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eBay and PowerSeller Policy Changes

Hello everyone and thanks for visiting my blog.

I wrote a blog post last August about eBay changing the policies over postage of items within the media categories, (books, comics, magazines, DVD’s, Music etc). eBay felt that the postage prices were putting people off of making purchases and stopped sellers charging postage in all media categories.

I’m very pleased to be able to tell you that eBay have now changed their minds and have returned to the previous policy. You can now charge postage again, however it is set to a maximum limit to stop excessive postal charges.

Although if you continue to list your Fixed Price items with free P&P they will appear higher in the search results.

Further Changes, Coming Next Month:

Items listed as GTC, (Good Till Cancelled) that haven’t sold in 16 months will automatically end as from April. If this affects you I suggest that you have a good look at what it is you’re selling or how you’re trying to sell your items as 16 months without a sale shows that something is going wrong.

As from April all business sellers on eBay will have to display their business details on every sales page. This isn’t difficult to do as you can set a default that will automatically insert the information for you. To do so log into your eBay account and click My eBay > Account > Site Preferences > Business seller preferences > Show Business Seller Information on the view Item page. You can check your details are correct at the same time.

Here’s the BIG change coming to eBay next month; PowerSeller eligibility requirements are being reduced.

Currently, to become a PowerSeller, you have to either sell goods to the value of £750 a month for 3 consecutive months, or you have to sell at least 100 items a month for 3 consecutive months and then maintain that amount of sales volume every month.

As of next month the minimum requirements are being reduced to just 100 items a year or £2000 in sales. There is some criteria that you also need to meet to become eligible for the PowerSeller programme.

You must be registered as a business.
Your Feedback must be at least 98% positive.
You must have been an active eBay member for at least 90 days.
Your DSR (Detailed Seller Rating) must be 4.6 or greater in all 4 areas:

Item as described
Communication
Dispatch time
P&P charges

You must also meet the new Minimum Performance Standard. As you know your DSR is scored from 1 to 5, with 5 being best. If people score you 1 or 2 then you are falling below standard.

The maximum allowance is:

Item as described Max: 1% or 3
Communication Max: 2% or 3
Dispatch time Max: 2% or 3
P&P charges Max: 2% or 3

Policy breaches:
You must not have any minor policy breaches for the previous 90 days and no serious policy breaches  for the previous 180 days.

Serious policy breaches are things like  Feedback Manipulation, Shill Bidding and Counterfeit goods, which will also get your account suspended.

Why not take a couple of minutes to see if you’re going to meet the new standards? Log into your eBay account and click My eBay > Account > Seller Dashboard. You’ll then see a summary of your account with your DSR and any low ratings will be clearly visible. In the seller standing box you’ll see a link:

See what it takes to become Above standard on your next evaluation.

Click the link and you’ll be taken to your seller performance page where you can see whether you meet the criteria required. You’re looking for everything to be ticked, down the right of your screen. If you don’t meet the new requirements the page will show you the areas that you should focus on.

If you do meet the requirements keep working as you are and look out for an email from the eBay Powerseller Team. Although the rule is coming into effect in April you will not be invited to the PowerSeller Programme until May, so just watch out for that email.

Best of luck, Barry



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14 Responses to “eBay and PowerSeller Policy Changes”

  1. Very useful Barry. Thanks for this update. I intend to start selling on eBay this year so I was glad to see these improvements.
    John

    Hi again John, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I think with the new changes a few people will be returning to eBay, as well as new people joining.

    I’ve sent you an email John with a little present, hope it helps.

    Respect and regards, Barry

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  2. Hi Barry,

    Thanks for the insight on the policy changes. I have just finished preparing everything to start re selling on ebay again. I have 2 sheds full of stuff I need to get rid of, plus I thought I would John’s 90 day powerseller a try and see how I go.

    Hope everything is healing well from your op. See you back here soon! :cool:

    Jacinta :D

    Hi Jacinta, I hope you and the little one are well. Good luck with re starting on ebay. I can highly recommend the 90 day powerseller challenge, it does so much more than the title suggests. Make sure that you get version 3.

    Take care my friend, Regards Barry

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  3. Hi Barry,

    Excellent post my favourite kind eBay, you raised some really good points, eBay are going to start doing themselves some harm, they are trying to create that many changes i notice myself tyhat they are having to reverse their policies!

    Take care….Ed.

    Hi Ed, thanks for stopping by. I think eBay realised their mistake with the P&P policy change and changed it back due to the lack of listings. The new ones seem quite exciting though.

    Take care my friend, Regards, Barry

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  4. Hi Barry, good to see you in action. I’m glad they have capped the postage for those items – it was a bot ridiculous sometimes with people charging excessively. Thanks for sharing this, very useful info, as alwyas.

    Enjoy the journey.

    Mandy

    Hi Mandy, welcome back. I understand what you mean about the excessive postage prices on eBay. Its good to see eBay taking steps to help buyers and sellers alike.

    Regards, Barry

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  5. Hi I thought I would pop by your blog and say hello!

    I am in John Thornhill’s Masterclass for this year and am enjoying it
    very much indeed. How did you find it last year?

    If you need any help with Twitter just let me know as I am very active
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    Hope to speak to you soon.

    All the best
    Keith Dean

    Hi Keith
    Thanks for visiting my blog and welcome to the masterclass.
    Last year was excellent although i fell behind due to having operations. I hope that i’m over that now and can crack on.
    I’ll pop over to your blog and say hi there as well.

    Regards, Barry

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  6. Hi Barry

    I love your site!

    I just read the post you did on “eBay and PowerSeller Policy Changes”, I really liked that. It was very usefull news to me!

    I am also on John Thornhills coaching program, so I will see you in the forum, right?

    Well, I will check in on you soon again!
    Keep up the good work!

    Regards
    Marlene

    Hi Marlene
    Thanks for stopping by. Yes we’ll meet on the forum and get to know eachother better.

    I hope that you’re enjoying the course. Your blog looks very good and your posts are well written, keep it up.
    Best of luck to you,

    Regards, Barry

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  7. Hi Barry,

    Thanks for the post. I am new to Internet, taking Masterclass now and I appreciate getting info like this.

    Good Luck,

    Mike

    Hi Mike
    Welcome aboard my friend. If ever you need any help or advice feel free to ask mate. I’ve visited your blog and its coming along nicely.

    Best of luck Mike,

    Regards, Barry

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  8. There is evidently a lot for me to ascertain outside of my books. Thanks for the fantastic read,

    Hi Renna
    You’re very welcome, thanks for the feedback.

    Regards, Barry

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  9. hey man come on this is good stuff

    Thanks for the compliment Emma
    Regards, Barry

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  11. Just wanted to say hi and talk about how much I relished your post. I’ve taken note so I can drop by in future. Cheers

    Hi Gina
    Thanks for leaving your comment. I hope to see you again soon.
    Regards, Barry

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  12. hey I like this post. I found it from doing a google search. Ive been looking for this sort of thing for a while. This info will come in handy to me. I will check back soon to search the rest of your blog. thanks

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  13. I’m a blogger myself and I found your post to be very interesting and unique. Good job on the post, and I’ve just became subscribed to your blog. Hope you do the same for me.

    Good luck on your blog, and feel free to visit and comment on my blog as well! :)

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    Hi
    Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment and of course for the compliment on my post.

    I’ve had a quick visit to your blog and it looks very interesting. I’ll be returning there after this to have a proper read and of course leave you some comments.
    Regards, Barry

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  14. Howdy Mister!

    I was looking for this exact information yesterday and had asked about it in JT’s forum.

    I’m not utilizing Ebay as a revenue source at this time but I am learning more about their policies and processes etc.

    Thanks very much for the info Barry, have a grand day.

    The Other Barry

    Hi Barry
    Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I have written a few articles regarding eBay that you may find useful, which you’ll find at:
    http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Barry_Wells

    I hope that they help Barry, catch up soon my friend.
    Regards, Barry

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