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I am having the same issue printing labels this morning. I tried different platforms and it didn’t matter so it must be something eBay has done. There is this same question posted on Ebay issues right now but with no answers yet.Thank you Timo …. I think it is worth a try, nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Listening to the Podcast and of course taking notes on ideas and things to check out later. Pirateship was interesting to me as I sell a lot of heavy pottery and stuff and it is very expensive from here in Iowa to either coasts. I currently offer a choice to my customers of Priority or Parcel select to help defray the cost so I wondered how would you include the Pirateship option so that your customer would benefit from it and thus increase the likelihood of a sale? I have looked around the forums and didn’t see anything and wondered has it works or how you actually use it.
Thank you, Theresa at ThingsbotholdandnewI currently have two Premium Stores with each having almost 1000 listings or more. It was less expensive to do it this way than to pay for one Premium Store and the cost of an additional 1000 listings and of course much less than the anchor store at $299. Owning two stores has worked well for me and I just use different web browsers for each one so I don’t have to keep logging in and out of each store. An added bonus to this is that I get $100 of free shipping materials every three months.
I am hoping to increase my number of listings considerably over the next few months and will keep the two stores until it is no longer cost effect and that could be awhile.Thank you Simon …. yes that did the trick. Having fun and hopefully selling some of my “stuff”.
TheresaHello, Just popping in to let you know that I just listened to the Podcast and liked how you were able to make offers from your Iphone. So, I went through all those items that had watchers and made offers and what do you know, I sold something right away. I am always learning new things from you both and am thankful for all that you do!!!
Side note … I can make offers from my Ipad when I am in eBay’s app but do not see this same option when I am looking at my listings on my home computer that is not an apple product. So eBay app or Apple product not sure which is the deciding factor that allows me to make so many offers.That is really the question Jay, what is the benefit of being a Top Rated Seller and stressing over the dings you can get for cases closed without seller resolution, late shipping and transaction defect rate. For me, I took great pride in the fact that I had worked hard to obtain their Top Rated Seller and then Top Rated Seller Plus for both my stores, but with that came a lot of frustration and time fretting over little things which stopped me from listing and just getting on with life. Right now, having removed free returns and going back to just Top Rated Seller, I feel like a load has been lifted and I am just going to get on with the tasks at hand. Listing and more listing and enjoying my wonderful life here in Iowa.
To be a Top Rated Seller Plus you have to offer free returns and it looks like they give you the badge and 10% off listing fees. To be a Top Rated Seller you do not have to offer free returns you just have to have all your stats like shipping time, returns within their limits which I do. And for that right now you do not even get a Badge by your listing. So I have decided to no be so hyper about all of this and just keep doing what I am doing. List accurately and honestly and provide my customer with a wonderful item and great service as I define it and not as eBay does.
SilverFoxFinds … I just looked at all the listing I changed and now see in red “You must select a return period which is supported” so it looks like 14 days is no longer an option yet, when I changed them this morning business policies let me select 14 days as on option.
So, I just put in 30 days and buyer pays return shipping and all is right with the world once more. I find it very frustrating that they are limiting my options as a seller and how I want to handle my own store.Having two stores that are both Top Rated Plus and jumping through all the hoops to do so I have become frustrated by returns for really no reason and because I sell a lot of shoes, having them be returned after 26 days. So, after listing to the podcast explain the difference between Top Rate Seller and Top Rated Seller Plus and checking eBay’s definition, I decided to switch all my listings in both my stores (thingsbotholdandnew & closeteditions) from 30 days to 14 for returns and changed seller pays for returns to buyer pays today.
I meet the requirements for Top Rated Seller still, but after searching eBay and my own listings, I find that the only badges I see are for Top Rated Seller Plus and wondered why? Anyone have listing with Top Rated Seller badges on them now? All of this has me really rethinking my business model and how to go forward from here. I have so worried about keeping my Top Rated Seller status and then Plus, that I think I am about done with that and will just concentrate on listing, selling and doing the very best I can for my customers.Thank you for taking the time to write such an in-depth answer. Your points are well made and informative and you have given me much food for thought.
The reason for this post was that I have searched Google before for my listings and had never had this happened to me before and I was wondering if something had changed with all that has been going on with eBay lately.
A Bing or Yahoo search has different results than one done by Google, In their searches you may not find your item directly, but if you do the listing you are directed to does not say it is sold. So, I am not sure what that means but I find it interesting.
Again, thank you and enjoy your evening.
TheresaI am going to call eBay in the morning and ask about what I have seen and I will post what they say.
This is really not good and a great concern. I have over 1800 listings that can now only be found by searching within the eBay site and not general google searches.Hello Nancy,
I thought the same thing about good til canceled but wondered which ID number they would now use.Update this morning, I just tried to purchase an item in my other store that has a First Class shipping weight of 16 oz and the listing does not show the shipping cost as it did before, but I can now purchase it without seeing “Does not ship to your address” and the shipping cost shows up when it is my cart. It seems that they have fixed this part of the issue with the USPS change …. Whoo Hooo !!
