Part of being a successful eBay seller is to keep tabs on the competition. Right now, it looks like US sellers offering goods on the eBay UK site are giving up and heading for the hills. Just this week, 3 sellers that I follow have closed their stores. One is no longer a registered user – POOF – just disappeared. One seller even added a note to all of her store pages explaining that she won’t be offering her products on eBay UK, or worldwide, due to a weak conversion rate.
It doesn’t have to be this way! Granted, the USD …read more

This question was posted on my Stay at Home Mom’s Selling on eBay Facebook Group:
“I wanted to start selling internationally too. I was wondering if you open a store on eBay.com and then list worldwide for shipping or if you go to another site, like the UK ebay and then list there. What is the best way to get the most exposure for your items. ”
Both strategies have advantages and disadvantges. Selling directly on another eBay site can be more advantageous as you have more factors in your favor through the Best Match algorithm as a direct seller. The …read more

If you are selling internationally, you may want to take some time to research the import fees and limits for the countries you ship to. Many eBay buyers don’t know what the limits and fees are in their own countries. Here is a scenario of what can happen if the seller is not informed:
1) Customer orders eBay item(s) from you.
2) Package arrives in customer’s country.
3) Customer is charged a hefty fee because the value of the shipment.
4) Customer refuses package due to the additional fees, or customer pays the fees to obtain his product.
5) If the customer refuses the package, …read more

Have you ever received an email from eBay stating, “We appreciate that you chose eBay to list your eBay Stores listing(s). However, we have removed your (s) because it breaches our (fill in the blank) policy. We notified members who placed bids on the item that the listing has been canceled.”
I noticed that quite a few other sellers have the same item up for sale. So I replied to eBay with this question,”Hello, my listing XYZ was removed as it is not allowed. I see that quite a few other sellers are offering the exact same product, and their listings …read more