At SellerVantage, we always block off part of our development time and devote it to the Spring and Fall updates from eBay to make sure that you always are able to work with the newest tools from eBay within SellerVantage.
There aren’t as many updates that pertain to US clients (which is a shock actually) but now UK clients will have their FVF fee structure to now resemble what the US eBay clients have been charged since the Spring 2013 update.
Top Rated Seller grace period :: Sometimes you may go through a period where buyers just aren’t satisfied. You feel like you have to provide free overnight shipping just to keep buyers from leaving less than 5-star feedback. If you’re a TRS, starting August 20th you’ll have a grace period that will prevent you from losing your TRS status if it dips down below eBay’s standards of feedback and shipping/tracking updated. The grace period lasts for 3 months after the first month of not meeting eBay’s TRS requirements. The 20th day of each month is when eBay will rate your TRS scores.
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Feedback Removal Policy :: As a seller, you dread seeing negative or even neutral feedback, especially if the feedback wasn’t warranted (never is, right?) Negative or Neutral feedback is auto removed when the item isn’t paid for or the user is suspended. You can request feedback be removed if the feedback is irrelevant to the item, sale or seller performance. Also if the feedback is inappropriate or Negative/Neutral was wrongly selected when the feedback obviously shows a positive comment.
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Category and Item Specific changes :: the week of September 10th, there will be changes to the following categories: antiques, baby, cell phones and accessories, Clothing, Shoes & Accessories, Coins & Paper Money, Collectibles, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden, Jewelry & Watches, Motors, Musical Instruments & Gear, Sporting Goods. If you frequently list in these categories, be advised that options may change when relisting items using old item specifics. US Coins are now moving towards a Catalog.
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I hope this helps as you are starting to prepare for “Back to School” sales and even starting to plan out what you will do for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.