eBay for Business

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Ep 312 || Our Fall Q & A Episode Sep 24, 2024

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The week, Kayomi and Griff answer your questions; What to do if a return is shipped by the buyer but never received; eBay Standard Envelope and tracking; Item delayed in transit; Buyer requests to split up a lot; and auction winner requests to hold off shipping in order to combine shipping. Plus a special announcement from your podcast team.

eBay Standard Envelope

Ep 311 || Preparing for the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) Sep 17, 2024

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Matt Olson, Senior Director of Product for Seller Excellence and Regulatory explains this new EU regulation that will impact any seller who sells into the EU and what those sellers need to do to be in compliance when the regulation goes into effect in December. This week’s question is about buyer names or addresses that are too long to fit on an eBay label.

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eBay GPSR Page

https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/resources/general-product-safety-regulation

EU GPSR Document

https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/a281b150-19fd-44f9-bef8-c6018f9c4792_en?filename=factsheet%20GPSR%20final.pdf

Ep 310 || eBay Government Relations For Sellers Sep 10, 2024

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Seller Advocacy Specialist for the GR team, Leah Erwin outlines the mission of the eBay Government Relations team and how sellers can assist through the eBay Small Business Ambassador Program. This week’s seller question is about buyers who use Freight Forwarding companies.

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USPS Rate Changes

Impacted Zip Code List

eBay Main Street

Government_relations@ebay.com

Ep 309 || The New Advertising Dashboard Explained Sep 03, 2024

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eBay Growth Advisor with the Ads Team, Elisabeth Rommel outlines the new Advertising Dashboard in Seller Hub and how the new enhancements make it easier to set up and track your Promoted Listings campaigns. The question for this week: Shipping eBay items via Freight.

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New eBay Advertising Dashboard

eBay Shipping Rate Tables

Ep 308 || Getting To Know Your Customers Aug 27, 2024

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eBay Growth Advisor Aaron White outlines five ways you can get to know your buyers better. From the Shipping team, Chad Stewart updates us on the recent enhancements to eBay International Shipping. Your hosts answer a question about custom Item Specifics.

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Ep 307 || Prepping For The Holiday Selling Season Starts Now! Aug 20, 2024

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eBay Seller Advocate and eBay seller Chuck Van Pelt gives his five tips for preparing for the Holiday Selling Season. Kayomi and Griff answer your questions about revision restrictions on Fixed Price listings and the list of “selected categories” for additional free listings with an eBay Store subscription.

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UPS Ground Saver

UPS and eBay Labels

New Simplified Order Cancellation Proces s

Revise Listing Help Page

Ep 306 || Jump-starting Your Slow Sales Aug 13, 2024

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eBay seller and Head of Business Development on the eBay Seller team, Stephen Weller has a list of best practices remedies for the Slow Sales blues. Kayomi and Griff answer questions on Offer discount minimums and free listing allotments for an eBay Store.

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eBay Open 2024

eBay Shipping Calculator

Stephen’s eBay Store

Ep 305 || eBay Open: The Biggest Seller Conference of the Year Aug 06, 2024

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Sr. Manager, Seller Engagement & Community Allison Engles joins us to talk about the upcoming eBay Open event in September. Your questions this week: What happened to USPS First Class Package? Bubble wrap bubbles facing out or in?

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eBay Open 2024

Ep 304 || eBay Seller, Race Car Driver, and eBay Employee - Sarah Burgess Jul 30, 2024

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Sarah Burgess discovered eBay when she needed parts for her race car and realized the platform's potential for selling automotive products. She later joined eBay as an employee, initially in business development and then in events and partnerships.

Griff and Kayomi answer your questions about sending a package with Japanese characters and items not showing up for European buyers.

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eBay International Shipping Restricted Categories

GPSR European Rules

Ep 303 || Creating Content for Social Jul 23, 2024

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eBay’s Blaine Dillard of the Seller Engagement Team visits the podcast this week to talk about how best to create social content for your business. Griff and Kayomi answer questions about taking Returns and Selling Limits.

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