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"&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Question: &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;Can I avoid doing business with problem buyers?&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Most sellers are wary about doing business with at least one or two types of buyers. Some sellers don&amp;amp;#39;t want to ship internationally. Other sellers don&amp;amp;#39;t want to deal with buyers that have a poor trading record. Still other sellers don&amp;amp;#39;t want to deal with buyers that have failed to pay after winning another seller&amp;amp;#39;s auction. As a seller, you can use your &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.thebalance.com/item-listing-1140230&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;item description&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to tell such buyers not to bid, but sometimes they do anyway. Is there some way to prevent these bids before they occur?&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Answer: &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;Yes. Sellers can use the &amp;amp;#34;Buyer requirements&amp;amp;#34; preferences in &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-use-the-my-ebay-dashboard-page-1140191&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;My eBay&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to automatically prevent certain types of buyers from bidding on their auctions. The types of buyers that can be blocked from bidding or buying include:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Buyers in countries to which the seller doesn&amp;amp;#39;t ship.&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; Many sellers don&amp;amp;#39;t have the infrastructure or the desire to ship internationally and say so in their item description, but it&amp;amp;#39;s common for bidders who have a different native language to miss such an admonition and bid anyway.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Buyers with a negative feedback score.&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; Most sellers prefer not to do business with buyers that have repeatedly earned enough poor feedback for their &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.thebalance.com/understanding-the-ebay-feedback-system-1140188&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;feedback score&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to descend into negative territory.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Buyers with Unpaid Item strikes.&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; Buyers who have failed to pay for auctions that they have won in the past are more likely to become so-called &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.thebalance.com/can-i-change-my-mind-about-an-ebay-sale-1140159&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;deadbeat bidders&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; again, so many sellers prefer not to deal with them.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Buyers who may bid on several of my items and not pay for them.&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; When a bidder wins a large number of auctions from a single seller without the intention or ability to pay\u2014for whatever reason\u2014it can become a serious problem for seller cash flow and &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-maximize-ebay-bids-by-timing-seller-listings-1140443&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;timing&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. eBay therefore provides a way to limit the number of items that a single bidder can win from you in a given amount of time.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Buyers without a PayPal account.&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; Many sellers want to deal only with &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.thebalance.com/paypal-working-on-ebay-1140193&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot;&amp;gt;PayPal&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, preferring to avoid the hassle of checks and money orders entirely, and would thus like to limit potential bidders to those who have a PayPal account on file.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;If the ability to exclude any of these types of buyers sounds like what you&amp;amp;#39;re looking for as a seller, &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferences&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;externalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot;&amp;gt;click here to access the Buyer Block Preferences page&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; or follow these steps to access and use the &amp;amp;#34;Buyer requirements&amp;amp;#34; page for your seller account:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click on the &amp;amp;#34;My eBay&amp;amp;#34; link at the top of any page on the &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-navigate-the-ebay-website-1140192&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;8&amp;quot;&amp;gt;eBay website&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click on the &amp;amp;#34;Account&amp;amp;#34; tab near the top-middle of the page.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Scroll down and click on &amp;amp;#34;Site Preferences&amp;amp;#34; under the &amp;amp;#34;My Account&amp;amp;#34; heading in the sidebar on the lower-left edge of the page.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;On the Site Preference page, scroll down until you find &amp;amp;#34;Buyer requirements&amp;amp;#34; and click on the &amp;amp;#34;Show&amp;amp;#34; link, then the &amp;amp;#34;Edit&amp;amp;#34; link just below it.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Check the boxes next to the types of bidders that you want to exclude from your auctions.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Click the &amp;amp;#34;Submit&amp;amp;#34; button at the bottom of the page to save your preferences.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Once you have completed this process, your buyer preferences are saved. You can change them on a per-auction basis on the eBay listing form by making changes under the &amp;amp;#34;Buyer requirements&amp;amp;#34; heading (in section four of the selling form, which covers payment and shipping details).&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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