Welcome to the SellerGrowthTools Blog — your trusted resource for eBay sellers looking to grow their business with practical advice, free tools, and step-by-step guides.
Whether you’re just starting your eBay journey or you’re an experienced seller looking to improve your performance, our blog is designed to help you make better decisions and increase your sales. Every article is written with real-world experience and focuses on solving the everyday challenges eBay sellers face.
Our guides cover a wide range of topics, including eBay selling fees, Final Value Fees, Managed Payments, Promoted Listings, Best Offers, Seller Performance, Top Rated Seller requirements, SEO & Listing Optimization, Terapeak (Product Research), shipping, returns, store subscriptions, and much more. We regularly update our content to reflect the latest eBay features, policies, and best practices.
In addition to detailed tutorials, we provide free eBay calculators to help you calculate fees, estimate profits, and make smarter pricing decisions before listing your products. These tools are designed to save time, reduce costly mistakes, and improve your overall profitability.
Our goal is simple: to create one of the most comprehensive free resources for eBay sellers. Every guide is researched, practical, and easy to follow, helping you improve visibility, optimize listings, reduce costs, and build a more successful eBay business.
Browse the articles below to explore our latest eBay tutorials, expert tips, and free resources.
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eBay VeRO 2026: What It Is, How It Works & What to Do If You Get a Notice
A listing disappears overnight. An email arrives explaining that a rights owner reported it. No advance warning, no chance to respond first. This is how most sellers first encounter eBay VeRO — and the gap between “something happened” and “here’s exactly what to do” is where avoidable mistakes get made. This guide covers what eBay…
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eBay Funds on Hold 2026: Why It Happens & How to Get Paid Faster
You’ve made a sale. The buyer has paid. But the money is showing in your eBay Funds On hold.” For new sellers especially, this can look alarming.It isn’t. Payment holds are a standard part of how eBay’s Payments system works, and in most cases the hold resolves on its own as the transaction completes normally.…
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eBay Order Cancellation 2026: Complete Guide for Sellers
eBay Order cancellations are one of those things that look straightforward until they’re not. A buyer asks to cancel. Or you need to cancel. Or a buyer didn’t pay and you’re trying to recover your fees. Each situation works differently, carries different consequences, and requires a different response.This guide covers every eBay order cancellation scenario…
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eBay Buyer Has Not Paid? What Sellers Should Do in 2026
A buyer commits to your listing and then nothing — no payment, no message, no response. It’s one of the more frustrating things eBay buyer has not paid that happens to eBay sellers, and the right response isn’t obvious.Wait too long and you’ve got stock sitting unsold. Cancel too early and you risk a defect.…
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eBay MC999 Account Restriction 2026: What It Means & What to Do
You’ve received an eBay MC999 message and your account is restricted or suspended. The message itself rarely explains exactly why — and that gap between “something is wrong” and “here’s what to do about it” is where most sellers make avoidable mistakes.This guide covers what MC999 actually is, where to find the real reason for…
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eBay Item Not Received (INR) 2026: What Sellers Need to Do
A buyer opens an eBay item not received case. Most sellers panic. The ones who handle it well have usually done one thing: read the timeline before they do anything else.eBay gives you specific windows to respond, specific evidence to upload, and specific outcomes based on whether you have tracking. Miss a deadline and eBay…
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eBay Private Seller Fees UK 2026: What You Actually Pay Now
You sell a jacket for £45 on eBay UK. The payout says £45.Not £39. Not £41.50. Forty-five pounds.If you’ve sold on eBay before, or you’ve read an American guide about eBay fees, that number looks wrong. It isn’t. eBay private seller fees UK differently from every other major market – Since eBay UK removed selling…
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eBay Seller Performance 2026: Defect Rate, Seller Levels & Standards Explained
You log into eBay Seller Performance dashboard and there it is — a percentage you didn’t expect, or a seller level that’s dropped. eBay shows you the number. What it doesn’t show you clearly is which sales caused it, why that particular order counted, or what you’re supposed to do now.That gap is where most…
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eBay Negative Feedback Removal: What Works and What Doesn’t
One negative can sit on your account for a year, and most of the advice about removing it is out of date.eBay rewrote its feedback policy after admitting that automated reviews had gone too far — removal requests that should have qualified were being denied, with no route to appeal. The current policy is considerably…
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How to Find Sold Items on eBay (Desktop, App and UK)
Before you list anything on eBay, you want to know one thing: what does this actually sell for?Not what other sellers are asking — anyone can ask any price, and plenty of listings sit unsold for months. What matters is what buyers have genuinely paid.eBay shows you this, for free, and it takes about ten…