EBay managed payment

jsmith9

As a private seller I am looking forward very much to manage payments - anything I can do to get away from PayPal will be welcome

soolin

Mikes_Saving said:

I've just been invited to change (told I must) and won't be doing.
I am very careful not to expose my current account to the internet, using credit cards and Paypal for most transactions, for the protection they provide and in the knowledge that any abuse can be shut down (relatively) easily without devastating my bank account.

eBay have just advised me that they won't take a credit card account and looking around online I'm finding lots of comments about delayed payments to sellers (I wouldn't be sending until I see a payment securely in my account), I don't like the Cash on Collection fee and I really don't like having to sign permissions allowing eBay to charge their fees direct to my bank account.
I've been using eBay by default for about 15 years or so, today is day one of researching alternatives...

Wasn’t your PayPal account linked to a bank account? 

As for other sites Amazon and Etsy both use their own payment systems and both pay direct to your bank accounts in arrears , exactly the same as eBay managed payments. So that really leaves you with Facebook marketplace and either cash on collection or PayPal (even though PayPal links to your bank account) . 

Archergirl

Mikes_Saving said:

I've just been invited to change (told I must) and won't be doing.
I am very careful not to expose my current account to the internet, using credit cards and Paypal for most transactions, for the protection they provide and in the knowledge that any abuse can be shut down (relatively) easily without devastating my bank account.

eBay have just advised me that they won't take a credit card account and looking around online I'm finding lots of comments about delayed payments to sellers (I wouldn't be sending until I see a payment securely in my account), I don't like the Cash on Collection fee and I really don't like having to sign permissions allowing eBay to charge their fees direct to my bank account.
I've been using eBay by default for about 15 years or so, today is day one of researching alternatives...

I have opened a new account to be used solely for eBay, if you want to use eBay it's what you need to do. 
I wasn't happy but things seem to be going OK (although not many sales at the moment) You can post straight away as you used to as eBay have the payment and they tell you to post.

messia07

just a quick question (ebay keeps changing things ). i just bought something small on ebay, using paypal. its a company ive used before but the email i got from ebay was different, it said "You authorised a payment to ebay", the amount, then in brackets "(Paymentsinfouk@ebay.co.uk)" 
.. i take this seller has managed payments? 
  

soolin

messia07 said:

just a quick question (ebay keeps changing things ). i just bought something small on ebay, using paypal. its a company ive used before but the email i got from ebay was different, it said "You authorised a payment to ebay", the amount, then in brackets "(Paymentsinfouk@ebay.co.uk)" 
.. i take this seller has managed payments? 
  

Yes that looks like one of the variants of the managed payments emails. 

messia07

soolin said:

messia07 said:

just a quick question (ebay keeps changing things ). i just bought something small on ebay, using paypal. its a company ive used before but the email i got from ebay was different, it said "You authorised a payment to ebay", the amount, then in brackets "(Paymentsinfouk@ebay.co.uk)" 
.. i take this seller has managed payments? 
  

Yes that looks like one of the variants of the managed payments emails. 

ah ok, thanks for replying. that puts my mind at ease. lol 

pbartlett

Yes I also opened  a 'spare' current account for sole use for eBay and linked my paypal account to it (I am a private seller).

I used Monzo as it happens because of their instant notifications so I know immediately if there is any paypal activity.

soolin

pbartlett said:

Yes I also opened  a 'spare' current account for sole use for eBay and linked my paypal account to it (I am a private seller).

I used Monzo as it happens because of their instant notifications so I know immediately if there is any paypal activity.

There have been reports that Monzo and similar accounts are not always easy to link when switching to managed payments , when you do get the message to sign up I would do it early in case you have issues and need to faff around a bit. 

blackdog2220

from the buyers prospective 

if you hav say 6 items in basket and some are managed payments , if you click "pay by paypal" as opossed to paying by debit card , it splits items up and makes you pay the managed accounts seperatly 

michaels

eBay made me switch yesterday, now for an item that sold just before the change I have the buyer saying they are unable to make payment 'Unfortunately you can't use a debit card or credit card to pay for this order....' message box on the app - is this something to do with the switch?  How should I advise them to pay?  Thanks