eBay Restricts Repeat Unpaid Buyers from Bidding and Expands Trading Card Authenticity Guarantee
eBay will restrict buyers who repeatedly fail to pay across multiple accounts from participating in auctions and expand Authenticity Guarantee coverage to eligible trading cards.
What are the key facts?
- 1eBay will restrict repeat unpaid buyers across multiple accounts from auctions
- 2Authenticity Guarantee threshold: $200 or more for eligible trading cards
- 3Primarily affects U.S. trading card and collectibles sellers
What happened?
eBay highlighted several policy changes on its Seller Center page in October. The platform will restrict buyers who repeatedly have unpaid transactions across multiple accounts from participating in auctions, reducing the risk that sellers face nonpayment after a winning bid, relisting requirements, and occupied inventory.\n\nAt the same time, Authenticity Guarantee coverage continues to expand. Eligible individual raw or graded trading cards with a transaction price of $200 or more may qualify for coverage. The change primarily affects U.S. trading card sellers, collectibles sellers, and merchants using auctions to sell high-value goods. These sellers should check the trading card category, price threshold, authentication process, and shipping requirements to avoid order delays or buyer-experience issues caused by ineligibility.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
U.S. trading card, collectibles, and high-value auction sellers may face lower relisting and inventory-holding risks as repeat unpaid buyers are restricted. Eligible trading cards sold for $200 or more may qualify for Authenticity Guarantee; sellers should verify the category, authentication process, and shipping requirements.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, review every U.S. auction listing for trading cards, classify items by category and sale price of $200 or more, complete the authentication process, shipping requirements, and exclusions for each item, and create a reviewable checklist.Listing character checker
- 2Create an order-review table for high-value trading card auctions, recording nonpayment, relisting, inventory holding, and authentication milestones. Cover at least all currently active listings and retain the handling result for each listing.Procurement List