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Don't any buyers leave feedback anymore?

Out of 63 sales in the past 90 days, only 21 have left feedback. The buyers are not leaving feedback for anyone. For a total of 5834 sales/purchases, I have only received 3133 from buyers, that is 2701 less than I gave out. It is getting less and les...

Help with response to sellers INR claim and other peculiarity

I sold a cell phone 2 weeks ago on ebay. I am located in Canada and buyer is Miami. When he purchased he requested I use a specific carrier of which I declined and told him because I am in a small town in Canada that is not an option, that I will shi...

Traffic down since switching from .com to .ca + tariff nonsense

My ebay traffic and sales have been down significantly since the February tariff threats and me switching from listing on .com to .ca in March. On avg. about 25% less than I was getting. I am usually slow during late winter - early summer ( Late Janu...

Reasons behind blocking buyers

This came up in a different thread so I thought I'd put it in its own thread if there's to be any more discussion. Generally my own reasons for blocking are related to time and cost/risk factors. The majority of the time once I've permanently blocked...

Why doesnt ebay canada have GSP, or whatever the new shipping program is?

Like title says. Why doesnt ebay canada or Canadian sellers get access to the global shipping program, or whatever it's called now? Why do they make these things american only?

Resolved! is there any possible way to reinstate my account after permanent restricted

Dear eBay Community eBay Support Team,I recently received a notice that my eBay account has been permanently restricted. I respect eBay’s policies, but I believe this may have been a misunderstanding or related to an issue that I am now ready to reso...

Resolved! Will there be a tariff owing if I send a $20 item to the US before May 2nd?

Buyer wants to know but am confused now since so many changes made to tariffs recently. I think will be okay since deminimus still on until May 2 but not sure. Have actual tariffs started yet?

EASTER SLUMP -

Every year at this time it seems to a be a slump time I have gone 6 days without a sale first time in 4 months that has happened - last year it went 4 days, at this time, year before that 2 days which is pretty common for me -- I just can't seem to b...

Resolved! Shipping a record made in both canada and us to US

A buyer in us bought a vintage record. The jacket is made in usa, but the disc is made in canada. Many vintage records sold in us and canada produced like this. My questions are, 1. How tariff will affect on this item?2. How to input HS tariff code o...

New Canada Post Discount for SfSB Members Feb 17 - Apr 27, 2025 | PARCEL Rates As Low As $3.50?

Here's an interesting tidbit of info that was sent to post offices on Feb 14. I've posted the relevant text below: ----------------------------Solutions for Small Business™ (SfSB) reduced rates on Expedited Parcel and Tracked Packet USA starting Febr...

Price Increase on Select Canada Post Flat Rate Boxes - Effective May 5, 2025

Recent communication from Canada Post to post offices: Small and Extra Small flat rate boxes will be increasing in price effective May 5, 2025. Extra Small: $17.99 --> $18.99 ($1 increase, or 5.27%)Small: $19.99 --> $21.99 ($2 increase, or 10.01% [ou...

Tax Return GST Input for Form T2125

Hi all, This is my first time filling out Form T2125. I've registered with the CRA for a GST/HST number. Since eBay collects and remits GST on the sellers behalf, what would I input for GST collected? $0? Thanks in advance.

Coupons LIVE!

coupons are live on .ca FINALLY!!!!!!! I just set up a 5% off one for the rest of March to test it out!

Shipment requirements according to USPS as of 2023

devon@ebay This was posted to the USPS website in 2023. Please pass to the correct department for urgent attention. It appears this was never fully complied with by eBay and eBay Labels (see note below). Applicable for both US and Canadian shipping t...

Resolved! Buyer has purchased through brand new account and messaged on another, older account to arrange...

Buyer has purchased through brand new account and messaged on another, older account to try to arrange shipping to different address. Obviouisly, I will not ship to any address not directly attached to the sale. There's also no feedback on either acc...

RICARMICs Self insurance cookie jar statistics to end of 2024

A little later than usual, but better late then never! Overall Notes:-I live in the stamp collectors world, so these results are all from postage stamp selling categories-prior to 2018 I sold only on .COM. Since then new stuff is about equally divide...

Cancel Request after 3 days

I had the ebay set to time away for the long weekend and someone placed an order on an item while i was gone and requested it be cancelled but since 3 days have passed since the request I am no longer able to respond to the request and i am unable to...

For Buyers and Sellers of Collectible Trading Cards and the Tariff Situation

Leading trading card grader pausing submissions from Canada, China, Mexico due to tariffs The New York Times - Athletic - March 4, 2025https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6175486/2025/03/04/psa-grading-submissions-tariffs/ City TV - Calgary - April 21, ...

FYI Notifications are down, both email and "the bell"...

Whilst working on stuff this morning an hour ago, I noticed my ready to ship count had gone up by two from what it was earlier in the morning, however no email notifiations, nor "red bell" notification. There were two sales to same customer, one from...

Message from Canada Post. Unable to deliver package, tracking not working

I just have a message supposedly from Canada Post.The delivery address provided for this parcel is incomplete and is required further details.If you cannot provide a response to this action within three days, the parcel will be returned.There is a tr...

Resolved! Shipping Fluids

Are there are restrictions on shipping 16 oz bottles of fluid through the mail to the US or Canada? This is not corrosive or flammable.

HTS and CoO Required on ALL Packages

HTS codes and Country of Origin are now required on all packages entering the USA. Many packages are still not clearing because the HTS or CoO are not in the manifest. This effectively means that the de minimis is gone, but no tariffs or taxes are as...

Bug in "Similar items" ?

When browsing on computer, I often see "Free 3 day shipping" or others similar in the "Similar Items" section under the product. When I click on the item, there's either no free shipping at all or there's Free Local pickup AND a normal paid shipping....

Which numbers to declare incomes

Trying to figure out things to declare incomes from selling from 2024 and i'm a bit lost. I look at my sales and perfomance and i look at financial statements provided by ebay, sales numbers never fits. I would guess the monthly financial statements ...

Trying to link Facebook to eBay Social gives me an error

I've been messing around with eBay Social, and I setup a facebook page, but everytime I try to link my eBay to my facebook I get this message, "URL BlockedThis redirect failed because the redirect URI is not whitelisted in the app’s Client OAuth Sett...

Unable to modify Template under Manage Inventory

I'm unable to modify any Template under Manage Inventory. We get the following message: Well, this is embarrassing.We're sorry, but the listing tool isn't working right this second.Please try again later. We've used three different computers and two ...

Delivery may be delayed due to public authority?

This is the first time I have seen it. I'm located in Vancouver and my items almost never go to Ottawa... Anyone got this "Delivery may be delayed due to public authority" (item now at Ottawa) on their tracking status before? This is a repeat buyer t...

Ideas about inventory turnover

It's been a year and a half that I started this ebay adventure. I'm really liking it. In fact, I'm enjoying more and more every day. Now it's time to think about strategies for inventory turnover. I have a lot of inventory to still add. I bought a lo...

Resolved! How tariffs work in the vintage & secondhand market — and what’s affected

This site explains in great detail the TARIFF rules and the effects on USED, Chinese 3rd party Sellers, and a lot of other usful information for Sellers exporting into the USA and is updated daily... THE VINTAGE SEEKER https://www.thevintageseeker.ca...

Changing my store url

I want to change my store url to a name I've been satisfied with for a long time, but it's not like the old days where you can change your URL when you need to. I've looked up old threads on this problem. There are still some questions I have. Ebay k...