Seller Central

5¢ Insertion Fees, Is eBay renewing this promotion?

Just wondering does anyone know if eBay is going to renew this promotion? Apparently it's been going on since 2008. I was a little surprised when I noticed the listing fee increase today as the promotion ended yesterday. Original promotion link: http...

eBay shipping calculator is off

I really think the eBay shipping calculator is off... when listing items in US$ with calculated shipping: a buyer just paid $2.97 for a Light Packet item and when I go to PayPal to pay and print the label... US $3.06!! Are they kidding me? The buyer ...

Revising Invoices & the Mobile Phone Disease- Some other way?

Here's a situation that may make some sellers smile (especially the more, shall we say, mature ones). I recently received an offer on an item that was on sale for $44.10. The offer was $44.10. I puzzled over this, wondering if I should email the buye...

Stores

Are store available now, or do we have to wait until May 1st? I tried to get one and it told me I have to be a registered seller on ebay with a valid credit card?????;\ I thought I was all these years?? ?:|

Seller Performance Reports are Rigged To Make Canadians Fail?????

All our reports state Above Standard and Standard Performance, yet, Dashboard says below standards performance. ???? Also, how can I improve on something I cannot control such as shipping time, charges, etc. We do same day or next day shipping, and w...

Very Weird eBay Glitches / Good Till Sells / 30 day Listings

Hey Everybody, Just want to give a heads-up on some strange things that have happened to me lately; 1) MC099 Listing violation took down all my listings saying I went over my listing limit for the month (can't find monthly limits table anywhere) 2) P...

No 50 Free listings?

Normally every month I receive my 50 free listings as a seller as soon as we are in a new month, Yet today the start of a new month I went to list an item and am being charged the regular listing fees. I went and checked my listing offers and there i...

Sellers input needed - past experience with paypal claims

Ok, so back on Feb 15th I had a buyer purchase a HTC cell phone, and right from day one I had a bad feeling with the sale, but not wanting negative feedback or any problems I went on with the sale. The buyer had a high feedback rating well into the 3...

Canadapost Flat Rate Box (CANNOT BE USED!! What a waste of $)

for MONTHS now, I was unable to print a shipping label to make use of these PRE-PAID boxes after selling an item. Ebay's links only take me to paypal, and paypal for months now will not let me print out a shipping label for these pre-paid flat rate b...

GST/HST, April 1, 2013, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island

Effective April 1, 2013 British Columbia goes from HST to GST... Back to GST = 5 % Prince Edward Island becomes an HST Province with HST = 14 %.

Need help on paypal reports

I am trying to download or find some kind of report on paypal that give me Price/Title/ship to locations all in one ... I had it last year but can't remember if I found it like that or revised it like that .. As of now I can get Price and title from ...

Sending Item to China

I want to send a $300 item to China and it will weigh about 50 grams and it's well under 2cm. thick. I'd like to ship insured, but my faith in TPIPs is so low right now. Does anyone know of a better way to do so than the $70 Expresspost method? It's ...

Help with Translation Gang

Thought it was a unique shirt, but am having a devil of a time with this translation. Have checked a few with no luck. Anyone ? Hope it doesn't translate to "BB, you bought another crappy shirt."

US buyer paid the shipping cost for worldwide.

This is the second time, I have US buyer paid more than she had to, and I don't really like it because have to refund the extra and another minutes to email her explain why. My listing said shipping cost to US is $2, worlwide $6. She paid $6 instead ...

Official eBay recognized holidays (Canada)?

Does anyone know if there is a list or a way to know? Asking this of course in relation to uploading shipping tracking numbers for the U.S. next day as required. This weekend could be problematic. For example today is Good Friday, always been a stat ...

Future eBay Promotions?

Earlier this week we saw eBay offering another free listing promotions - by invitation only - but limited to a few categories: Home & Garden; Musical Instruments; Business & Industrial; Sporting Goods; and Sports Memorabilia, Cards & Fan Shop categor...

to good to be true offer

I received an invitation to sell some items on Ebay for a guy in Germany.The deal is at my expense I would offer to sell some hi tech items in the $1000 - $2000 range on my ebay store using only 3 day auctions.He would ship the stuff out and the buye...

Is there something that replaces small packet ground?

I was wondering if there was a Canda post service that replaces small packet ground for International? I asked the post office they barely know what I am talking about, and small packet air is almost as expensive as expedited. I usually use expedited...

Point Counterpoint: eBay Spring Fees Are an Increase / Decrease !

Point Counterpoint: eBay Spring Fees Are an Increase By Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes.com March 27, 2013 Tom Cardaropoli of Walnuts Antiques sells antiques and collectibles on eBay in the auction format and operates the Walnutts eBay Store. He sells abo...

BIG Expectations by eBay Management

(Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said on Thursday that the company would enable $300 billion of commerce in 2015, up 71 percent from $175 billion in 2012. That forecast includes sales on eBay's online marketplace, payments pr...

First sales - First complication

I just sold my first two items to the same buyer. Unfortunately, even though my listing clearly indicated that I would only ship to Canada and the U.S, the buyer is in the Netherlands. Since these are items I can send in together in one standard enve...

Top Rated Seller Logo not there?

I just made Bronze Power Seller today and I am a bit proud of that - but the Top Rate Seller Logo is not showing up on any of my listings including one I just put on. The only place that it is showing up is in My eBay Summary. Anyone know why?

Refunding question

Hey all, Had a buyer purchase from me this morning. Later on in the day, the buyer messaged me saying he purchased & paid by accident and does not want me to ship. I sent a message back verifying, no response yet. My questions is how can I refund & c...

Opted back in the the Power Seller Program

Well it looks like I am now a Bronze Power Seller. I did not realize that for some reason I was opted out of the program - so I phoned them and they opted me back in. So what are the advantages - it looks like I get a 20% discount on my Final Value F...

Increase price on products listed when adding to inventory?

Hello, I am pretty much a newbie to Selling on Ebay and have usually be the one buying. I have Allergy Wristbands posted on eBay and I have sold a couple and run out of stock of certain allergies. I am getting more stock in but my prices for buying m...

Parcel came back to me

Canada Border Agency opened it. "Area Control List Country". It was a glove box handle for a car. Can someone explain this to me.

PayPal problems

I bought some items on eBay and tried to " pay now". I don't get transferred to PayPal. Have tried many times since last night but can't get on to PayPal site. Is anyone else having problems?

Technical Question :)

Not sure if anyone out there can help me, lol, but does anyone know how to make your emails received pop up on bar at the bottom of your screen so you can stay in tuned with events as they happen? I can't seem to recall how to set up my outlook or eb...

Another PayPal promo for buyers that could just be a big disaster.......

Perhaps you have received an email for eBay's latest buyer promo for Canadians. https://www.paypal-marketing.ca/dutyfree/ Duty duty duty, I don't see any specific definition of "duty" that would confirm if they mean TAX & duty or just duty. If it's o...