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    New Ebay on-time metric - anyone keeping TRS ?

    The new ontime metric is going to make it very difficult for sellers of low value items to maintain TRS and even keep their disptach options open (ebay can restrict your despatch times & options if you go above 9% late delivery) 9% sounds quite generous, but the figure is only based on people...
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    eBay is about to change.. for better? (Sellers)

    I think these changes could be really bad for sellers of low value items that can not go tracked. These sellers will be at the risk of the "Did it arrive on time?" question. Ebay's delivery estimates are far too short to start with, and they can't be trusted to to take into account holidays and...
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    Document With Unique Tax Reference

    Is this for Amazon verification ? If so, I sent them last years without any issue.
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    Selling on Amazon - Tips to Help Avoid Suspension

    I had my listings suspended because I sold a £2 pack of 100 of something, which turned out to apparently only have 99 in it, which definitely seems over the top to me without even giving any chance to send the missing piece. I'd sold thousands without any issue and I checked all of the remaining...
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    Tried selling on eBay once...

    My rule for ebay is the less they pay the more they expect. I agree that it's best to keep away from any low value items, but it's definitely easier said than done.
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    Has Amazon's algorithm changed?

    Interesting, my amazon sales have dropped off a cliff since the beginning of the month, meanwhile ebay sales of the same products have been very good. I haven't found the reason why (yet).
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    Tried selling on eBay once...

    Anyone can get a micropayments account.It has saved me a fair bit of cash. I get the OP's profit to be around 63p with a micropayments account . I think it could be worth a shop subscription even if you don't do enough sales to justify it, because with a shop you can do Good Till Cancelled...
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    Tried selling on eBay once...

    Do you have a micropayments account with paypal ? That can save you some money on these low value sales as the fees are 5% + 5p rather than 3.4% + 20p,
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    Sales Dropped Off Massively

    Could it just be people are comparing prices on your site ? I know I'll often have many tabs open with different stores comparing the prices to find the cheapest. I had a look at a random selection of your items and they were all available cheaper elsewhere with lower or free shipping. Have...
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    Received Paypal Invoice for refund?

    I have fallen foul of where the buyer can get two refunds one from ebay and one from paypal. It happens when the buyer escalates the ebay case before the paypal payment is completed. The buyer gets a refund from ebay, then later on the paypal payment completes and the buyer gets a second refund...
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    Paypal Credit Card Payment - Unauthorised Charge - Help

    I have won a few of these chargeback disputes. It's too late now, and It doesn't make any sense to me, but you have to upload the proof of posting from the post office and not the tracking. Originally I only uploaded the tracking and everytime I lost, until someone told me that you have to...
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    Concentrate on starting my business or go traveling?

    Assuming you can afford it, go travelling! You can go back to the freelancing / wedding video business any time. It wlll wait for you.
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    Please help new to this and advise is gratefully appreciated

    Is this a supplier in europe ? I've tried a few and they didn't seem to understand that some businesses in the UK don't have VAT numbers.
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    When silence isn't golden...

    It's just so easy to ignore emails. It should not happen, but it does.
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    Problem with delivery, buyer doesn't want to collect the item

    Nothing good ever comes from these kinds of disputes. Better to just refund the buyer in full when you get the item back and move on.
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