fraud on eBay.

My first listing was a watch, which was purchased but not paid for by a phony buyer.After re-listing, someone else did the same thing: full bid but no payment.Same for my camera: phony bid and no money.In each of the 3 phony bids, the same email acco...

Just lost a case with item still in transit how? What do I do now?

Buyer from states opened a case and I checked out the tracking and still shows in transit, he doesnt respond to me and just escalates.. the tracking was uploaded, but I lost the case?? I just lost $420 because of this. what the **bleep** do i do? No,...

Why some sellers do not give immediate feedback if we have done our part? conditioning feedbac

Hello..... Why some sellers do not give immediate feedback if we have done our part? They expect us to give them positive feedback first with that intention? Whether the negative qualify will do the same with us? I understand: 1 -. Ordering and makin...

Fund your summer fun, list 5,000 free!

New listing promo, starts June 18 and runs to the 24th.http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/2014/06_18.html Sellers who create a listing in the auction-style format, auction-style with Buy It Now format, or fixed price format in select categories (see exclusio...

What is wrong with e-bay sellers and why we are losing customers?!

I am a long time e-bay member , I sell and buy , but don't have a store. In general, I used to have a good experience , have gone out of my way several times to accommodate my sellers and buyers. So, you can imagine my surprise, when a seller I conta...

Too late to give negative feed back?

Buyer did not pay after several emails and several weeks. Report to eBay after some time and received my eBay fee back.Decide to give negative feed back to protect other seller. But I can't seem to do it.Is there a way? Than you.

Resolved! First time seller. Buyer wants to pay, but is unable to complete transaction

I'm trying to sell an item. The buyer is ready to pay for the item. I have sent them the invoice, and they say that they are unable to pay for the item because of some technical difficulty. Their words were "you have not written quote for delivery, s...

Suddenly very low traffic...

I'm experiencing very low traffic these two weeks, nothing were changed from my listings but don't know why suddenly nobody come. I notice this happenned after eBay asked us to change password. Or maybe due to the World Cup?

Is there a faster way to list items?

I've noticed that a lot of sellers have $2-3 stuff like trading cards or stamps which are sent through lettermail. Thousands of listings.. I used to sell cards when I first started and it took ages to get listings up one by one (researching prices an...

seller feedback

i buy and sell on ebay.how do i keep my purchase values private??right now as it is ,the world can see what was paid for a particular item.

How to Add "Add to Cart" Option

I noticed that some sellers have the "Add to Cart" option and some don't. I don't seem to have that on my items, I only have "Buy It NOW'. How can I add the "Add to Cart" option?. Thanks!

Add to Cart on .ca

Just noticed I have a cart on my .ca listings. is this here to stay? And does it work?

I'm confused on what automation rules means?

It states assign automation rules when I am listing or relisting. What does that mean exactly?

Why does Ebay prevent sellers from combined shipping with their Global Shipping Program?

What would the logic behind preventing combined shipping with the Global Shipping Program? What would be the incentive from buying multiple items from one seller? It's such a waste!

Shipping not specified in search results, but amount in actual listings.

Hi I just checked my items using both a US and a Belgium address and it shows "shipping amount not specified" until you click on the listing. I think that it used to show. What am I doing wrong?

What the ?????

This is the e-mail I received from eBay (actually a whole bunch of them). However, I have been listing these items that they sent me this e-mail about for the last two months. NOW it's a problem? I HATE EBAY. eBay sent this message to jg01302. Your r...

Suspicious Sale to Australia

Buyer has one (1) feedback 17.00 vintage polaroid camera Notification of Payment Received80 total with 60 in shipping. Doesn't say confirmed address in Green, but shows a "Seller Protection Address"I'm suspicious, what'chall think?

what happens to the buyer when they don't pay

I am new at this and I already have 5 cases of buyers that don't pay, is there a system 3 strikes your out , What does ebay do to buyers that don't pay

Sellers beware of this "Paypal" message

I'm reproducing below a message I just received in my personal email inbox. Since I use Yahoo email, the sender's actual email address wasn't shown, just "Paypal". Of course, we sellers take notice of anything mentioning "Limits", so I was concerned ...

Is eBay losing it?

Have they lost their collective mind in San Jose? Just received a special offer in "my messages" and by email: http://view.seller.ebay.com/?j=fec11774716d0574&m=fe9613707567027b76&ls=fe25167576630d7e711273&l=fefd1579776501&s=fe561676726d077b7017&jb=f...

US buyers perspective on item not received and ebay

The below if paraphrased from a buyer who opened a case for an item not received through ebay. I did send without tracking (those are always the ones to go missing, strange). Just wanted to point out that ebay encourages the claim to be opened and th...

International Visibility ?

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y14/m06/i16/s02

EBAY SEARCH ENGINE

In a previous life I sold stock photography on a number of sites and a few sites let it be known that photographers that uploaded regularly got better placement in search results. I wonder if eBay is similar? In May, before the security breach, for v...

Invoicing problem

I had a few cases where a buyer has paid his invoice and entered shipping charges before I could invoice him. How can I stop that!

Canada Post AdressComplete adress tool

Canada Post has a tool for easy finding the correct address, domestic or international. This tool has a fee to use. Here is the description of the tool. https://www.canadapost.ca/pca/?s_kwcid=TC|1028746|%2Bcanada%20%2Bpost%20%2Baddress%20%2Bcomplete|...

Is this happening to anyone else?

I get random, inconsistent and oddly delayed/sporadic email messages from eBay along the lines of, "A topic you recently commented on has received a response", or something like that. It's just that it's always delayed by like a week or so from the a...

Half My Pictures are Missing

I was searching some listings today and couldn't help but notice how many listings had their pictures missing. I decided to check my own and, I couldn't believe it, half of my listings don't have any pictures. They show up in my Summary Page but I de...

Please recommend the proper category

Dear Sellers, As I know, we have few very experienced sellers who deal with postal stamps and related items. I hope you will find some time to attend in my store the category Postcards, Flyers, Invitations and then sub-category covers (envelopes). As...