Tag: ebay
The Partial Refund Reconciliation Trap: Why Your eBay Payout Never Matches Your Sold Items Count
Partial refunds split one sale into two payout lines. Here's how to reconcile ebay partial refund to payout without losing track of your real margin.
The Platform Price Parity Failure: Why Your eBay Price Undercuts Mercari (And How to Stop It)
Copying one price across every platform means you're either overpriced on Mercari or underpriced on eBay. Here's the fee-and-buyer-behavior math to fix it.
The Shipping Label Bulk Buy Trap: When Buying USPS Labels in Bulk Actually Costs You More
Bulk USPS label discounts only pay off past a specific volume threshold. Below it, you're pre-paying for postage you may never use.
The 1099-K Reconciliation Nightmare: How to Match Gross Sales to Actual Payouts (Before Tax Day)
Your 1099-K shows $42,318. Your bank shows $34,900. Neither number is wrong — here's the exact reconciliation that closes the gap.
The Poshmark-to-eBay Migration: Why Some Inventory Moves Faster Somewhere Else (And How to Spot the Arbitrage)
How to decide which platform to list clothing item by category, price tier, and buyer behavior — with real fee math and a category-by-category breakdown.
The Crosslist Holdover: How to Spot When an Item Should Be Delisted From One Platform and Moved to Another
A crosslist inventory delisting strategy that pulls stalled items off the wrong platform and puts them where their buyer actually shops — before holding cost eats the margin.
Multi-Platform Crosslisting Without Overselling: The Sync Problem and How to Solve It
The gap between a sale on one platform and delisting on the others is where oversold items happen. Here's how to close it.
Mercari vs eBay Clothing Reselling: Where You Actually Make More Money
Mercari's flat fee beats eBay's on cheap basics. eBay's bigger buyer pool wins on branded pieces. Here's the real math per item.
Partial Refunds on eBay: How to Document Condition and Defend Your Case
A buyer wants money back but wants to keep the item. Here's the eBay partial refund dispute playbook, documented and defensible.
How to Handle Returns and Disputes When Reselling Clothes
A return or case isn't a crisis — it's a workflow. Here's exactly how to read the reason, respond fast, and use documented condition to decide who's right.
Reseller Taxes 101: 1099-Ks, Deductions, and Clean Books Without the Panic
A 1099-K reports gross payments, not profit. Here's what the federal threshold actually is now, which deductions offset it, and the record-keeping workflow that keeps tax time boring.