topic Re: Confusion in Selling

Confusion

patty_2464 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:14:32 GMT

I've been on Ebay since it started in Australia in the late 1980's, and it never ceases to amaze me of how convoluted selling has become. One used to be able to sit down, write up sales quickly and efficiently without all the mumbo jumbo. Now it takes forever to list one item. I suggest that whoever writes these hurdles should sit down and try to list.

Re: Confusion

e_purchasing — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:25:37 GMT

eBay did not exist until 1997 and was not an Australian site until about 2000 - maybe that is the confusion.

What mumbo-jumbo? Photo, category, title, description, price, postage service and costs, The only extra since the beginning is item specifics, which helps buyers find your item easier (and you sell it quicker)

Re: Confusion

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:32:59 GMT

eBay don’t read here.
Try using templates to list or sell similar and then only title, photos, price and description needs to be changed.

Re: Confusion

rvr566 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:48:26 GMT

I just had to go through 123 listings, manually counting the number of items per listing, 12000 of them and relist, what a joke, and they tell us it's an improvement.

Re: Confusion

*casey* — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:20:30 GMT

Patty,

Everything's an absolute mess on this site , glitches everywhere , and others agree with you.

Feel free to join in this long discussion thread

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Selling/More-unwanted-enhancements-coming/m-p/2645558#M242186

or this (Not really) Free Selling thread

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Selling/Buyer-protection-fee/m-p/2650401#M243320

Re: Confusion

*casey* — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:22:06 GMT

@Patty

I'll also add that as you've been a Member since: 26-Mar-99 in Australia, unless anyone else can post here with their selling ID registered at the same time, then they have no idea how easy it was back then compared to now.

Re: Confusion

davewil1964 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:23:14 GMT

I can list an item from scratch in about a minute.

Admittedly I have the relevant info available and wasn't a member before eBay existed.

Re: Confusion

gutterpunkz05 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:26:39 GMT

Yay!! The good old days of dial-up, the joy of a coldie or two while waiting to upload a single low res pic. Lucky we only got 40 free listings each month