eBay sellers in Germany can now not settle for money funds from clients after they decide up their orders. Click on & accumulate remains to be accessible, however funds should be made via the “current customary fee processing”.
eBay Germany knowledgeable affiliated retailers of this coverage change through e-mail final Friday, and it went into impact this Monday. Sellers are now not in a position to choose the “Barzahlung bei Abholung” (money on pickup) possibility when itemizing merchandise on eBay, and the money fee possibility has been mechanically faraway from earlier listings.
The money fee possibility has been eliminated
eBay is directing sellers to its customary on-line fee strategies, whether or not via its APIs or not, together with varied bank cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and Klarna.
Safer
eBay justifies this modification by stating that transactions must be “much more safe” for each patrons and sellers. It’s potential that eBay desires extra management by processing orders on-line, making it tougher for sellers to keep away from its gross sales commissions.
Improved native visibility
German clients can nonetheless select to select up their orders as an alternative of getting them delivered, eBay Germany emphasizes in its message to sellers. Sellers providing the pickup possibility will proceed to profit from improved native visibility. The corporate additionally provides that new self-collection performance will “enhance the buying expertise” within the coming weeks, with out specifying additional particulars.
‘New self-collection performance will enhance the buying expertise’
Money on assortment
The American firm has lengthy held a powerful place within the German ecommerce panorama, producing substantial income for a lot of retailers. Within the UK, the place eBay’s place is even stronger, sellers can nonetheless supply clients the choice of money on assortment.
