https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/ebay-policies/ Ecommerce Industry News Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:16:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/ebay-policies/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/07/02/top-news-story-advises-buyers-on-cancelling-ebay-orders/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/07/02/top-news-story-advises-buyers-on-cancelling-ebay-orders/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2022 14:16:22 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227798 A headline on Google News this week read, “How to cancel order on eBay and how to contact seller” that brought visitors to an article on the USA Today website titled, “Won the auction, but changed your mind? How to Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/07/02/top-news-story-advises-buyers-on-cancelling-ebay-orders/feed/ 8 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/05/23/ebay-bans-single-use-plastic-in-uk/ Tue, 24 May 2022 01:16:43 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227608 While the English presumably escape EU rules and regulations domestically after Brexit, it seems they can’t escape Scottish laws, at least as a practical matter for online sellers, that is. eBay is banning the sale of single-use plastics on its Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/05/19/new-ebay-guidelines-on-jewelry-too-onerous-say-sellers/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/05/19/new-ebay-guidelines-on-jewelry-too-onerous-say-sellers/#comments Thu, 19 May 2022 17:29:49 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227582 eBay is instituting new guidelines in the Jewelry category next week, and sellers say they will impact a majority of listings. In a thread on the eBay discussion boards, one seller reacted as follows: “Well, this will certainly clear out Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/05/19/new-ebay-guidelines-on-jewelry-too-onerous-say-sellers/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/04/07/good-news-ebay-stops-hiding-shipping-options-from-buyers/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/04/07/good-news-ebay-stops-hiding-shipping-options-from-buyers/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:53:04 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17964 eBay acknowledged yesterday that a policy it implemented 2 years ago was not so great after all and said it would stop hiding shipping options from buyers. “We listened to your feedback,” it wrote in Tuesday’s announcement, though it didn’t Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/04/07/good-news-ebay-stops-hiding-shipping-options-from-buyers/feed/ 4 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/06/25/ebay-delays-several-spring-seller-update-policies/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/06/25/ebay-delays-several-spring-seller-update-policies/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2020 03:12:15 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16238 eBay announced on Thursday it is delaying the implementation of some policy changes it had announced in this year’s Spring Seller Update. The policies were scheduled to take effect on June 1, but eBay announced they would take effect on Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/06/25/ebay-delays-several-spring-seller-update-policies/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/03/28/ebay-cracks-down-on-sellers-who-lie-about-item-location/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/03/28/ebay-cracks-down-on-sellers-who-lie-about-item-location/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2019 02:57:37 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13464 eBay announced a crackdown in the UK on sellers who “misrepresent” their items’ location. The Item Location Misrepresentation policy states in part: “Buyers should have complete information about an item’s location so that they can be aware of all the Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/03/28/ebay-cracks-down-on-sellers-who-lie-about-item-location/feed/ 8 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/02/05/ebay-says-new-uk-tracking-upload-policy-protects-sellers/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/02/05/ebay-says-new-uk-tracking-upload-policy-protects-sellers/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:46:04 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12863 eBay announced that sellers in the UK must upload tracking information for orders in which they have used a tracking service – before the estimated delivery date has passed. Sending the tracking number to the buyer via email won’t protect Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/02/05/ebay-says-new-uk-tracking-upload-policy-protects-sellers/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/21/ebay-frowns-on-orders-wrapped-in-amazon-smiles/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/21/ebay-frowns-on-orders-wrapped-in-amazon-smiles/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:00:43 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12671 For a decade or more, eBay tolerated a selling practice known as “Amazon drop-shipping” that left some buyers confused or upset when their orders arrived in Amazon boxes. In 2017, eBay even told sellers it allowed the practice. But with Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/21/ebay-frowns-on-orders-wrapped-in-amazon-smiles/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/02/executives-open-up-about-ebay-problems-in-new-years-podcast/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/02/executives-open-up-about-ebay-problems-in-new-years-podcast/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:22:58 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12413 In a New Year’s Day podcast, two top eBay executives opened up about some of the problems sellers faced on its marketplace in 2018, including technology glitches, fraudulent returns, and an untenable pricing policy that it backed down from after Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/01/02/executives-open-up-about-ebay-problems-in-new-years-podcast/feed/ 6 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/12/22/ebay-to-crack-down-on-medicine-and-healthcare-products-in-uk/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 03:02:16 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12361 eBay is cracking down on Medicine and Healthcare products in the UK. Business sellers in the UK are required to register with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and must display the EU common logo by including the Read more]]>