Ever since the US Postal Service started offering 3 different options of flat-rate boxes, Ebay sellers have been wondering when Ebay was going to follow suit. Although Ebay sellers had been able to list the 3 different sizes of flat-rate boxes as options in their auctions, they had only been able to print labels for medium flat rate boxes. With the launching of Ebay’s new shipping label creation page, that is no longer a problem. By printing labels through ebay.com and not paypal.com Ebay sellers now have the ability to create labels for the previous omitted small and large flat rate boxes. Unfortunately for those who would rather still use paypal.com, these options remain omitted from paypal’s label list.
3rd Party Programs Allow Sellers to Avoid Ebay’s Free Insertion Fee Listings
If you’ve recently been listing your auctions through ebay.com, you’ve probably noticed some of your items being listed for free. This is because Ebay’s free insertion fee program was officially launched on June 16, spelling higher closing fees for many sellers, as previously reported.
Fortunately for users of 3rd party listing programs, such as Auctiva, listings created with these programs are not subject to being included under the free insertion fee program. This means that those who use these programs can continue to list their auctions without having to worry about being charged higher closing fees. This is also the case for users of Ebay’s own Turbolister program.
How Make Changes to an Ebay Auction After it has Ended
A situation that doesn’t arise quite often, but is still important to know how to deal with, is how to make changes to an auction after it has ended. Usually, this occurs when a buyer requests an alternative shipping method or when you, as a seller, want to give a discount to a buyer. Luckily, Ebay has a solution for such situations, although it is one that isn’t so obvious.
If you ever run into this situation, the answer you are looking for is in Ebay’s “Send Invoice” feature. When you send an invoice to a customer, you are allowed to add different shipping methods, offer discounts, and even add additional charges to a transaction if you so wanted.
So how is it done?
First, you will want to log into Ebay and click on the “My Ebay” button at the top right of your screen:
Next, click on the “Sold” link under the “Summary” menu:
Then, you are going to want to click on the drop down menu next to your sold item and select “Send Invoice”:
Now, you can make any changes you wish to your transaction on the Invoice page:
Simply send the invoice to the buyer and you are finished. Pretty easy, right?
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