Managed payments

We’re expanding managed payments with new payment options and features

In 2018, we announced our commitment to simplifying the buying and selling experience on eBay with managed payments, which will enable you to manage your payments information and operations all in one place on eBay, and offer buyers more ways to pay when they purchase your items. Managed payments is currently available on a limited, invitation-only basis and we will expand the experience to more sellers in the future.

We’ll continue to add new payment options to existing methods that already include credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, and Apple Pay. We recently added Google Pay to managed payments, and we are now making PayPal and PayPal Credit available. We’re starting small and, in the coming weeks, we’ll continue to test and scale PayPal to ensure a seamless and successful seller and buyer experience.

More ways to pay for buyers, a streamlined experience for sellers

In today’s retail environment, shoppers expect to be able to use their preferred payment methods when they check out. We’re creating a modern marketplace by providing buyers with a full spectrum of payment options based on the countries they reside in, devices they shop from, and items they purchase. As we expand to more markets we’ll continue to add relevant forms of payment for our buyers.

Managed payments also simplifies the selling experience. Because we manage the entire payments process, you’ll have more time to focus on streamlining and expanding your business.

If you are a participating seller, no action is required to enable these changes. We value your feedback. Please take our survey and let us know what you think.

If you are not a participating seller and would like to join managed payments, express your interest here. We expect to transition the majority of eBay sellers to the new payment experience by 2021. Learn more.

Easier order management with order numbers

Starting in summer 2019, we’ll introduce a more user-friendly order number format than the one we use in our current APIs. We’ll attach the updated order numbers to each transaction on eBay, which will follow the transactions through their entire life cycles. The updated order numbers will appear in the “order details” section of your View Order Details page, Seller Hub, reports, emails, APIs, post-transaction records, and other locations, over time, so you can efficiently track and manage your orders.

Additional support for seller refunds

Starting in July 2019, you will also be able to issue a refund to a buyer for a percentage of the order amount of your choice, up to 100%. You can do this directly from Seller Hub or our APIs. This feature will give you flexibility to manage refunds in addition to how you manage cancellation requests or send a partial refund through a return request today.