Keep up to date with recent EBay changes.
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CHANGES RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ON EBay
Its difficult now to keep ahead of all the changes that are taking part
on EBay with new rules and responsibilities recently applied.
Some of the changes are detailed here,which are also announced in your
personal account.
Registering as a Business on EBay
Whether to register as a Personal Seller or Business Seller on EBay,the
option that was available is no more.
To sell for profit you must register as a business. The problem is how
do you distinguish between personal and business selling?
Are you selling for a profit when you clear out those unwanted items
from your garage or loft?
With the information available from EBay if you have a box
full
of items of personal use mixed in with items to sell from a car boot or
wholeseller.
Then you need to register as a business seller.This information can
also be obtained from the Inland Revenue at
If you buy personal goods and items bought specifically to
resell
sell on eBay you would be best to keep a careful record using
a
hard backed A4 book or similar with income and overheads noted.
Under Capital Gains laws you are allowed to keep some of the income
from personal items that sell for more than whatever you paid.
If you are selling regularly on eBay it makes sense to have an
accountant or at least a professional book keeper.
EBay
Express is Closing in the UK
Based on feedback from buyers and sellers,EBay have decided
to close EBay Express in the UK and focus their efforts on the main
site Ebay.co.uk.
No definite reasons have been given it is assumed that the rigid rules
on Ebay Express for sellers was a contributing factor.Also the rules
regarding refunds on goods that may
have been used and even damaged by purchasers.
Businesses
to Display Addresses in eBay Listings
The new rule says that business must display
their contact details for prospective buyers. That means the
seller’s home address in many cases and the rule has raised fears among
sellers that criminals may visit to burgle their homes or even attack
sellers and their families.
This is the one that is of most concern, but it’s European Law so you
take
it or leave it.
An accommodation address may be possible, although this has yet to be
confirmed by EBay.
With their
announcement about having to include your address in your listings,this
has worried a number of customers.
In order to lessen the blow Ebay have suggested the following:
‘Last week we announced broad changes to the marketplace, including new
rules for businesses to display their contact details to prospective
buyers.
E-commerce
regulations clearly
state that businesses must provide the
geographic address at which their business is established. Members who
are operating as businesses on EBay.co.uk need to comply with this law.
EBay provides business registration functionality to help sellers
easily display their business details directly on the View Item page.
A number of sellers have voiced security concerns with displaying their
address on the View Item page.
To mitigate this, we are extending the list of permissible locations
for a business to provide their contact details.
Sellers operating as a business on EBay.co.uk must clearly display
their business name and geographic address in at least one of the
following locations:
1. On the View Item page – in the Business Seller Information section
2. On a user’s About Me page
3. On a Shop’s custom page that is no more than one click from their
main Shop page.
Please note:
1. PO Box addresses are not considered to be geographic addresses, and
will not be accepted as a valid business address.
2. Businesses choosing to display their name and address on the View
Item page must display that information in the Business Seller
Information section. Displaying the name and address in the item
description only is insufficient.
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