posted 6 hours ago
Hey guys, I sell on eBay. Plant cuttings mostly but also a few other items. At the beginning of the year they sent an email saying unless the account was verified, actions would be blocked. This account is 5+ years old with 100% feedback. Verification to them means uploading a picture of a government-issued id, driver's license, or passport with your photo on it. Am I crazy to think that's uncalled for?? I don't trust eBay with that kind of information.
Opened a new account, took me a month of work to get the listings transferred over. It's a couple months old, just got the message today: unless I upload photo ID by May 7th, any payouts will be withheld.
As always I checked Reddit, people there are having the same problems, no solution. It is not a scam, the message is directly from eBay on their website.
I feel like this is complete overreach. I'm at a loss of what to do.
I looked into selling on Etsy, and their percentage they take is outrageous. Also you have to use their personal online payment system which is not secure at all.
I've tried selling on here, and it's not really viable.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Are there any other eCommerce sites that you know of? I believe Depop is clothes only, I need to be able to sell plant cuttings as well.