Positive changes for Sellers coming to eBay

OPA

Starting in November, when you specify 1-day handling time, upload tracking information by the end of the next business day after the buyer’s payment clears, and we know your package arrived within 4 business days from when the buyer pays (or arrived by your estimated delivery if that was earlier), eBay will automatically rate the transaction with 5 stars for shipping time.

eBay changes

segoja

Thats great.....so you ship same day or next day and the PO does not get the item there in 4 days, then due solely to the post office delivery time, you are open to low ratings???

Who exactly does e-bay think the buyer is rating?? The seller or the 3rd party shipper??

This is certainly better than the current, but still has holes.

Seems like the solution is if the item is scanned in by the post office with 1 day, that should suffice, as that is all the seller can control.

kryptonitecomics

doesn't seem like much of a positive step to me but if it helps some seller out than I am happy for them???

LindeDad

<< <i>Seems like the solution is if the item is scanned in by the post office with 1 day, that should suffice, as that is all the seller can control. >>



Sorry but even that won't work all the time. I have had items go all the way across country and only be scanned at the delivery point. I'll admit that most show arrival at my local post office but not all.

Will admit that they seem to be getting better at rating shipping but still need to realize that most ratings are for the shipper not the seller.

derryb

Won't work for me, mostly registered. But I'll continue to work hard to keep my shipping 5.0.

customroll

Does ebay actually pay people to be that stupid, or do they train them to be that way first.

Russ

<< <i>Sorry but even that won't work all the time. I have had items go all the way across country and only be scanned at the delivery point. >>



It doesn't have to be scanned in at the shipping point to qualify. The tracking information just needs to be uploaded to eBay by the end of the following business day. If one uses PayPal shipping, this is done automatically.

Russ, NCNE

LindeDad

<< <i>

<< <i>Sorry but even that won't work all the time. I have had items go all the way across country and only be scanned at the delivery point. >>



It doesn't have to be scanned in at the shipping point to qualify. The tracking information just needs to be uploaded to eBay by the end of the following business day. If one uses PayPal shipping, this is done automatically.

Russ, NCNE >>



Thanks for that info I do use PayPal shipping so it will help me. Normally print shipping labels withen hours of payment. Most of the time just print the label from the link in the email telling payment has arrived.

derryb

<< <i>

<< <i>Sorry but even that won't work all the time. I have had items go all the way across country and only be scanned at the delivery point. >>



It doesn't have to be scanned in at the shipping point to qualify. The tracking information just needs to be uploaded to eBay by the end of the following business day. If one uses PayPal shipping, this is done automatically.

Russ, NCNE >>



And if paypal shipping is not used tracking info can be entered manually at both paypal and ebay pages. Having tracking info at both sites helps expedite confirmation by ebay and paypal that item was delivered. This is helpful in both claims and having funds released if you are a low number feedback seller.

MsMorrisine

<< <i>

<< <i>

<< <i>Sorry but even that won't work all the time. I have had items go all the way across country and only be scanned at the delivery point. >>



It doesn't have to be scanned in at the shipping point to qualify. The tracking information just needs to be uploaded to eBay by the end of the following business day. If one uses PayPal shipping, this is done automatically.

Russ, NCNE >>



And if paypal shipping is not used tracking info can be entered manually at both paypal and ebay pages. Having tracking info at both sites helps expedite confirmation by ebay and paypal that item was delivered. This is helpful in both claims and having funds released if you are a low number feedback seller. >>




and that's the way I read it, too.


and the way I can think of defeating it is to simply upload a real looking but still fake tracking number right away. How will the system know? Did they program it to check the ship date on the shipper's web site?

derryb

<< <i>and the way I can think of defeating it is to simply upload a real looking but still fake tracking number right away. How will the system know? Did they program it to check the ship date on the shipper's web site? >>



I only use USPS so I can only address that part of it: Ebay/Paypal views the tracking number at the usps.com website and sees that is has been delivered and WHERE it was delivered to. Remember paypal requires item to be shipped to a specific address, not a specific person.

johnny9434

<< <i>Does ebay actually pay people to be that stupid, or do they train them to be that way first. >>



you get what you pay for. see what happens

Russ

BTW, did you guys see that Lori Norrington <cough>got canned</cough> resigned?

Russ, NCNE

OPA

<< <i>BTW, did you guys see that Lori Norrington <cough>got canned</cough> resigned?

Russ, NCNE >>



Who is or was that person? The name does not ring a bell with me.

Russ

<< <i>

<< <i>BTW, did you guys see that Lori Norrington <cough>got canned</cough> resigned?

Russ, NCNE >>



Who is or was that person? The name does not ring a bell with me. >>



President of eBay marketplaces. Second in command behind the CEO, John Donohoe.

Russ, NCNE

ebaytrader

<< <i>

<< <i>

<< <i>BTW, did you guys see that Lori Norrington <cough>got canned</cough> resigned?

Russ, NCNE >>



Who is or was that person? The name does not ring a bell with me. >>



President of eBay marketplaces. Second in command behind the CEO, John Donohoe.

Russ, NCNE >>




What will this mean for sellers? Will we, at some time in the near future, be able to post on the feepay power screwer boards and all of the volume sellers whose lifeblood is selling on feepay be able to agree on feepay policies, procedures, & fee structures because they'll be, for the first time in years, understandable to the masses?

OPA

<< <i>

<< <i>

<< <i>

<< <i>BTW, did you guys see that Lori Norrington <cough>got canned</cough> resigned?

Russ, NCNE >>



Who is or was that person? The name does not ring a bell with me. >>



President of eBay marketplaces. Second in command behind the CEO, John Donohoe.

Russ, NCNE >>




What will this mean for sellers? Will we, at some time in the near future, be able to post on the feepay power screwer boards and all of the volume sellers whose lifeblood is selling on feepay be able to agree on feepay policies, procedures, & fee structures because they'll be, for the first time in years, understandable to the masses? >>



Say what?

LindeDad

Maybe we can hope that the next change in the works is that eBay allows sellers to give feedback that actually has some meaning.