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Monday April 29, 2019
Seller Puzzled by Poshmark Sales Tax Total
Dear Ina, I am new to Poshmark and as I was researching some of my recently listed Poshmark item ...

Sunday April 28, 2019
Sellers Need to Smarten Up about Shipping
Dear Ina, I've wanted to write about this for the longest time, even going back to when I was an a ...

Thursday April 25, 2019
Surprise Bill when Moving to Monthly eBay Store Plan
Dear Ina, I'm not sure if eBay sellers are aware of this situation, but I recently changed my annu ...

Wednesday April 24, 2019
eBay Seller Says Returns Have Become Out of Control
Dear Ina, It is about 4 1/2 months into the new selling year. There have been ups and downs. But o ...

Friday April 19, 2019
Amazon Project Zero Leaves Artisan Sellers Behind
Dear Ina, Project Zero, Amazon's new offering for stamping out counterfeit items, will not help ar ...

Wednesday April 17, 2019
The Dawn of the New Era of eBay GTC
Dear Ina, Of note is that today, 4/17, is the dawn of the "new era". The last of the non-GTC listi ...

eBay Shipping Bug Rears Its Ugly Head
Dear Ina, Today I was contacted by an eBay buyer saying they were meant to get free delivery on an ...

Monday April 15, 2019
PayPal Business and Personal Accounts Entwined?
Dear Ina, I mentioned on Ecommerce EKG a couple days ago that somehow eBay / PayPal was dinging ar ...

Friday April 12, 2019
Seller Wonders Why PayPal Demands More User Data
Dear Ina, Lately PayPal has been asking for additional information/documentation in order to "prov ...

Thursday April 11, 2019
eBay Response to a Sales Slump: Try a New Strategy
Dear Ina, Just want to give you an update on the eBay new updates. I'd like to note that after ...

Tuesday April 9, 2019
Would You Call this Online Buyer Behavior Extortion?
Dear Ina, As a seller of 15+ years on eBay, I have rarely had an experience like the one I had thi ...

Monday April 8, 2019
Etsy Stats Disappeared after Seller Added New Photo
Dear Ina, On Etsy, I added a photo to a listing, and apparently it wiped out the stats for the ent ...

Saturday April 6, 2019
Does eBay Expect Sellers to Ship before Receiving an Order?
Dear Ina, What new HAIL is this? Right now I'm UP at 3 am on April 4, 2019. I went to pack up my 3 ...

PayPal Declines Seller's Routine Procurement Order
Dear Ina, Watch out for PayPal. All of a sudden an algorithm or a human decided I had an unusual p ...

Monday April 1, 2019
Is eBay Catalog Introducing Errors in Sellers' Listings?
Dear Ina, I have been having ongoing disputes with eBay and they are flat-out denying what I'm tel ...