IMPORTANT- managed payments

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You hear a lot of stories on the banking forums about accounts getting closed because they use a personal account for business activities which then go against the banks terms and conditions. I would investigate further. 

soolin

Someone on a different forum has pointed out that the message on the seller dashboard where it used to say (for many of us) that we needed to register before 15th July it now says 

eBay is now managing paymentseBay is now managing payments

Most business sellers will be activated for managed payments in 2020. Get your business ready early and register now. We’ll notify you before activating your account for managed payments, starting in Most business sellers will be activated for managed payments in 2020. Get your business ready early and register now. We’ll notify you before activating your account for managed payments, starting in late July 2020.late July 2020. Managed payments provides sellers one place to sell and get paid on eBay and buyers more ways to pay

Apparently according to those who have contacted customer services the original message wasn’t meant to imply what it suggested and there was never any obligation to sign up this early, and they will get round to us all eventually , just a little slower that suggested. In the US it looks like they are already a year behind signing up the majority of sellers .

ravenjet

My latest message from ebay is " If you miss the registration deadline, from late July, we will start to restrict your ability to create new listings." I hadn't seen that before.

soolin

ravenjet said:

My latest message from ebay is " If you miss the registration deadline, from late July, we will start to restrict your ability to create new listings." I hadn't seen that before.

No doubt mine will say the same when I next log in 😕 looking at other boards it seems that customer services have no idea at all what is going on. 

EDIT I just checked and yes I have that message, it is very aggressive in wording isn’t it! 

Edit (2) it’s going down very badly on the community boards There are about a dozen threads now about this message 

Brywalker

soolin said:

ravenjet said:

My latest message from ebay is " If you miss the registration deadline, from late July, we will start to restrict your ability to create new listings." I hadn't seen that before.

No doubt mine will say the same when I next log in 😕 looking at other boards it seems that customer services have no idea at all what is going on. 

EDIT I just checked and yes I have that message, it is very aggressive in wording isn’t it! 

Edit (2) it’s going down very badly on the community boards There are about a dozen threads now about this message 

I had that message too and it has only strengthened my determination to delay signing up until the absolute very last minute!

Rantband

ravenjet said:

My latest message from ebay is " If you miss the registration deadline, from late July, we will start to restrict your ability to create new listings." I hadn't seen that before.

I wonder what their reaction would be if as a business seller I restricted my payment of the monthly subscription.

bindyboo

I have that message too and feel it's like blackmail. I can't get a right answer out of them and feel most annoyed as the fees are more for FVF's and I just recently upgraded to a featured shop.
I keep asking on twitter but all they write back is contact managed payments on their number which today isn't available.

bindyboo

I wish I had written to Martin Lewis now for his show to ask Ebay that question about restrictions.
If you go into ebay help, it says you can't list certain items whilst on managed payments, but in my email it's making out I can't list anything!

eBay already manages payments for thousands of sellers. Time's flying by and you only have a few weeks left to register for managed payments.

This is your third reminder that your account will be enabled starting late July -  If you miss the registration deadline, from late July, we will start to restrict your ability to create new listings.
 

LM2020

Also had the email yesterday - was quite shocked by the tone of the message - sounded quite threatening.

Just been working out how much extra I'll be paying in fees. As pointed out in one of the posts on ebay community - important to remember eBay fees are exc. VAT unlike PayPal so for example the 30p transaction fee will actually be 36p. Going to be quite a bit more expensive for sole traders or small businesses on micropayments.

I've read a few comments from people saying they will stop selling on ebay and just sell elsewhere - does anyone use other platforms for business sales? Are there any good alternatives?

soolin

bindyboo said:

I wish I had written to Martin Lewis now for his show to ask Ebay that question about restrictions.
If you go into ebay help, it says you can't list certain items whilst on managed payments, but in my email it's making out I can't list anything!

eBay already manages payments for thousands of sellers. Time's flying by and you only have a few weeks left to register for managed payments.

This is your third reminder that your account will be enabled starting late July -  If you miss the registration deadline, from late July, we will start to restrict your ability to create new listings.
 

There are a number of things that are not allowed once managed payments start, for instance coins, medallions etc which means any seller in the old money/collectable coin market is going to have issues. eBay so far haven't seemed willing to explain about what will happen due to these restrictions. There are other categories as well so worth reading up.

The email says basically that if we don't sign up then our accounts will be restricted, so yes, if we don't sign up for a new scheme that has unclear pricing and an unknown start date then we can no longer list at some yet to be specified time in the future.