topic Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment? in Selling

Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

egglesdtp — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 04:17:26 GMT

I have checked back through older threads about this, and based on the suggestions provided, ebay in their wisdom have changed the process since this was last answered.

So how do you stop immediate payment when someone buys an item? if they want to combine postage or want to pick up?

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

twyngwyn — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 04:44:46 GMT

your BUYER may have opted for immediate checkout without realising it.

Here's the steps they may want to take to remove the automatic payment checkout:

1.Go to My eBay.

2.Click Account

3.Select Personal Information

4.Scroll down to Financial Information

5.Click Remove on the right side of Checkout saved payment methods

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

egglesdtp — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 04:50:47 GMT

Yes, I'm pretty sure this has come from the buyer's end in the particular example that prompted this post.

But how can I ensure it doesn't happen my end?

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

twyngwyn — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 04:57:25 GMT

make sure you're not doing this:

https://www.ebay.com.au/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/immediate-payment-works?id=4151&st=2&pos=1&query=How%20immediate%20payment%20works&intent=immediate

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 05:29:55 GMT

I go to revise listing then in the payment section select edit.

There is a box to tick or untick for IPR.

Don't know if it can be done via the bulk editing tool.

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

egglesdtp — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 06:26:26 GMT

Gotta love those ebay 'helpful' suggestions. All very well if you want to know how to implement immediate payment. Nothing about how to remove it.

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

egglesdtp — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 06:28:46 GMT

I've just picked a random listing and started to revise it and found out where the immediate payment thingy is done. I didn't have it checked on the random listing I chose to revise and doubt very much that I have ever selected it when listing, as I want buyers to be able to make multiple purchases. So the setting must have been on my buyer's end (why would they choose this?)

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

twyngwyn — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 06:36:56 GMT

maybe, so they don't forget....or have been caught before, bidding, winning & not returning.

Yes, lots of my buyers bulk-buy and I don't use 'immediate payment required' at all.

Ebay on the other hand encourage it as it stops a lot of non payers....and of course they make more money on higher postage costs 😞

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

*tippy*toes* — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 10:38:10 GMT

Some of us have been forced into immediate payment, regardless of our settings. None of my boxes are ticked but all my buyers of BIN items are forced to pay immediately. Ebay said it's to try and cut back on non payers. What a load of rot. I'm lucky to get one non payer a year. The only way around it is to get buyers to add the items to their cart and then request a total. That can't be done via the app, it has to be via the full site.

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

jestacat — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:08:12 GMT

New seller here . . . eBay keeps taking down my listings cos I'm demanding "immediate payment" but I can't see where to untick it, it is just on the listing itself or somewhere in my account?
Clicking the links in the email takes me to random eBay help pages which don't have any menu paths or screen shots which would help identify where to untick it or what the option is even called!

So frustrating.

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

curraone — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:38:04 GMT

trying revising a listing and look under payment options?

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

curraone — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:41:40 GMT

Although I don't know why ebay would interfere with your listings on that account - I thought anybody could choose "immediate payment" if they want. Maybe someone else will know.

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

digital*ghost — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 03:02:44 GMT

@jestacat wrote:
New seller here . . . eBay keeps taking down my listings cos I'm demanding "immediate payment" but I can't see where to untick it, it is just on the listing itself or somewhere in my account?
Clicking the links in the email takes me to random eBay help pages which don't have any menu paths or screen shots which would help identify where to untick it or what the option is even called!
So frustrating.

I looked at your two recently ended listings and neither of them required immediate payment - whatever is causing eBay to end your listings, I suspect it's a different issue and the immediate payment thing is either a misunderstanding or something, since (as curraone mentioned) immediate payment required is not just a function eBay allow, but both encourage and, in some cases, even enforce.

You don't have GPay listed as a payment option, though, which suggests that you have not been signed up to Managed Payments yet (ebay's new payment system), so that could be the root cause of the problem.

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

retrohosieryshop — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:04:34 GMT

Found out how to do this (2025, Australian eBay).

- You need to first go to your payment policies (My eBay - Account - Selling - Business Policies) and make sure you have one that does NOT have "require immediate payment.." , or create a new one that does.

- You can then Bulk Edit - Payment preferences -Business Policies - and choose the Payment Policy - select Change to " and choose the new policy that does not have immediate payment associated with it. Don't forget to press save.

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

lezned-toycollector — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:43:32 GMT

Seriously???

This thread is 7 years old. Obviously the OP would have found the setting they were looking for by now... or do you honestly think they're just sitting there waiting for someone to reply 7 years later?

If you've got something you would like to share, you could always start your own thread... but please don't bump anything this old - especially when nothing you post will be of any relevance at all to the OP

Re: Where is the setting to remove immediate payment?

kh-federico — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:24:56 GMT

Hi everyone,

Please note that this is an old post; feel free to start a new thread, as this one will be locked.

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