New top rated requirements Ebay UK - Free postage

[jenupy2j]

According to the new top rated requirements (Ebay UK)
Is it a must to provide free postage for all your listings?
I charge postage for all my listings and it is part of my profit.

[nyc]

Free postage ?? SAY WHAT????

[nivo]

In my accounts, I already give free postage on anything, or else I will get bad feedback when I use to charge just under actual costs. I just try to mention something in the description boldly that postage is free to you, but not to me..

[JamesNorth101]

In the UK we are having a fair few changes.

Changes are -

14 days returns
1 Day or same day dispatch
Express delivery option
Free postage option
£1000 min sales value over 12 months
Max 1 and 2 stars DSR 2 or 0.5%
Max unresolved sellers cases stars 2 or 0.3%

All this plus the unchanged current requirements must be met to be or retain TRS

[GreenBean]

Bless!

A few more hassles.

Who wants life to be easy on ebay uk

[yotano211]

This will start in the UK and then work its way to other countries.

[JamesNorth101]

Personally for me it works very well. Omi offer all that already, but now with the £1000 threshold its even easier to become trs. Just find a way to work it into your business plan. New fee structure is also coming into effect.

[rsot]

But the free shipping still seems to be an "option" not a requirement...

[eternity4u]

£1000 over 12 months period.
Is this for EB or PP requirement

[JamesNorth101]

Originally Posted by rsot

But the free shipping still seems to be an "option" not a requirement...

As of 20th August you will need to offer a free postage service as an option

So you could have

Second Class Post = Free
Royal Mail 24 Hour = £4

Or

Royal Mail 24 Hour = Free

Both of these would meet the new requirements

Basically there has to be both an express service and a free service, but they don't have to be the same option.

[rsot]

Ah ok I understand - buyer has ability to choose free shipping imposed on the seller by eBay

[jenupy2j]

How about offer free postage before the 20th of each month, then back to normal?

[zero1]

Since they are charging FVF on postage soon, why not just make postage free? Then add a special delivery option at high price to comply with next day delivery requirement

[tmastermind]

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

As of 20th August you will need to offer a free postage service as an option

So you could have

Second Class Post = Free
Royal Mail 24 Hour = £4

Or

Royal Mail 24 Hour = Free

Both of these would meet the new requirements

Basically there has to be both an express service and a free service, but they don't have to be the same option.

Of course you dont have to but it means your actual listing does not qualify for TRS status, so you can be a TRS yourself but your individual listings now have to qualify like James said above.

I pick my best ones for TRS, the others I'm not bothered about them having TRS on a listing level and keep them as a paid postage. Good for old redundant lines where you just want to finish the product off and end the line.

[jenupy2j]

I still dont quite understand this. Only the listings with free postage option will show top rated badge on it? So if there is no free postage offered but you meet all the other criteria, are you still top rated, and will the badge show on your profile?

[JamesNorth101]

From my understanding, you need to meet all of the criteria on all of your listings to be rated TSR.

They will not calculate it on listing by listing basis.

100% of listings, or your not TSR

I could be wrong on this point, but I have not read anything that makes me doubt that as of yet on eBay