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The New ebay: The Official Guide to Buying, Selling, Running a Profitable Business
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The New ebay: The Official Guide to Buying, Selling, Running a Profitable Business

by Todd Alexander
July 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
296 pages
6h 22m
English
Wiley
Content preview from The New ebay: The Official Guide to Buying, Selling, Running a Profitable Business

Chapter 18

Troubleshooting for eBay sellers

If at any time during the listing and selling process you need help, don’t hesitate to contact eBay’s Customer service team. More details can be found in chapter 1.

What to do if your buyer doesn’t pay

Occasionally you may experience a buyer who wins an auction or buys your product and then fails to follow through with payment. You should contact your buyer via Messages to remind them politely to pay for their product. If payment has not been received within three to seven days, however, it’s unlikely the buyer is still interested. In this situation you should lodge a claim via the eBay resolution centre both for the refund of your final value fees and to alert eBay to your non-paying buyer.

Within the ‘Sold’ list of My eBay a link will automatically appear for Open unpaid item case/Cancel transaction to begin the claim process for qualifying (unpaid) items. eBay will send the buyer a reminder to pay and if they fail to do so will cancel the transaction on your behalf. Your final value fees will be credited to your account.

You can automate this process to begin after a specific number of days without payment. To do this, click My eBay at the top of any eBay page then click Site preferences. Under the ‘Selling preferences’ heading look for ‘Unpaid item assistant’, then click Show on the right. Click Edit to automate this process.

What to do if your item doesn’t sell

Sometimes the products you list for sale may not attract any bidders ...

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