Ebay gone to far with new policy change from 4th Feb 2025!

bittyboy101

This is interesting, If I become an Ebid gold or lifetime member, Ebid will advertise my items on Bing and Google search engines !

At the moment I can't afford to shell out nearly £140.00 for their lifetime membership... back in 2006 when I first joined Ebid I remember their lifetime membership was only £50 !... wish I had paid for that back then ! 

Here's a screenshot taken from Ebid showing all the membership advantages. (Note Gold and Lifetime members are only allowed to use and offer PayPal for payments in their listings)... So I may try out their Gold membership for £9.99 a month which gives me 100 free listings... and see how it goes...

noitsnotme

bittyboy101 said:

noitsnotme said:

It's also not just Evri for Simple Delivery.  They also use Royal Mail, although eBay do get to choose which service on an order by order basis.

"What carriers are available on Simple Delivery?

All postage labels will be from Royal Mail and Evri."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/postage/simple-delivery

At this moment in time eBay only offers  "Royal Mail Tracked 48" and Packlink (Evri)

From past experience I know that Royal Mail 48 hour tracked service is not always reliable, ie, it is sometimes slow and the postman does not always log it on their scanner as "Delivered" which results in no proof of delivery.

The best service from Royal Mail is "Special Delivery" although it's now getting pretty expensive !, it gives you piece of mind with a guaranteed delivery proof, prompt reliable next day delivery (which buyers like) and insurance of the item value just in case the worst does happen !.

For heavier items ParcelForce 48 hour delivery service has always served me well with full tracking delivery confirmation and insurance of up to £100 as standard.

eBay's managed delivery,  now no longer allow these services to be used and we private sellers are basically at eBay's mercy.... Which is not very good.     

I use a mixture of Tracked 48 and standard non tracked 48 for all my eBay, Amazon and Etsy orders.  That’s hundreds of orders every month.  I rarely have problems.  So I’m more than happy for eBay to use Tracked 48.

Special Delivery is overkill if all you’re using it for is tracking.  I only use it if a customer needs guaranteed next day delivery and then make sure they pay the extra its costs.  I would never cover the cost of Special Delivery out of my own pocket.  Over insuring post is throwing money away.

I wouldn’t use ParcelFarce out of choice, had far too many problems with them over the years.  I have a contract with FedEx who are much cheaper and many times more reliable than PF.

soolin

bittyboy101 said:

This is interesting, If I become an Ebid gold or lifetime member, Ebid will advertise my items on Bing and Google search engines !

At the moment I can't afford to shell out nearly £140.00 for their lifetime membership... back in 2006 when I first joined Ebid I remember their lifetime membership was only £50 !... wish I had paid for that back then ! 

Here's a screenshot taken from Ebid showing all the membership advantages. (Note Gold and Lifetime members are only allowed to use and offer PayPal for payments in their listings)... So I may try out their Gold membership for £9.99 a month which gives me 100 free listings... and see how it goes...

I mean this honestly, but I think you’re unlucky as the lifetime membership has been half price for ever , I’ve never seen it full price- ever! In fact this recent thread below even mentions it being half price (ignore the reason for the thread ).

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6582197/ebid-trying-to-force-me-to-join-and-use-revolut#latest

soolin

EDIT apologies I just realised you did say that you’ve been a member since 2006 so the rest of this post doesn’t apply unless you can use the ‘other upgrade’ route. 

Actually just found this if it applies in your case.

PLATINUM LIFETIME is currently available for £69.98 if upgrade takes place within 24 hours of registration OR any other upgrade.

https://www.ebid.net/uk/help/fees-and-charges/

i am surprised at how much ebid has increased their costs though! 

bittyboy101

soolin said:

EDIT apologies I just realised you did say that you’ve been a member since 2006 so the rest of this post doesn’t apply unless you can use the ‘other upgrade’ route. 

Actually just found this if it applies in your case.

PLATINUM LIFETIME is currently available for £69.98 if upgrade takes place within 24  hours of registration OR any other upgrade.

https://www.ebid.net/uk/help/fees-and-charges/

i am surprised at how much ebid has increased their costs though! 

Cheers for that !

bittyboy101

noitsnotme said:

bittyboy101 said:

noitsnotme said:

It's also not just Evri for Simple Delivery.  They also use Royal Mail, although eBay do get to choose which service on an order by order basis.

"What carriers are available on Simple Delivery?

All postage labels will be from Royal Mail and Evri."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/postage/simple-delivery

At this moment in time eBay only offers  "Royal Mail Tracked 48" and Packlink (Evri)

From past experience I know that Royal Mail 48 hour tracked service is not always reliable, ie, it is sometimes slow and the postman does not always log it on their scanner as "Delivered" which results in no proof of delivery.

The best service from Royal Mail is "Special Delivery" although it's now getting pretty expensive !, it gives you piece of mind with a guaranteed delivery proof, prompt reliable next day delivery (which buyers like) and insurance of the item value just in case the worst does happen !.

For heavier items ParcelForce 48 hour delivery service has always served me well with full tracking delivery confirmation and insurance of up to £100 as standard.

eBay's managed delivery,  now no longer allow these services to be used and we private sellers are basically at eBay's mercy.... Which is not very good.     

I use a mixture of Tracked 48 and standard non tracked 48 for all my eBay, Amazon and Etsy orders.  That’s hundreds of orders every month.  I rarely have problems.  So I’m more than happy for eBay to use Tracked 48.

Special Delivery is overkill if all you’re using it for is tracking.  I only use it if a customer needs guaranteed next day delivery and then make sure they pay the extra its costs.  I would never cover the cost of Special Delivery out of my own pocket.  Over insuring post is throwing money away.

I wouldn’t use ParcelFarce out of choice, had far too many problems with them over the years.  I have a contract with FedEx who are much cheaper and many times more reliable than PF.

My sister uses Etsy to sell on and she says the payment setup is like what eBay now do by releasing the money 48 hours after a confirmed delivery which put me off registering and selling there.

I have also thought about Gumtree but don't like the idea of all sorts of strange people calling around the house, as they don't have a payment model like PayPal to process payments... It is more like a classified ad setup with them... 

soolin

bittyboy101 said:

noitsnotme said:

bittyboy101 said:

noitsnotme said:

It's also not just Evri for Simple Delivery.  They also use Royal Mail, although eBay do get to choose which service on an order by order basis.

"What carriers are available on Simple Delivery?

All postage labels will be from Royal Mail and Evri."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/postage/simple-delivery

At this moment in time eBay only offers  "Royal Mail Tracked 48" and Packlink (Evri)

From past experience I know that Royal Mail 48 hour tracked service is not always reliable, ie, it is sometimes slow and the postman does not always log it on their scanner as "Delivered" which results in no proof of delivery.

The best service from Royal Mail is "Special Delivery" although it's now getting pretty expensive !, it gives you piece of mind with a guaranteed delivery proof, prompt reliable next day delivery (which buyers like) and insurance of the item value just in case the worst does happen !.

For heavier items ParcelForce 48 hour delivery service has always served me well with full tracking delivery confirmation and insurance of up to £100 as standard.

eBay's managed delivery,  now no longer allow these services to be used and we private sellers are basically at eBay's mercy.... Which is not very good.     

I use a mixture of Tracked 48 and standard non tracked 48 for all my eBay, Amazon and Etsy orders.  That’s hundreds of orders every month.  I rarely have problems.  So I’m more than happy for eBay to use Tracked 48.

Special Delivery is overkill if all you’re using it for is tracking.  I only use it if a customer needs guaranteed next day delivery and then make sure they pay the extra its costs.  I would never cover the cost of Special Delivery out of my own pocket.  Over insuring post is throwing money away.

I wouldn’t use ParcelFarce out of choice, had far too many problems with them over the years.  I have a contract with FedEx who are much cheaper and many times more reliable than PF.

My sister uses Etsy to sell on and she says the payment setup is like what eBay now do by releasing the money 48 hours after a confirmed delivery which put me off registering and selling there.

I have also thought about Gumtree but don't like the idea of all sorts of strange people calling around the house, as they don't have a payment model like PayPal to process payments... It is more like a classified ad setup with them... 

On Gumtree yes it's more like classified ads but you can take your own postage methods, I don't use Gumtree, I got absolutely fed up of the constant scammers, they were all obvious ones but such a waste of effort to get scammer after scammer. I do sell on Facebook marketplace (although that seems almost dead at the moment) and  I just ask for paypal when posting something out.

noitsnotme

bittyboy101 said:

noitsnotme said:

bittyboy101 said:

noitsnotme said:

It's also not just Evri for Simple Delivery.  They also use Royal Mail, although eBay do get to choose which service on an order by order basis.

"What carriers are available on Simple Delivery?

All postage labels will be from Royal Mail and Evri."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/postage/simple-delivery

At this moment in time eBay only offers  "Royal Mail Tracked 48" and Packlink (Evri)

From past experience I know that Royal Mail 48 hour tracked service is not always reliable, ie, it is sometimes slow and the postman does not always log it on their scanner as "Delivered" which results in no proof of delivery.

The best service from Royal Mail is "Special Delivery" although it's now getting pretty expensive !, it gives you piece of mind with a guaranteed delivery proof, prompt reliable next day delivery (which buyers like) and insurance of the item value just in case the worst does happen !.

For heavier items ParcelForce 48 hour delivery service has always served me well with full tracking delivery confirmation and insurance of up to £100 as standard.

eBay's managed delivery,  now no longer allow these services to be used and we private sellers are basically at eBay's mercy.... Which is not very good.     

I use a mixture of Tracked 48 and standard non tracked 48 for all my eBay, Amazon and Etsy orders.  That’s hundreds of orders every month.  I rarely have problems.  So I’m more than happy for eBay to use Tracked 48.

Special Delivery is overkill if all you’re using it for is tracking.  I only use it if a customer needs guaranteed next day delivery and then make sure they pay the extra its costs.  I would never cover the cost of Special Delivery out of my own pocket.  Over insuring post is throwing money away.

I wouldn’t use ParcelFarce out of choice, had far too many problems with them over the years.  I have a contract with FedEx who are much cheaper and many times more reliable than PF.

My sister uses Etsy to sell on and she says the payment setup is like what eBay now do by releasing the money 48 hours after a confirmed delivery which put me off registering and selling there.

It’s all about cash flow.  I don’t need the money urgently.  My Etsy payout is once a month.

bittyboy101

Just been exploring Ebid and apparently if I have gold membership there I can import my eBay seller feedback which is very helpful.

Looking at their searches for "Old plug" and the results, whilst not over populated like eBay, They still show enough relevant items which are quite useful. and show PayPal as one of the payment methods which is my main attraction ! as this = INSTANT BUYER PAYMENT !            

Screenshot below;-

     

RFW

noitsnotme said:

It’s all about cash flow.  I don’t need the money urgently.  My Etsy payout is once a month.

I get daily payouts on Etsy. You can choose between daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly.