Ebay seller changes completely unnecessary

[31flavours]

It is not broken, it does not need to be changed - this is yet another pure money grab from Ebay Australia.

Times are tough enough for sellers (& buyers), you are going to push even more people off this platform.

Also, I don't understand why it's so necessary that I as a seller be forced to buy postage through Ebay? 

And stop pushing promoted listings & higher percentages of advertising spend, get buyers to the site & off Temu, Shein & FB marketplace!

[sandypebbles]

Sounds like something you need to take up with eBay

Who forces you to buy postage through eBay?

What changes are you referring to?

Other members are not pushing anything on you and nobody here is responsible for what eBay does, nor is anyone here pushing anyone off this platform

You and everyone esle have equal information if a seller's listing has been lifted from scam sites like Temu etc

It seems you are for some reason under the impression you are somehow 'communicating' with eBay by posting here

You are not, this is the member to member forum which is very read by eBay staff

[domino-710]

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@sandypebbles wrote:

Sounds like something you need to take up with eBay

Who forces you to buy postage through eBay?

What changes are you referring to?

Other members are not pushing anything on you and nobody here is responsible for what eBay does, nor is anyone here pushing anyone off this platform

You and everyone esle have equal information if a seller's listing has been lifted from scam sites like Temu etc

It seems you are for some reason under the impression you are somehow 'communicating' with eBay by posting here

You are not, this is the member to member forum which is very read by eBay staff

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You'll need to catch up Sandy. LOL

[davewil1964]

Also, I don't understand why it's so necessary that I as a seller be forced to buy postage through Ebay? 

Because that is part of the offset eBay require in order for you to get no, 0, zero selling fees.

The other part is that the buyer will be charged for buyer protection so you will need to look at your pricing, if your items are price sensitive.

Did you actually read the details, or just the email?

[elderbluedragon]

The walls of text they put in the links makes it intentionally hard and they want people to get flustered and ignore it...  Cause who has time and patience to read walls of text to find out all the technical changes they make time and time again.   

I made a listing a few days ago and in the listing ebay claimed that 41% of items in the category i was listing in were promoted listings  LEGO PARTS.   

If that claim by ebay is true then it clearly shows that the model they use is just a way to "shadow ban" "derank" listings that don't pay ebay more than others....    

Like a dirty pyramid scheme.

Also , I want to know how much tax eBay pays in Australia but they don't disclose that info.   

They don't have to by law but many other large companies do.   

So why does eBay not  show it publicly  ???     

I wonder how much eBay claim the changes they make to seller page etc. just before the end of the tax year cost to reduce taxes payable  ??          

 Maybe its time some Australian made their own seller / buyer webpage that we can use.

[springyzone]

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@31flavours wrote:

It is not broken, it does not need to be changed - this is yet another pure money grab from Ebay Australia.

Times are tough enough for sellers (& buyers), you are going to push even more people off this platform.

Also, I don't understand why it's so necessary that I as a seller be forced to buy postage through Ebay? 

And stop pushing promoted listings & higher percentages of advertising spend, get buyers to the site & off Temu, Shein & FB marketplace!

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Those issues may be annoying you but this is not a hive full of ebay worker bees.

It's a messageboard with members of the public.

I think it is possible some issues are flagged or monitored from time to time by ebay reps but I don't think every post is.

Quite possibly some other sellers here could agree with some of your complaints but like you, they have no power to change things.

And when it comes to FB marketplace, I think that horse has bolted.

I think ebay was possibly glad to see it go as it caters overwhelmingly for the sale of used items.

Temu is pretty well entrenched too. As a buyer, I don't like it, but millions seem to. Ebay has lost those battles.

[kate88._110]

Ebay has been implementing a lot of dodgy policies lately. My favourite is that when a buyer opens a return (for any reason), those funds are placed on hold. Then, once the item arrives back to the seller and the seller goes to issue the refund, instead of the funds on hold being released back to the buyer, the seller is forced to add a payment method (card etc) to pay for the funds to go the buyer. This is just ridiculous. It should be that the funds that were placed on hold are released to the buyer. It effectively creates a cash flow issue causing the seller to be out of pocket for double the sale amount for a while.

[kitrading1]

What is going on with EBay's charges this is outrageous. I dont sell much tbh an I am consistently getting my bank account charged for what seems like eBay's entertainment. 

Is it because I do not sell alot? Because I have no issue with 13% + shipping costs are discounted which is appreciated + my advertising of approx. 10% on majority of my listing's.

But to make a sale an find I owe them with no fund withdrawal I am confused whos having a laugh EBAY 

[kitrading1]

Ps. Cheers Sandy 

I figured that staff members must monitor  these complaints. As you state "which is very read by ebay staff" 

They would be foolish not to read 🙄 logically 

To have ebay employees trolling uncompassionately treating their sellers with blatant disrespect. 

Have to say that was unexpected seeing troll responses to each genuine complaint made, dismissing  the concern as if its ridiculous to even bring up. 

Yet how many successful sellers that arent experiencing issues with ebay would have the time to minimise another being. Seems like corporate hive mind culture where ebay employees let off steam. 

[sandypebbles]

Nobody responding here is trolling nor are we paid by eBay/employed by eBay

I understand people who dislike replies have to resort to posting such nonsense 

You are the only one being abusive towards other members and showing disrespectful by calling other members trolls