Warning issued to anyone selling on eBay over 'big, big changes' from this week

Private sellers connected auction elephantine eBay's website person been issued a informing astir 'big changes' arsenic of this week, and it volition alteration however they are paid for their sales

An experienced eBay backstage seller has issued a informing to each different users of the auction website implicit a alteration successful presumption and conditions that came into unit earlier this week (February 4).

"Big, large changes are coming and I don't deliberation they're precise bully - surely not for the sellers," TikTok idiosyncratic and eBay seller Biz Nest began successful a video connected Monday. "From February 4, you volition not get paid for your items until 2 days aft the lawsuit has received them," helium said.

Indeed, each sellers were archetypal notified of the alteration backmost successful December 2024, successful an explanatory email that read: "We are making changes to the mode we process payments connected eBay. Going forward, we’ll marque your funds disposable for payout wrong 48 hours aft we've confirmed transportation of the item. Until then, you’ll spot a 'hold' connected your funds. This process helps support our marketplace safe."

Biz Nest continued, explaining that previously, helium received payments a time aft they had been made by the buyers. "Now we person to wait, truthful my proposal to you is to bash everything via a quicker way work - I'll beryllium utilizing Royal Mail's 48-hour work for each my items."

With that volition bring an accrued outgo to some the lawsuit and seller, but according to Biz Nest it volition guarantee you are paid quicker that way. He besides revealed: "The different happening they're (eBay) doing is connected each order, customers volition beryllium charged an other 70p positive 4% of the full order. The thought of this is it goes towards lawsuit work to marque the acquisition amended for buyers."

Ultimately, however, Biz Nest points retired that it means different accrued cost, and arsenic sellers, "you person a determination to make" connected pricing. "Personally I'm going to support each my prices the same, but changing each the transportation prices and spot however it effects sales."

He closed: "If I spot a downturn successful income past I'll look astatine my nett borderline and possibly trim my prices slightly. But it's thing for you each to carnivore successful mind."

The update successful presumption was met with a mixed response, meanwhile, arsenic 1 idiosyncratic responded: "Really doesn’t fuss me, I don’t person currency travel issues. I besides don’t fuss withdrawing funds from relationship arsenic its effect, would beryllium bully for it to beryllium automatic."

A 2nd declared: "Good, commencement paying taxes and beryllium a concern relationship - listing fee, concern monthly fee, last merchantability interest and postage fee... invited to eBay." And a 3rd hailed: "This is large quality for due eBay sellers."

Conversely, however, 1 idiosyncratic fumed: "There volition beryllium loads of scams withholding wealth by complaints to eBay earlier release."

Another slammed: "All the changes and moving of 'goal posts' which if you privation to proceed you person to accept, is not what I signed up for. How galore volition person an email possibly a fewer days earlier 'funds are released' saying we request 'xyz' to verify your relationship and support your funds connected clasp for a longer play oregon indefinitely if you cannot provide?

"Not forgetting that galore conscionable merchantability to get funds successful speedy for an unexpected measure oregon to assistance with the bills that are escalating successful this system and by holding of funds, this volition impede."

Whilst a 3rd idiosyncratic theorised: "Imagine... a purchaser receiving an point lets accidental successful a week... that is 7 positive 2... 9 days... (discounting weekends) and that purchaser aft utilizing that point for a time oregon so, oregon deciding that they person changed their caput oregon thing else, opens a lawsuit the time anterior to your funds supposedly being released? Which are past enactment connected clasp for a further 10 days oregon truthful to 'sort out'?

"There is nary readying power for the seller connected their ain funds oregon account...You virtually are successful the hands of AI (I bash judge this is what volition beryllium used) and the postal work which is taking longer and longer successful the system."

eBay has been approached for comment.