Closing shop for Christmas due to slow post.

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  • celestius
    celestius Posts: 1,090 Forumite
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    densol wrote: »
    I stopped selling at the beginning of December and will start again on 2nd Jan - its nice to have a long break :)

    Wish I could afford it! This is my busiest time of year, selling 4 x the usual amount, so I will be working right up to the last minute!
  • charlies_mum
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    We've closed. I don't want any stress from Ebay over Christmas, so it's easier to just close.
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  • Grimbal
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    I closed down all of my listings last Saturday. I'm only a small scale seller, so any INRs will hit my ratings quite badly.

    I took off my international postage option even earlier than that. I'm considering not re-instating it now that there's the international delivery thingy handled by EBay themselves
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  • densol_2
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    Grimbal wrote: »
    I closed down all of my listings last Saturday. I'm only a small scale seller, so any INRs will hit my ratings quite badly.

    I took off my international postage option even earlier than that. I'm considering not re-instating it now that there's the international delivery thingy handled by EBay themselves

    Same as me ! I hit TRS on Sat - so I didn't want anything taking that away from me ( only been selling since Sep) I don't ship anywhere but UK and have blocked everywhere else ( I sell pre loved plus size clothes - so not needing international sales lol )

    I'm looking forward to getting back into it on 2nd Jan although I'm still buying in stock in readiness.
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  • soolin
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    densol wrote: »
    Same as me ! I hit TRS on Sat - so I didn't want anything taking that away from me ( only been selling since Sep) I don't ship anywhere but UK and have blocked everywhere else ( I sell pre loved plus size clothes - so not needing international sales lol )

    I'm looking forward to getting back into it on 2nd Jan although I'm still buying in stock in readiness.

    Don't forget though that if you are closed for a couple of weeks you may well slip out of the TRS range- so keep an eye on it.
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  • densol_2
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    soolin wrote: »
    Don't forget though that if you are closed for a couple of weeks you may well slip out of the TRS range- so keep an eye on it.

    Cheers Soolin - I watch it everyday - I've only one defect ( touch wood ) and last posting of stuff was end of Nov - so hoping it's good feedback or no feedback and the TRS remains :) only been selling 3 months so value and sales won't dropunder required amounts
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  • Grimbal
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    Argh ! I should have kept my mouth shut - first query of non-delivered item of the season. I have a feeling about this buyer though. A new buyer (apparently), asking for tracking info (on an £8 item), with contact via "other". Call me cynical but I just have a hunch about this one
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  • faerielight
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    what is TRS? and how do you close for xmas on Ebay, I'm a new seller too.
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  • Grimbal
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    faerielight wrote: »
    what is TRS? and how do you close for xmas on Ebay, I'm a new seller too.

    TRS=top rated seller

    You can only close for Xmas if you're a business seller - are you business or private?

    If you have a shop, go to your Selling Manager, summary page. On the bottom right, look for "manage my shop". A few lines underneath the header is "holiday settings" which is where you can put your shop in holiday mode
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  • soolin
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    faerielight wrote: »
    what is TRS? and how do you close for xmas on Ebay, I'm a new seller too.

    If you don't have a shop then you close purely by not listing. I've got no listings on my private account finishing before Christmas now, all mine end afterwards.
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