eBay status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of eBay reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by eBay users through our website.

• Website Down (51%)
• Sign in (30%)
• Errors (19%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent eBay outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Paris	Website Down	11 minutes ago
Preston	Website Down	2 hours ago
Melbourne	Sign in	4 hours ago
Tower City	Website Down	4 hours ago
Épinal	Website Down	6 hours ago
Paris	Website Down	7 hours ago

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eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Up Stocks (@UpStocks) reported 3 seconds ago

  @GregIsKitty @ryancohen I've been telling ebay for years that it's bc management has no experience selling that everything is so upside down and twisted!! @ValueAddedRS

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  Pee11 (@sludgeFC) reported 30 seconds ago

  @GiraffeSer @horsepower running down to the local autozone to get bullshit and slapping it on with some super glue max speeding rod coilovers maxed out on stock springs and mismatched dampening rep wheels with ebay tires duraflex/ kbd body kit that you put on with self tappers and did no body work

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  Tea (@VibeWithTea) reported 1 minute ago

  @sierrastrades I don’t understand how eBay rejecting can cause a gme squeeze. This is if gme issues more shares? Isn’t this diluted? Eli5

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  Sean Williams (@AMCScam) reported 4 minutes ago

  @1of197058 @BCG But nevertheless part of the story why eBay & its shareholders don't need GameStop. Who wants this culture & broken retail model?

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  Mollusk (@Escargot4U) reported 5 minutes ago

  @glacierptrading I highly doubt there will be dilution. You think the EBay CEO is going to step down for a half cash/share offer? It will have to be a 65B buyout at that level and Ryan has no recourse for another 5B in cash. People are forgetting nearly 4B of $GME cash is actually debt.

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  ELY M. (@ely_m) reported 8 minutes ago

  @ryancohen What happened to your socks listing? Can you screenshot the email that ebay sent to you? I really hate ebay's censorship!!!!! would you fix and fire people who do censorship.

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  your design here (@BBIGRetlWillWin) reported 11 minutes ago

  @ValueAddedRS The problem is we can’t bake it in the price if we do it as an auction, unless we add a handling fee. But then buyers complain if you do that. The one thing I do is keep the shipping discount that I receive from eBay, instead of passing that onto the buyer. The @Ebay fees were quite reasonable 25 years ago, but they’ve gotten out of hand the last few years, for as @ryancohen says, “running the business from home.” :)

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  Backend (@Backend_System) reported 12 minutes ago

  Most ecommerce refunds aren't caused by bad products. They're caused by fulfillment issues nobody caught early enough. Fix the process. Fix the refunds. Simple — but most sellers at 10–30 orders/day don't have a process to fix yet. That's the real problem. #ebay

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  Dean Gillberry (@FartieFrenchie) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Escargot4U @Tiggersdad2 Both of these points are irrelevant to what I just said. 1. eBay can do whatever they want, but they are on notice now. 50%+ of rev spent on OpEx for few basis points of growth won’t cut it. 2. OP has a good point, but you are wrong here. If eBay were to accept terms as proposed, the deal would close without issue. It’s not an affordability issue. Without a definitive merger agreement, we can speculate all day on how it would be structured, but eBay is rolling equity into GameStop, so equity value is irrelevant

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  Mewshirebathaway (@Celestine618) reported 17 minutes ago

  @PhantomBlack699 @ryancohen Why GameStop Wants to Acquire eBay (3:47): Significant overlap in categories like collectibles, trading cards, and refurbished tech. GameStop excels in physical used goods; eBay provides digital liquidity—together they create synergies. Why Sellers Should Support the Deal (4:57): Ryan would treat eBay like a family business he owns entirely (no risk-free compensation or consultants). He runs companies with skin in the game and direct accountability to sellers. How He’d Run eBay Differently (6:10): Prioritize direct communication with sellers to identify and fix real problems quickly. Current management lacks owner mindset and over-relies on bloated spending. Ryan’s Personal eBay Experience (6:47): Created an account in 2019 with 100% positive feedback but faced arbitrary limits and listing friction; he sold items himself to understand seller pain points firsthand. Improving the Listing Process (7:57): Dramatically reduce friction—make listing faster and simpler (e.g., fewer restrictions, better tools) to encourage more sellers and inventory. Growth Strategy Without Heavy Marketing Spend (9:07): Cut ~$2.5B in sales/marketing budget (low ROI, full of kickbacks). Replace with organic growth via superior seller support (24/7 phone support, responsive on X/Twitter) to attract more inventory, which draws buyers. Seller Support as the Key to Buyers (11:09): Happy sellers → more listings → more buyers. Specific improvements include AI to remove friction and direct listening to top seller issues. eBay’s Innovation Failures (14:37): Despite $5.5B+ in operating expenses, the platform has barely changed in 30 years; bloated teams and bureaucracy slow progress. Cutting Costs While Innovating (15:16): Slash ~$300M in product development (currently “lit on fire” with poor results). Use smaller, nimble teams (like post-Elon Twitter) and AI for faster innovation. GameStop’s turnaround proved efficiency is possible. Role of Third-Party Tools (18:23): Embrace and integrate them; Ryan would put engineers in a “war room” with top sellers (like Justin) to fix issues rapidly. Seller Fees and Revenue (20:00): Focus first on growing transaction volume through efficiency and lower costs—then revisit fees. Avoid raising fees in ways that hurt sellers. Focus on Live Selling (21:17): Huge untapped opportunity. eBay has the brand and users to dominate; improve tech/UI and attract content creators. Overcoming Technical Challenges (23:26): AI + fewer employees could run eBay efficiently. Current issues stem from lack of ownership (no insider stock buying, heavy consultant reliance) and bureaucratic culture. Balancing Buyers vs. Sellers (27:51): Sellers come first—they supply inventory. Fix core issues (customer service, shipping, pricing) that benefit both sides. eBay’s Real Customers (30:30): Primarily sellers; buyers follow once there’s abundant, high-quality inventory. Preventing Fraud (31:29): Address it without excessive restrictions on legitimate sellers. Simplify selling (e.g., photo + list in 1–2 clicks) to reduce barriers for average users. GameStop Stores’ Role (33:55): 1,600 physical stores could provide free authentication, intake, live verification, and shipping—especially useful for trading cards and refurbished tech. Category Prioritization (36:57): Start with overlapping categories (collectibles, etc.) for quick wins, then expand. Move at “Chewy time” speed. Not Turning eBay into Amazon (38:00): Keep eBay as the entrepreneurial marketplace for used goods and collectibles—not an inventory-heavy retailer like Amazon. Final Message to Skeptical Sellers (40:56): Reach out directly—your livelihood matters. Ryan is committed to listening, pivoting quickly if needed, and getting to the right answers efficiently (as proven at GameStop and Chewy).

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  GME Bloat (@GME_Bloat) reported 20 minutes ago

  @glacierptrading Even if the news is acquisition, that eventually sends the stock to at least $40. Do the math. Even if they dilute down to $0, it goes to $40. eBay stock is over $100, RC said shareholders would have 40% of the new company.

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  General Jackson (@jackson_ge51896) reported 25 minutes ago

  SPY tops at 741 The market starts finding its way to its bowels GME rockets other memes start popping off like random fire flies at night. It all crashes, sending everything down to the lowest levels in decades...... This is when GME swoops in, takes over Ebay, and 5 other companies.

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  bad robot (@foxenflask) reported 26 minutes ago

  The $EBAY board stands as a textbook example of a governance body that has abandoned its fiduciary responsibilities at virtually every level of corporate stewardship. They have: - Awarded themselves generous, low-risk compensation packages bearing no meaningful relationship to shareholder returns or accretive corporate value - Neglected the core platform and systematically eroded the customer experience, their most valuable asset, while perfecting the art of managed stagnation and extracting from the business rather than building it - Mismanaged operations and capital allocation to the point of paying outsized acquisition premiums simply to offset organic buyer losses, while leaning on widening GAAP-to-non-GAAP adjustments to sustain the appearance of margin stability - Cultivated a culture of organizational waste and entitlement, reflected in redundant management layers and frivolous uses of shareholder capital, that has quietly hollowed out execution capacity across the company - Failed entirely to capitalize on eBay’s brand equity and the secular tailwinds in e-commerce, resale, and digital commerce innovation, remaining effectively dormant at every critical strategic inflection point The opportunity here in the hands of an operator like Ryan Cohen and a board like that of $GME extends well beyond any near-term pro forma or post-acquisition re-rating. Join me, @ValueAddedRS, and @BoilerPaulie tomorrow on this space as we break it all down.

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  Grizzlybeargonewild (@Grizzlybearwild) reported 26 minutes ago

  Over 100,000+ New ETB Pokemon TCG items and over 65,000 items from Pokemon Exclusive Target Sold on EBay this week…u are the problem if you buy from scalpers.

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  𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐧 (@ghostinvoid) reported 26 minutes ago

  if #ebay rejects the deal The probability of the deal closing drops to basically zero overnight. The arb trade no longer makes sense eBay won't get the premium & $GME won't issue the new shares or face the same dilution. Arbs unwind (exit) the entire position quickly to cut losses or lock in whatever small profit/loss they have: Sell their long $eBay shares. Cover (buy back) their short $GME shares. The key part for a squeeze: covering those GME shorts requires buying actual GME shares on the open market. How the buying creates squeeze pressure That sudden wave of buying from arbs adds real buying demand for GME stock $GME already carries elevated short interest (from the long-running meme-stock situation and other shorts). Even a relatively modest amount of merger-arb shorts can be meaningful because of the scale of the proposed deal (the analyst estimated that just 15% arb participation on the new shares could add ~144 million shorts. Rising GME price from the covering: Increases borrow fees (cost to short) for remaining shorts. Can trigger margin calls on leveraged short positions. Forces other non-arb shorts to cover too (they don't want to get caught in a feedback loop). This creates the classic short-squeeze spiral: buying → higher price → more forced buying → even higher price. 4. Why the analyst specifically flagged rejection as a squeeze riskGross noted (paraphrased from Barron’s): If eBay rejects, the unwind of those merger-related shorts could trigger a squeeze. (In contrast, if the deal is accepted, arbs would actually add even more shorts on the new GME shares being issued, potentially pushing short interest toward ~50% of the float and raising borrow costs dramatically.)In short: Rejection doesn't just kill the deal — it turns the temporary arb shorts into forced buyers of GME at a time when any extra buying can have outsized impact.

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  Carrie Kelly (@CarrieHKelly) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Counterfeit_Rpt @eBay I am shocked! So, If there is an issue, I will just call my bank for fraud! I just had a seller refuse to sell me something because I needed clarification on sizing! She said a pair of skinny stretch pants was a 24, I knew the brand sizes ran 1, 3, 5. HUH???

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  Kalagas (@DBattoru) reported 29 minutes ago

  @grandmamystery @Dr_Dankinstein We got websites for that here and that's how theyre done. Which is terrible because everyone knows about it, and as a result the bidding gets so high it's the same price as if you went on Ebay, lol.

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  Hexadecimal (@GeeKay78) reported 36 minutes ago

  @eBay is aiding and abetting fraud on its platform. I had an experience with a fraudulent seller, managed to recover my money, when I highlighted this in the review section, eBay pulled it down!! Seller has 400 verified sales but 10,000 reviews, mostly automated!!

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  Charles Daniels (@Lights2Longhorn) reported 38 minutes ago

  @MRiversCards @CardPurchaser I guess that’s my problem. The invoice didn’t change. When you see the card goes for under $20 you should change the shipping to PWE or give me the choice. If you choose to bubble mail after you saw the final price. I don’t believe you’re a good eBay seller and deserve negative feedback.

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  OneEyedGregg (@OneEyedGregg) reported 38 minutes ago

  So is there like a self exclusion from eBay. I have a serious problem it started with hot wheels. Now I’m so deep into pokemon cards idk what to do @DoomPackdraw please let me win pleaseeeeee I won’t even take the crypto anymore!

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  Jeff (@JeffSendsIt) reported 43 minutes ago

  Hearing a lot of complaints about Inventory Lab lately. If its not working for you, you may want to check out PrepShipHub. Starts at $39 a month. Supports Amazon, Walmart, Ebay and Shopify. Has a warehouse feature that is great for holds and those storing products. Has a returns module that alone is worth the price of admission. They offer 30 day free trial. Have discord channel with access to instant support. No its NOT my software, but the owner of my prep center created it to address issues they had managing their prep center with existing listing/shipping software so I've been a user for 5+ years from the PC side and been using since launch of individual user side. Love having reporting on our Walmart, Ebay, Shopify and Amazon all in one place!

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  Cankay Koryak (@CankayKoryak) reported 43 minutes ago

  @FrancisJeffrey7 According to me at least $5000 estimated value excluding the value for buying from Francis Jeffrey . If I were there, If I lived in US, I definitely would buy one. I'm having serious problems with international purchases. Smaller ones are selling for around $1000 on eBay.

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  M B (@MB7712262331396) reported 44 minutes ago

  @npantano_ Say EBay decides to entertain this fully, and sell to GME, what is the likelihood the deal falls apart anyway due to financing issues? Trying to purchase a company this way.

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  @victoriamary (@Victoriamary) reported 48 minutes ago

  I’m just checking in to say that I have made contact with a human being at @eBay thanks to the help of @pdemp12! It took over an hour to convince the bot to let me speak to an agent and I found myself nearly losing my mind but I finally was able to tell them that the parcel never arrived. They said it’s outside of the EBay window so they can’t do a refund but they will report the seller. I guess that is a start?!!! The seller doesn’t have an address or phone number or even an email address listed on their EBay shop so it’s going to be hard to track them down but I think I will try! They have 100% positive feedback on EBay which is interesting! If anyone is in Australia 🇦🇺 please tell me if you have bought anything from them?

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  LazyLin (@sirlazycluck) reported 49 minutes ago

  @realboyfailure @Dexerto it has some cool features but the main problem was people buying more then 3 and resell them for double the price on ebay

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  Jan Gelli (@thyJanGelli) reported 49 minutes ago

  @instablog9ja That’s not all the way true yes u will find old working bikes but not electronics that place is for damaged electronics not working electronics. If it’s working and in good condition ppl sell it on EBay and Facebook marketplace. Oyinbo love money more than u O

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  OneManSaas (@OneManSaas) reported 51 minutes ago

  @paulg Exactly this. Built my eBay business the same way - found what sellers actually needed (better sourcing tools) vs what existed. Revenue followed because the problem was real. The hard part isn't the billion, it's staying focused on solving actual problems.

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  hodling since 2021 (@Hodlingsince21) reported 55 minutes ago

  Theory: $GME eBay merger weaponizes the CUSIP/ledger reset to crush naked shorts. - Transfer Agents only issue the legal float. Counterfeits can’t migrate to a new CUSIP w/out a locate. - FTD cycles die w/the old ledger. Brokers must buy-in on the open market to deliver shares

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  Max Torque (@TapeTorque) reported 55 minutes ago

  @beckettcat_2 ebay merger goes through RC does something degenerate like equity ratio is based on closing price Tuesday cash session. RKs hand becomes forced, login or watch your equity devalue into dust. Bada Big Boom

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  ThePPShow (@ThePPseedsShow) reported 56 minutes ago

  JUST IN 🚨 EBAY BOARD MEMBERS ARE STARTING TO STEP DOWN. THIS COMES AFTER RYAN COHEN CEO OF GAMESTOP SAID “IM GOING TO GET WHAT I WANT AND WONT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER” THIS COMES AFTER GAMESTOP HAS OFFERED 125 PER SHARE FOR EBAY STAY TUNED