i recently sold a kayfun on Ebay UK. I had some trouble getting it listed until I realised ya have to be cunning. I had to list it under an odd category. I think it was Health and beauty. I was concerned that would reduce the amount of exposure my ad got but that's what I did anyway. I also refrained from using any vape terminology where possible. If Ebay spot it they will pull the ad.
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From Ebay UK
E-cigarettes, e-shishas and related accessories such as atomisers, liquids (with and without nicotine) and flavours are allowed if the permitted business seller has an effective age verification process that satisfies due diligenceas described in the Business Companion guide for online age verification checks.
E-cigarettes, e-shishas and related accessories such as atomisers, liquids (with and without nicotine) and flavours are allowed if the permitted business seller has an effective age verification process that satisfies due diligenceas described in the Business Companion guide for online age verification checks.
- In addition, permitted business sellers must include the following text in their item description: "I have an effective age verification process that satisfies due diligence as described in the Business Companion guide for online age verification checks and I will not sell to persons that are under 18 years old."
- Business sellers must only sell to end consumers (B2C) nicotine liquids with a maximum strength of 20mg/ml and a maximum size of 10ml for refill container and 2ml maximum for e-cigarettes
Over the past month, when I would search google for the best prices on vaping supplies, Ebay had advertisements saying things like "Coils for your e-cigarettes? We've got that too!" and these were ads BY ebay, they would go to a category listing, not an individual item. I ran into this AT LEAST a dozen times, so I am pretty sure they knew what they were doing. And the sheer amount of product available and number of vendors selling it were overwhelming.
I’m not a regular eBay user but e cigarettes have been banned forever. I always found stuff in health and beauty out sometimes electronics. I never even looked for our knew they had a specific e cigarette section in the first place.
To my memory all vaping equipment was always banned on both eBay and Amazon. The reason is they don’t have age verification. The problem was both eBay and Amazon basically ignored it and only enforced anything when someone complained.
Corporations are corporations.
I’m actually glad it’s being enforced now.
Corporations are corporations.
I’m actually glad it’s being enforced now.
I've ordered some items from Ebay, but most of my orders are from Amazon or direct from a company seller. The one time that I ordered an iStick Pico mod from a Chinese seller on Ebay it turned out to be a fake (or defective) and I got an immediate credit from Ebay. That Pico didn't have a wattage setup in TC (4 clicks in TC mode), the display was skewed and didn't look like the display on my other Picos.
The issue with returning something to China is cost. The cheapest return through USPS is about $60 to $70. That's unacceptable for something I paid $18.97 for on Ebay. The seller refunded my money to Paypal and after more than a month has not required me to return the item.
The issue with returning something to China is cost. The cheapest return through USPS is about $60 to $70. That's unacceptable for something I paid $18.97 for on Ebay. The seller refunded my money to Paypal and after more than a month has not required me to return the item.
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Health and Beauty is where eBay placed the ecig category.
Well, no matter when they made the rules against it, they just started pulling listings in the past 2 days. I never had any issues before in the hundreds of transactions selling things like 3d printed accessories, consumables such as wicking and stuff, and a couple of mods here and there. Even when I had to contact an eBay rep over a dispute, they said it was fine as long as there was no nicotine involved, and they sided with me.
But they still allow products for tobacco use. I had a lanyard with a gutted Smok coil on it and it was removed because the coil had tobacco in it.
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It's always been spotty since they first enacted the policy..
there for a while larger volume sellers were reporting lower volume sellers to rid themselves of competition.. lol..
I'm sure you'll always be able to find stuff.. it does seem according to the listings that there are fewer..
I know Chinese sellers are able to continue to sell, and eBay UK and Amazon UK are still able to sell..
This is supposedly just the U.S. and Canada, and has to do with Paypals policy and U.S. laws (although I'm unsure what U.S. laws - I don't sell vape related products)
there's a new company similar to PayPal that's with eBay now but I don't know what their policy is like.. I refuse to set up an account with a new company so I'm unsure if the new company has anything to do with this too.
But yeah.. people are going to sell regardless I'm sure. eBay just wants their cut - it's never seemed like they actually cared..
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Amazon and eBay have similar policies iirc: e-cigarette stuff is not allowed at all. Neither seem to actually enforce them in any meaningful way though, unlike actual ecig shops that have age verification systems. The other problem with amazon and eBay is its where the counterfeit stuff seems to mostly come from making a lot of the stuff there flat out unsafe.
I use paypal to buy all my vape related purchases. Always have. Maybe it's a US only Paypal ban?
Probably because according to the government, it's OK to smoke, but vapes are BAD for you.
There’s a couple US vape sites that take Paypal but their selections usually aren’t very good.
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I avoid eBay and Amazon for ecig product purchases because I don’t trust the quality or safety of the ecig products sold there to begin with. There are other things I’ve been ripped off on with eBay/amazon stuff too. Clothes is a big one. It’s very important to check which seller is selling what. The main problem is clothing sizes and production quality.
The places I do purchase ecig stuff generally don’t even allow PayPal as a payment option.
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