eBay sellers in Germany can now not settle for money funds from clients once they decide up their orders. Click on & accumulate continues to be accessible, however funds have to be made via the “current customary cost processing”.

eBay Germany knowledgeable affiliated retailers of this coverage change by way of 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 cost possibility has been robotically faraway from earlier listings.

The money cost possibility has been eliminated

eBay is directing sellers to its customary on-line cost strategies, whether or not via its APIs or not, together with numerous 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 consumers and sellers. It’s attainable that eBay desires extra management by processing orders on-line, making it harder 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 learn 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 provide clients the choice of money on assortment.