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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2480 on: February 18, 2020, 01:46:56 PM »
I ship USPS to HI & AK but not to PR. Flat rate priority mail is the same price, and you have the option to add a surcharge as well, which is what I do for regular priority mail. FedEx and UPS can get pricey.
I don’t know what type of account you have, but you should be able to exclude either in business policies or on the listing.
Cool will take a look.
How does one add a surcharge? I guess i'll have to google that as well. Thanks MJ.
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2481 on: March 01, 2020, 03:14:24 PM »
someone bought 2 of the the same item in 2 transactions from me. I can I ship them together and put add the tracking number for the 2nd transaction?

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2482 on: March 01, 2020, 03:17:01 PM »
someone bought 2 of the the same item in 2 transactions from me. I can I ship them together and put add the tracking number for the 2nd transaction?
Yes, but make sure that both shipping addresses are the same.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2483 on: March 01, 2020, 09:41:48 PM »
someone bought 2 of the the same item in 2 transactions from me. I can I ship them together and put add the tracking number for the 2nd transaction?
You can ship it together but you will have issues uploading tracking to the second order unless you use the bulk shipping tool over there you can combined the orders and ship it that way. To access the bulk shipping tool check off both items and click ship.. should take you to bulk. Otherwise create a label for one and upload the tracking for the other on PayPal usually eBay picks up the tracking..

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2484 on: March 01, 2020, 09:49:06 PM »
Is there a way to restrict my listings from being sold to people that live in Puerto Rico and Alaska?

 I don't mind selling my item globally as I send it to a a shipping center ran by eBay in Kentucky which is totally fine, but shipping it to Puerto Rico and Alaska is like shipping it across the sea.
https://www.ebay.com/ship/prf

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2485 on: March 01, 2020, 10:46:54 PM »
https://www.ebay.com/ship/prf
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2486 on: March 01, 2020, 11:27:24 PM »
You can ship it together but you will have issues uploading tracking to the second order unless you use the bulk shipping tool over there you can combined the orders and ship it that way. To access the bulk shipping tool check off both items and click ship.. should take you to bulk. Otherwise create a label for one and upload the tracking for the other on PayPal usually eBay picks up the tracking..
What's the problem using the same tracking number twice?
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2487 on: March 08, 2020, 09:59:37 AM »
I posted and sold purells in the past few days. eBay removed the last 2 I posted. eBay also sent out emails that they don't allow new hand sanitizer and similar products for fear of price gauging. However I see many purells still for sale. Will I get in trouble from eBay if I continue posting these type of items?

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2488 on: March 08, 2020, 12:31:23 PM »
Is there a big risk if I'm managing two eBay accounts for two different people from the same location (IP and computer)?
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2489 on: March 08, 2020, 12:32:58 PM »
I posted and sold purells in the past few days. eBay removed the last 2 I posted. eBay also sent out emails that they don't allow new hand sanitizer and similar products for fear of price gauging. However I see many purells still for sale. Will I get in trouble from eBay if I continue posting these type of items?
Most likely.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2490 on: March 08, 2020, 12:36:41 PM »
Is there a big risk if I'm managing two eBay accounts for two different people from the same location (IP and computer)?
AFAIK eBay doesn’t have a hard restriction on multiple accounts. I have many and they even ask me which one I’m calling about by representatives. I also log into other people’s accounts regularly with no issues.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2491 on: March 08, 2020, 05:45:38 PM »
AFAIK eBay doesn’t have a hard restriction on multiple accounts. I have many and they even ask me which one I’m calling about by representatives. I also log into other people’s accounts regularly with no issues.
Except if your banned from one account or paypal account and you start to mix and match!
 My account was banned, while I used my brothers account and my own paypal account, but that didn't go well. They banned his account to, as I was using my paypal on his ebay account.
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2492 on: March 08, 2020, 06:07:12 PM »
Except if your banned from one account or paypal account and you start to mix and match!
 My account was banned, while I used my brothers account and my own paypal account, but that didn't go well. They banned his account to, as I was using my paypal on his ebay account.
Yea, that should be obvious but worth pointing out I guess.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2493 on: March 08, 2020, 06:48:25 PM »
Yea, that should be obvious but worth pointing out I guess.
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2494 on: March 08, 2020, 07:57:12 PM »
Most likely.
So where's the next best places to sell, after eBay and Amazon?

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2495 on: March 08, 2020, 08:05:04 PM »
So where's the next best places to sell, after eBay and Amazon?
I’d sell Facebook marketplace & CL, cash. Sell by lots and have everyone meet you at the same spot.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2496 on: March 09, 2020, 02:11:56 PM »
What's the problem using the same tracking number twice?
It's not a problem it's just once a tracking number is loaded on to eBay they don't allow you to upload the same number to a different order...

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2497 on: March 09, 2020, 04:12:21 PM »
It's not a problem it's just once a tracking number is loaded on to eBay they don't allow you to upload the same number to a different order...
I believe your information is outdated. I've done it more than once, through my shipping software and on eBay.

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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2498 on: March 09, 2020, 06:19:37 PM »
It's not a problem it's just once a tracking number is loaded on to eBay they don't allow you to upload the same number to a different order...
There's two formats of every bar-code for USPS, which would enable you to upload it to eBay.
 Those few digits before the bar-code on an USPS label.
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Re: eBay: Master Thread
« Reply #2499 on: April 06, 2020, 09:33:49 AM »
https://pages.ebay.com/upandrunning/

eBay is offering a basic store for free for 3 months and no selling fees for 500 items.
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