Effective from December 4, 2024, for sellers who accept these Payments Terms of Use during new seller registration or otherwise on or after that date; effective from February 4, 2025, for all other sellers.
The previous version of these Payments Terms of Use can be accessed by clicking here.
I. GENERAL PAYMENTS TERMS
This Part I of the Payments Terms of Use applies to all Payment Services you receive from the eBay Payment Entities (also collectively referred to as “we” or “us” in this Part).
1. About Payments on the eBay Services
You agree to have the eBay Payment Entities receive or execute payments on your behalf in relation to your use of the eBay Services, and manage settlement of related payments to you (referred to as “Managed Payments,” “Payment Services,” or similar names).
Buyers may pay for your items using payment methods such as the following, the availability of which may vary:
- Certain credit or debit cards (including VISA, Mastercard, and Discover),
- PayPal,
- Venmo (available to buyers located in the US),
- Digital wallets (such as Google Pay, and Apple Pay),
- Direct debit,
- “Pay Later” payment methods or point-of-sale financing known in some regions as payment via installments, or “direct debit upon invoice” or “payment upon invoice,” or “Buy Now Pay Later,”
- eBay coupons, gift cards, etc. (if applicable), or
- Funds held in a stored value account issued under eBay's US Balance Terms and Conditions (currently only available to selected sellers residing or established in the United States).
We may modify the scope of payment methods available at our sole discretion.
The underlying contract for the buyer’s purchase of “items” (which may refer to goods and/or services) from you is directly concluded between you and the buyer.
After a Managed Payments transaction occurs, you will receive a notification confirming such payment transaction. We will initiate settlement of proceeds received to your Linked Financial Account (as defined below in Part I, Section 4 “Seller Onboarding”). You can
access the status of your Managed Payments transactions, including settlements and other payment information, under the Payments tab in the Seller Hub, which will be
available to you when you successfully onboard to Managed Payments. If a payment is made to you in error, or if you receive funds that you are not otherwise entitled to receive at the time of disbursement, we have the right to recoup such amounts from you.
2. International Sales
Because multiple eBay Payment Entities provide Payment Services, you may receive Payment Services from more than one eBay Payment Entity, as follows:
- If you receive Payment Services from an eBay Payment Entity, such entity is appointed to process transactions and manage the settlement of funds related to your sales.
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Each eBay Payment Entity is appointed to manage payments for sales on one or more sites, as set forth in the table below (“Responsible Payment Entity”). The site on which you list your item will determine the Responsible Payment Entity for a given
sale. For example, ECA would be the Responsible Payment Entity if you sell an item that you listed on ebay.com.au.
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Your “Payout Entity” is the eBay Payment Entity associated with the country in which you reside or are established as a business. Your Payout Entity is assigned to you as illustrated in the table below, unless you and we otherwise agree. You will
receive all disbursements to your Linked Financial Account from this entity, regardless of where you list your items.
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If you sell an item listed on an eBay site whose Responsible Payment Entity is also your Payout Entity, your Payout Entity will process the sale and settle the corresponding funds to your Linked Financial Account. For example, if your Payout Entity is ECCA, your funds awaiting
payout from sales on ebay.ca will be processed and settled to your Linked Financial Account by ECCA.
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If you sell an item listed on an eBay site whose Responsible Payment Entity differs from your Payout Entity, the Responsible Payment Entity will process the sale and transfer the corresponding funds to your Payout Entity, which will receive the funds on your behalf and in turn
disburse them to your Linked Financial Account. For example, if your Payout Entity is eCI and you reside in an “Additional Country” (as such term is defined in the chart below), your funds awaiting payout from sales on ebay.de will be managed by eBay Sarl and settled
to eCI. eCI will then disburse the funds to your Linked Financial Account.
- In cases where you have listed an item on an eBay site whose Responsible Payment Entity differs from your Payout Entity, you will cease to be considered as receiving payment services from that Responsible Payment Entity if more than 12 months have passed since you last sold an item listed on the relevant eBay site.
The following table illustrates these distinctions:
| eBay Payment Entity |
Responsible Payment Entity for Sales of Items Listed on |
Payout Entity for Sellers Residing or Established in |
Additional Payments Terms |
| eCI |
ebay.com |
the United States (all references herein to the “United States” shall include its territories) and all other countries (together, the “Additional Countries”) that are not included among the countries associated with an eBay Payment Entity below |
II. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TERMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY eBay Commerce Inc.
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| eBay Sarl |
All European Economic Area (“EEA”) eBay sites (including ebay.de, ebay.ie, ebay.fr, ebay.it, ebay.es, ebay.at, ebay.nl, ebay.be, befr.ebay.be, benl.ebay.be, ebay.pl etc.) and ebay.ch |
EEA countries (except Iceland) or Switzerland |
III. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TERMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY eBay S.À R.L.
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| ECCA |
ebay.ca
cafr.ebay.ca
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Canada |
IV. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TERMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY eBay Commerce Canada Ltd.
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| ECA |
ebay.com.au |
Australia |
V. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TERMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY eBay Commerce Australia Pty Ltd.
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| ECUK |
ebay.co.uk |
the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar (references made herein to the “United Kingdom” are deemed to also include Jersey, Guernsey or Gibraltar for the purposes of these Payments Terms of Use) |
VI. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TERMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY eBay Commerce UK Ltd.
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If you reside outside the EEA (except Iceland), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, the performance of any Payment Services provided to you by eBay Sarl and/or ECUK is deemed suspended until an item you listed on a EEA, UK, or Swiss eBay site is sold.
Payout Currency
Your “Payout Currency” is the currency that we will use for settling your transaction proceeds to your Linked Financial Account. We will generally determine your Payout Currency as follows, unless you and we agree otherwise:
- If you are a seller residing or established in the United States, your Payout Currency is the US Dollar.
- If you are a seller residing or established in an EEA country (except Iceland), your Payout Currency will be the Euro.
- If you are a seller residing or established in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, or Australia, your Payout Currency will be based on your country of residence.
- If you are a seller residing or established in Canada, your Payout Currency will be the Canadian Dollar or, if offered by us and selected by you, the US Dollar.
- If you are a seller residing or established in an Additional Country, then your Payout Currency is the US Dollar, or such other currency as we may offer and you may select as determined by your country of residence.
We may enable further Payout Currencies at our sole discretion in the future. Where offered by us and agreed upon by you and your buyer, your buyer may pay for an item you sell with currency other than your Payout Currency. When this happens, the paid amount will be converted
into your Payout Currency prior to disbursement of the funds to you, using the applicable transaction exchange rate and assessing the currency conversion charge as indicated on our Fee Page described in Section 3 (“Seller Payment Fees”) below. Similarly, your receipt
of eBay Services from Affiliates may cause you to incur fees which are published in a currency other than your Payout Currency; if this happens, we may convert such fees into your Payout Currency in the same manner as described in the prior sentence.
Further, if you live in an Additional Country, the financial institution you opened your Linked Financial Account with may charge you a separate fee for converting your funds from the US Dollar to your local currency.
3. Seller Payment Fees
The fees and expenses which we charge in relation to your use of Managed Payments are, unless otherwise communicated to you, set forth in the applicable fee page linked in the tables below based on the country that you reside or are established in (“Fee Page”). For instance, if you
reside in Australia and do not have an eBay store, clicking on the “Australia” link in the “Sellers in ___ without eBay Stores” column will take you to your applicable Managed Payments fee page; in contrast, if you reside in Australia and have an eBay store, you should click on the
“Australia” link in the “eBay Store Sellers in” column. Such fees and expenses are subject to change, as set forth in the applicable User Agreement. For instance, if the Australian User Agreement is applicable, we may change our seller fees from time to time in the manner set out
in the Australian User Agreement.
In some circumstances, you might be eligible for a credit of certain fees you paid, as described on the
Fee Credits page.
4. Seller Onboarding
In order to use our services, you must register and accept these Payments Terms of Use. If you reside in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, your submission of your Managed Payments online registration application constitutes your offer to conclude this agreement. If your
onboarding is not immediately confirmed, you will receive notification that you have been approved to receive services once we have reviewed your information.
To use Managed Payments, you must:
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Link a financial account, so you may receive settlements of proceeds from Managed Payments to this account (“Linked Financial Account”). If you reside in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, or Australia, your Linked Financial Account must
be a bank account based in your country of residence, or such other type of account or instrument (such as a debit card) that we may permit in our discretion. If you reside in a country within the EEA (except Iceland), you may provide a bank account located in any EEA member
state (except Iceland), as your Linked Financial Account. If you reside in Switzerland or Liechtenstein, you must provide a bank account located in Switzerland or Liechtenstein as your Linked Financial Account. If you reside in an Additional Country, we may require you to create
a Linked Financial Account with a specific non-bank third-party financial institution to receive payouts. Depending on the Additional Country that you reside in, we may also offer you the option to use a bank account located in the Additional Country as a Linked Financial
Account. If we cannot make direct debits from your Linked Financial Account for Owed Amounts (as defined in Section 10), we require you to keep another payment method on file with us and we may withhold payouts to your Linked Financial Account until you have successfully provided
us with such other payment method.
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At this time, you may only use our Payment Services to receive disbursements to a Linked Financial Account. You may change your Linked Financial Account at any time as permitted by us. Payouts will be made to your Linked Financial Account subject to (i) your completion of the
Linked Financial Account verification process, and (ii) the completion of our assessment for security and risk purposes and under our anti-money laundering and other legal obligations. Our assessment typically takes up to two (2) days after your completion of the verification
process, or longer if any issues or irregularities arise in which case we will complete our assessment without undue delay. If you reside in an Additional Country and we offer you the option to receive payouts to more than one Linked Financial Account, we will allocate your
payouts among your Linked Financial Accounts in conformity with your instructions. By adding a Linked Financial Account to your eBay account, you represent and warrant that you are the lawful owner of, or have the lawful right to use, any Linked Financial Account you associate
with your account. In certain circumstances, we may permit you to direct payouts to a Linked Financial Account owned or controlled by your legal representative. If you elect to receive payouts to a Linked Financial Account owned or controlled by a legal representative, you
represent and warrant that the legal representative has the authority to receive payouts on your behalf, and you fully release us from any and all liability for losses you may sustain arising from disbursements made by us to the legal representative under these Payments Terms of
Use.
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Provide us with all information which we may require for purposes that include: verifying your identity, complying with applicable laws and regulations such as anti-money laundering and sanctions screening obligations, allowing us to manage settlements of your transaction
proceeds, and assessing fraud and risk. If you are an individual, this information may include, without limitation, your full name, address, phone number, date of birth, taxpayer identification number, bank account information, and a form of government-issued identification
(e.g., a copy of your identity card or driver's license). If you are a business, this information may include, without limitation, your full business name, address, phone number, entity type, bank account information, tax identification number, and business number, in addition to
details regarding your beneficial owner(s), director(s), officer(s), authorized representative, legal representative, and/or primary contact, such as name, contact information, nationality, title, and government-issued identification (such as a United States Social Security
Number). You understand that we will be unable to settle your proceeds or issue you any tax documents (such as a United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1099-K) if you do not provide or appropriately update us with accurate contact information and other requested data.
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Provide us with all information necessary to authenticate you or your payment transactions, which may include validation of your phone number or email. You understand that we may be unable to execute certain transactions or complete certain requests without this information.
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Maintain in a timely manner the accuracy of the information we have on file, and consent to our periodic updating of such stored information based on information provided by you, your bank, or other payments services providers. You will only provide us information about payment
or settlement methods that you are authorized to use. You understand that if you update information such as your country of residency, you may need to repeat some or all of the onboarding steps described above to continue using Payment Services.
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Comply with all, and not cause a third party to violate any, applicable laws, regulations, rules, and terms and conditions in connection with your use of the eBay Services. You will not use Payment Services to move funds associated with gambling. You understand that some third
parties (such as banks, credit and debit card issuers, credit and debit card networks, and payments services providers) may have their own terms and conditions for the payment or settlement methods you or buyers choose to use in connection with payments that we manage, such as
terms and conditions that relate to the settlement of funds, chargebacks, prohibited items, and overdrafts. Failure to abide by third-party terms and conditions may result in fees assessed to you, delays in your receipt of funds, or other actions taken by such third parties. You
agree that we have no control over, or responsibility or liability for, such fees, delays, or actions.
You authorize us and our Affiliates to verify and evaluate information you provide to us, including by verifying the existence of your bank account, verifying your identity and other personal information, obtaining reports from third parties, or comparing information you provide to us with information provided by third parties. Such third parties may include without limitation banks, credit and consumer reporting agencies, data brokers and service providers. We reserve the right to close, suspend, or limit your account or rescind your access to any or all of our services in the event we are unable to obtain or verify any of this information. We are not responsible for any losses suffered by you as a result of incomplete or inaccurate information you provide.
5. Shipping
When you receive notice that a buyer has paid for an item through a Managed Payments transaction, you must then ship or otherwise deliver your item in accordance with the agreed
shipping method.
6. Managed Payments Limitations
In some listings or categories, eBay may allow sellers to offer buyers the option to pay for a purchase directly to the seller without using the payment services offered by us under these Payments Terms of Use, for example by cash payment on pickup (“Offline Payment
Methods”). We do not manage payments for such Offline Payment Methods. Offline Payment Methods are not covered by eMBG programs; additionally, we will not assist buyers or sellers with payment disputes (such as
chargebacks) in connection with Offline Payment Methods. Your listings are subject to eBay's payment policies and any other terms about payments that may appear on the eBay Services,
including terms relating to the payment and disbursement methods available to you for such listings.
7. Using Managed Payments
Returns and Cancellations; Refunds
If your buyer is entitled to a refund for a return or cancellation for a Managed Payments transaction, based on an agreement between you and the buyer or according to eBay’s
policies regarding such transaction, you authorize us to pay to the buyer the corresponding refund amount on your behalf.
eBay Money Back Guarantee Programs
eBay offers buyers protection programs on certain eBay Services to ensure that buyers receive the item they ordered or get their money back ("eBay Money Back Guarantee" in most jurisdictions and “eBay Buyer Protection Program” in Germany, collectively referred herein as “eMBG”). You understand that if your buyer successfully files a claim under such program for a Managed Payments transaction, the respective eBay company offering the eMBG program (“eMBG Service Provider”) will reimburse the buyer the amount owed on your behalf pursuant to the applicable User Agreement and eMBG policy. According to the applicable
User Agreement and eMBG policy, you must reimburse the eMBG
Service Provider for any such amounts.
Disputes
A buyer (or the owner of a payment instrument) may initiate a chargeback, direct debit reversal, or PayPal buyer protection claim, or otherwise ask their financial institution to open a payment dispute (all referred to solely within this Part I as
“Dispute”) in connection with a Managed Payments transaction. The final outcome of the Dispute will be decided by the buyer's financial institution.
We will manage Disputes, as follows: When a Dispute is opened, we will notify you and ask you whether you choose to accept or challenge the Dispute. If you accept the Dispute, you agree to the reversal of the payment to the buyer. If you challenge the Dispute, eBay will submit to
the financial institution any relevant evidence you provide about the Dispute. You agree to provide timely information to assist in the Dispute resolution process and understand that your failure to provide requested information on the timeline we require and as specified by
credit and debit card networks' and other payment service providers' rules could adversely impact the outcome of a Dispute investigation, up to complete forfeiture of the amounts in Dispute. If you accept the Dispute or if the buyer's financial institution decides in favor of the
buyer, the respective amount will be refunded to the buyer's original payment method and charged to us. You must reimburse us for such charges, unless you are eligible for the
Seller Protection policy provided by the eBay Affiliate which provides the eBay Services to you, in which case you are not held liable for amounts refunded to the buyer. If you choose to accept the Dispute, we may still decide to challenge the Dispute in our
discretion and at no additional costs to you.
Some payment institutions offer an optional arbitration process to contest the results of an individual Dispute. We may ask for your consent to participate in such arbitration process. If you consent to chargeback arbitration, you authorize us to represent and defend you
throughout the arbitration. You will be responsible for all costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and any arbitration fees assessed by third parties, arising from such arbitration proceedings), as agreed between you and us in each case, and you authorize us to pay
these amounts on your behalf while the arbitration is pending.
You will not contest the resolution of any Dispute that we investigate and/or re-present, nor will you re-open resolved Dispute investigations. If you are a consumer in the EU, UK or Australia, or a Small Business within the definition of Small Business Contract (as defined in
s23 of Schedule 2 – Australian Consumer Law of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) (“Australian Small Business”) in Australia, your rights to file a complaint or to take legal action in court remain unaffected.
Seller Protection
If you have met your eligibility requirements for, and fulfilled all your applicable obligations, under the Seller Protection policy provided by the eBay Affiliate which provides the eBay Services to you, you will not be held liable for any amounts to be returned to buyers due to eMBG program claims, Disputes or unauthorized transactions with eBay spendable funds.
Fines, Penalties and Losses
We are unable to manage payments for prohibited and restricted items. Before listing your item, you must ensure it complies with eBay's rules, applicable laws, and any
additional restrictions imposed by credit card associations, network rules, or third-party payments service providers that we may use.
You agree to indemnify and reimburse us for all reversals, chargebacks, claims, costs, losses, damages, fees, fines, penalties and other liabilities and expenses incurred by us or brought against us by a third party arising out of (a) your breach of these Payments Terms of Use or
the User Agreement including without limitation any violation of eBay’s policies; (b) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or (c) any transaction processed by us for you for an item or service you listed on eBay (including without limitation the accuracy of
your item description or any claim or dispute arising out of items or services offered or sold by you).
Holds
We reserve the right to manage the risks associated with providing you the Payment Services, by placing restrictions on your access to your funds when deemed necessary, as described in further detail below.
You agree that we may place holds on your funds or instruct a payment service provider to hold your funds, prior to disbursement. For the avoidance of doubt, if you receive funds to either a stored value account issued to you under eBay’s US Balance Terms and Conditions or to a payment account, a hold may also be placed on such funds. If a hold is placed on your funds, the amount and status of the hold will be displayed under the Payments tab in the Seller Hub/My eBay. We will notify you through the eBay Message Center and/or by email and, depending on the reason, may request additional information from you to help resolve the issue.
If you are a consumer in Germany, eBay Sarl will apply holds to your funds in accordance with Part III, Section 7. For all other sellers, we apply holds under the following conditions. A hold may be placed if we have reason to believe there is an increased risk associated with the provision of our Payment Services or with a certain Managed Payment transaction, for example if we cannot verify your identity or if your buyer files a dispute. Please see our holds help page for more detail on the hold types and examples. We take into consideration relevant factors when assessing the risks including selling history, seller performance, seller type, returns and cancellations, chargebacks, riskiness of the listing category, transaction value, the ability to make direct debits from your Linked Financial Account, and the filing of eMBG claims. We also may cancel or freeze the settlement of your proceeds as necessary to comply with our legal obligations in connection with fraud prevention, risk management, or regulatory compliance, or, upon lawful request by our Affiliates, to enable them to comply with legal obligations applicable to them (such as compliance with tax-related obligations from EU DAC7 legislation). Any hold placed on your funds will be released when the risk associated with our provision of Payment Services is reduced or eliminated.
If your payout entity is eCI, ECA, or ECCA, we may temporarily retain a portion of your funds to cover refunds, Disputes, or other post-transaction activities after you close your account. Unless otherwise required by law, we will settle any unused retained amounts to your Linked Financial Account within 180 days of your eBay account closure.
Your bank's holds and settlement procedures may at times cause delays in the settlement of funds to your Linked Financial Account, and we do not have control over these delays.
Reserves
In order to manage risk or secure your obligations under these Payments Terms of Use, we have the right to require a reserve of transaction proceeds. This means that the respective portion of your funds is reserved as unavailable for disbursement. Reserves may be in the form of
rolling and/or minimum reserves.
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A rolling reserve is a reserve funded by withholding a set percentage of your transaction proceeds each day for a fixed period to be released to you later at a scheduled time on a rolling basis. For example, we may require a rolling reserve of 10% for a period of 60 days. Under
this requirement, 10% of your transaction proceeds earned on day 1 will be withheld from your payouts and then be released to you on day 61. Subsequently, 10% of your transaction proceeds earned on day 2 will be withheld and then released to you on day 62, and so forth. Rolling
reserves are the most common type of reserve.
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A minimum reserve is a requirement to hold a specific amount of money in your reserve. A minimum reserve may be funded by contributing a set percentage of your daily transaction proceeds to the reserve up to the minimum requirement, or by setting-off the entire amount of the
minimum requirement from your pending payouts. For example, if we require a minimum reserve of $5,000, the reserve may be funded by contributing 10% of your transaction proceeds to the reserve each day until the amount reaches $5,000. Alternatively, if your pending payouts
equal or exceed $5,000, the minimum reserve may be funded by setting off the reserve requirement from your pending payouts at one-time in full.
We may require a reserve if we have reason to believe there is an increased risk of non-fulfillment of your obligations under these Payments Terms of Use. We take into consideration relevant risk factors before requiring a reserve, including, as applicable (i) your eBay account
history, (ii) whether the category you are listing in has a higher likelihood of chargebacks or refunds, (iii) whether your eBay account has an elevated number of customer claims or disputes, (iv) your business and/or personal credit history (business sellers may be subject to
credit agency checks if permitted by applicable law), (v) whether you are selling products in advance of availability (pre-selling orders), and (vi) whether you have extended delivery time frames. Depending on your performance and the risk associated with your use of Managed Payments, a reserve may be raised,
lowered, or removed at any time. The amount of each reserve (and any subsequent change) will be reasonably determined based on the seller-specific risk (including the volume of your sales). The amount and status of each reserve will be displayed under the Payments tab in the
Seller Hub/My eBay and we will notify you of any reserves we require of you.
If ECA is your Payout Entity, any reserve required of you is further subject to the Seller Reserve Terms and Conditions. By accepting these Payments Terms of Use, you agree to the
Seller Reserve Terms and Conditions to the extent they apply to you.
Our Liability
If we have acted with reasonable precautions and/or in accordance with our legal obligations, we are not liable for any unauthorized, incorrectly, unexecuted, or delayed payment transactions when such issues were caused by abnormal and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our
control.
Signature
In instances where we are required to collect your signature to meet anti-money laundering and/or other legal requirements, we may (where not prohibited by applicable law) treat your acceptance of these Payments Terms of Use as the equivalent of you providing us your signature.
8. Specific Payment Methods
8.1 Specific Payment Methods
On certain eBay sites in the EU and UK, buyers may be able to choose specific payment methods, including but not limited to direct debit, payment by invoice, or installment payments (“Specific Payment Methods”), to pay for items purchased from you, and which require you to assign your purchase claim against the buyer to us. The Specific Payment Methods are offered to buyers by our integrated payment partners (“Payment Partners”). See here for a list of the Specific Payment methods offered on the respective eBay websites and the respective Partner Terms.
If your buyer chooses a Specific Payment Method in connection with a purchase on eBay (“Sales Contract”), the Responsible Payment Entity processing the transaction (see Part I, Section 2) will acquire your purchase price claim against the buyer, including all ancillary rights, and will sell and assign the claim to its acquirer (“Acquirer”), e.g., Adyen N.V. The Acquirer will sell and assign the purchased claim to the respective Payment Partner, who will assume the payment default risk in accordance with the following provisions. This arrangement is referred to as “Chain Assignment”. Buyers using a Specific Payment Method will make their payments to the Payment Partner, who will forward the payments to the Responsible Payment Entity via the Acquirer, so that the Responsible Payment Entity can process and settle such payments to you according to these Payments Terms of Use.
You shall conclude with your buyer the Payment Partners’ terms and conditions for the use of the Specific Payment Method, including any applicable privacy notice (“Partner Terms”). You hereby agree and accept that the respective Partner Terms shall become an integral part of each Sales Contract where the buyer uses a Specific Payment Method. You instruct eBay and the Payment Partners to implement the Partner Terms into the eBay checkout and make the Partner Terms available to the buyer on your behalf.
The Payment Partners and the Acquirer will not be a party to and not have any obligation under these Payments Terms of Use or any other agreement between you and the Responsible Payment Entity, eBay, the buyer, or any third party.
8.2 Purchase and Assignment of Seller Receivables
You agree that each receivable against your respective buyer in connection with a Sales Contract where your buyer has chosen a Specific Payment Method (jointly the “Seller Receivables” and each a “Seller Receivable”) will automatically be offered to the Responsible Payment Entity for purchase after conclusion of each Sales Contract. The Responsible Payment Entity will either accept your offer by proceeding with the payment process or reject your offer. Such offer and acceptance will conclude a purchase agreement between you and the Responsible Payment Entity (“Single Purchase Agreement”) regarding the relevant Seller Receivable which is purchased (the “Purchased Receivable”) in accordance with this Section 8.
You hereby assign, subject to the conclusion of a Single Purchase Agreement, all your current and future Seller Receivables including ancillary rights (such as rights for any securities, transport and deficiency insurance claims, withdrawal or rescission rights, or other claims against third parties with respect to the relevant Seller Receivable) to the Responsible Payment Entity, which hereby accepts the assignment. Upon conclusion of a Single Purchase Agreement, you and the Responsible Payment Entity reiterate the assignment of the relevant receivable identified through the transaction-ID in the purchase offer whereby the purchase offer constitutes an offer to assign the relevant receivable from you to the Responsible Payment Entity and the acceptance of purchase offer constitutes an acceptance of this offer by the Responsible Payment Entity.
In case there is any doubt about the validity of the assignment of the Seller Receivables and this requires any further declaration or action by you, you will execute such declaration or action upon request of the Responsible Payment Entity.
You irrevocably authorize the Responsible Payment Entity with the power of sub-delegation to notify the relevant buyer regarding the assignment of the Seller Receivable and to exercise non-assignable rights, such as contractual rights, in connection with the Seller Receivables in its own name.
8.3 Collection Risk/Collection
Except in a case of a Defect Receivable pursuant to Section 8.5, the Responsible Payment Entity bears the risk that the Purchased Receivables are not collectable from the respective buyer in part or in full, in particular caused by the insolvency of the buyer. The Responsible Payment Entity will pay the purchase price (minus the agreed fees and expenses) for the relevant Purchased Receivable regardless of whether it chooses to enforce the relevant Purchased Receivable.
The collection and enforcement of the Purchased Receivables is the responsibility of the Responsible Payment Entity which shall bear any and all costs in this regard. The Responsible Payment Entity will transfer the economic risks of the obligations described in the sections above to the Acquirer and consequently to the Payment Partners in accordance with the Chain Assignment arrangement.
8.4 Representations and Warranties
Every time upon entering into a Single Purchase Agreement concerning a Purchased Receivable, you represent and warrant to the Responsible Payment Entity that
- the Purchased Receivable is valid, validly assigned to the Responsible Payment Entity, and enforceable against the buyer;
- you hold free and clear title to, and may freely assign and transfer, the Purchased Receivable, and the Purchased Receivable has not yet been assigned or transferred to third parties; and
- you will ship, deliver, or provide the respective item(s) to the relevant buyer completely, on time and in accordance with the Sales Contract with the respective buyer in order that the respective buyer is not able to exercise any right or claim of retention, set off, supplementary performance, reduction, recession right or damage claims.
Your representations and warranties with respect to a Single Purchase Agreement will be provided by the Responsible Payment Entity to the Acquirer (and by the Acquirer to the Payment Partners) back-to-back in accordance with the Chain Assignment arrangement.
8.5 Assignment of Purchased Receivables back to You/Disputes
If the relevant Purchased Receivable fulfills one of the following criteria (the “Defect Receivable”):
- the buyer reverses the Sales Contract on the basis of a mandatory withdrawal right or a voluntary right of return offered by you;
- in case of an eMBG claim or a payment dispute; for example, if the buyer objects to a Purchased Receivable, if, upon request, you do not provide valid proof of shipment or delivery or other proper performance to the Responsible Payment Entity in accordance with the Seller Protection Policy;
- you are in breach of a representation and warranty pursuant to Section 8.4 in respect of the Purchased Receivable;
or in any other case where you give a refund to a buyer for any Purchased Receivable (“Refunded Receivable”), and the Acquirer consequently decides to use its right to assign back the relevant Defect/Refunded Receivable to the Responsible Payment Entity, the Responsible Payment Entity is entitled to assign back any Defect/Refunded Receivable to you.
The Responsible Payment Entity hereby assigns all current and future Defect/Refunded Receivables to you subject to the condition precedent that we notify you of the refund to the buyer in relation to a Defect or Refund Receivable (the “Reassignment Notice”), and you hereby accept the assignment of all current and future Defect/Refunded Receivables. You are obliged to pay back any purchase price which you have received from the Responsible Payment Entity for the Defect/Refunded Receivable without undue delay after the relevant Re-Assignment Notice was provided. The Responsible Payment Entity is entitled to set off this claim against you with any further payment it is obliged to pay to you.
8.6 Information and Assistance Obligations/General Provisions
You shall undertake to inform the Responsible Payment Entity promptly upon becoming aware of (i) any breach of a representation and warranty according to Section 8.4 regarding any Purchased Receivable or (ii) any other event that may materially impair or jeopardise the realisation of the Purchased Receivables or might materially change your solvency or, subject to you becoming aware of it, the probability of payment of the Purchased Receivables by the buyer.
In case you receive any direct payments from a buyer on the Purchased Receivable, you shall reject these received payments and refund the buyer, and notify the payer that payment shall be made to the respective Payment Partner. You shall notify the Responsible Payment Entity of any rejected payments on the Purchased Receivables.
Upon our request, you shall promptly hand over to the Responsible Payment Entity, the Acquirer, and/or the Payment Partners any information, records and documents which are necessary or expedient for the examination and the enforcement of the Purchased Receivables.
9. Security; Third-Party Providers; Data Protection
Security
You acknowledge the importance of the security measures we put in place with regards to Managed Payments, and agree to comply with them. You are responsible for maintaining the security of all passwords, codes, or other login credentials used to access your eBay account and the
related Payment Services and, subject to eBay's seller protection policies, for any transactions made or actions taken using your eBay account.
If you become aware of an unauthorized payment transaction or of a delayed or incorrectly executed transaction, you must notify us immediately by using a contact method stated in the “Introduction” of these Payments Terms of Use, above. If you notify us by telephone
of such a transaction, we may request written confirmation immediately following the notification. The notification shall be free of charge.
Third-Party Providers
We may use our Affiliates or third-party service providers (for example companies that process payments and disburse settlements, perform risk assessments or compliance checks, verify identity, or validate payment or settlement methods) in different
locations to assist us in providing Managed Payments. Our Affiliates or third-party service providers may further outsource the services to other eBay Affiliates or third-party service providers. In this context we
may transfer your data to such eBay Affiliates or third-party service providers to whom services are outsourced. At times, we may communicate to you through the eBay Affiliate which provides the eBay Services to you. For example, our Affiliate may notify you of a hold or other
restrictions taken on your account. As relating to outsourced services, you hereby explicitly agree to our use of such eBay Affiliates or third-party service providers to assist us in providing Managed Payments and the outsourcing of services in relation thereto (including the
right to sub-outsource), and you accept that the obligation of secrecy does not exist with respect to the related transfer of data (e.g. contact details, account information, sales related information) to such eBay Affiliates and third-party service providers. Our Affiliates and
third-party service providers are either subject by law to a professional secrecy obligation, as provided by the law applicable to the eBay Affiliates or third-party service providers, or will be contractually bound to comply with strict confidentiality rules. Customer data
transferred in accordance with these purposes will only be accessible to a limited number of persons within the relevant eBay Affiliates or third-party service providers, on a need to know basis. Regardless of whether we use eBay Affiliates or third-party service providers, the
appropriate eBay Payment Entity remains responsible to you for the performance of the services contemplated under these Payments Terms of Use.
In conformity with our User Privacy Notice, we may also share information collected by us pursuant to these Payments Terms of Use with our Affiliates as necessary
to enable your continued use of our Payment Services and the eBay Services. Please view our User Privacy Notice for more information on the collection and processing of personal data, including details on processing purposes and legal bases under applicable data protection laws.
Data Protection
Our performance of Payment Services entails the processing of your buyer’s personal data when a sale happens. With respect to such data processing, you, the Responsible Payment Entity, and the Payout Entity each act as a separate data controller/business under applicable data protection laws. You agree to comply with your obligations as a data controller/business pursuant to all applicable data protection laws to which you are subject, and provide us with all reasonable cooperation, information, and assistance as necessary for us to meet our requirements as a data controller/business.
10. Collection of Fees and Other Amounts You Owe
You authorize us to collect from you any amounts you owe us, our Affiliates (in particular the Affiliate which provides the eBay Services to you), or third parties who, as separately authorized by you, provide services to you in connection with your use of the eBay Services (such
as shipping carriers), under these Payments Terms of Use, the User Agreement, any other service contract, policy, agreement or as required by law (referred to as “Owed Amounts”). Owed Amounts typically include the following:
- Fees;
- Amounts as described in “Returns and Cancellations; Refunds”, “Disputes” or “Fines, Penalties and Losses” in Section 7 above;
- Amounts you owe the eMBG Service Provider under the applicable eMBG Policy;
- Taxes or other charges related to your use of our or our Affiliates' services, if applicable and required by law; and
- Amounts we incorrectly settled to you due to a payment processing error or otherwise (see Section 1 above).
For clarity, your authorization permits us to collect amounts which you already owe to us, our Affiliates or third parties as described above. This authorization does not establish any new claims for payment against you. In some cases, our Affiliates may assign a claim against you
for payment of Owed Amounts payable by you to us.
Collection of the Owed Amounts may be carried out on a one-time, sporadic, or recurring basis by the following means:
- Retaining such amounts from your current or future disbursements relating to any transactions that you may have in connection with any eBay account owned by you;
- Recouping from your Linked Financial Account (and if required, by issuing a direct debit mandate or other similar authorization);
- Recouping from any other payment instrument or payment method you may have authorized or placed on file with us or our Affiliates (for example, to pay for seller fees, shipping labels, or dispute resolution);
- Recouping from your stored value account, if a stored value account has been issued to you;
- Recouping from your payment account, if a payment account has been issued to you; and
- Retaining collections agencies or using other collections methods, if the collection by other means has been unsuccessful.
You authorize us to choose the method of collection among those listed above. We generally deduct Owed Amounts from your current or future disbursements we process on your behalf. If a stored value account or payment account has been issued to you, we will deduct the Owed Amounts
from funds held in the relevant stored value account or payment account before disbursing the funds to you. If your disbursements awaiting payout or funds held are not sufficient to cover these amounts, we will charge your Linked Financial Account or another payment method on file.
If you have several payment instruments on file, you may indicate a specific payment instrument as your preferred payment method for collecting Owed Amounts in your eBay account.
You also authorize the Affiliate whom you have entered into the User Agreement with for the provision of eBay Services to charge you for any Owed Amounts on our behalf from any payment
method you may have on file with such Affiliate.
If you provide us with a SEPA/BACS direct debit mandate for debiting Owed Amounts from your bank account, any required advance notice will be given to you at least three days prior to charging your bank account. At any point prior to you explicitly cancelling a SEPA/BACS direct
debit mandate we have obtained from you, we may deduct Owed Amounts based on such mandate. Unless you are a consumer in the EU or UK, you waive, to the extent possible under applicable law, any rights you may have to receive advance notice of any particular preauthorized charge.
If our attempt to recoup an Owed Amount from a payment instrument you have authorized us to use fails as a result of your acts or omissions, we may charge you for the failed attempt as set forth on the Fee Page or as applicable in Parts IV and V below.
11. Amendment
All sellers (except consumers in Germany)
We may amend these Payments Terms of Use by notifying you of the changes in writing (for example, by posting a revised version of these Payments Terms of Use on our website, including the Seller Hub or the eBay Message Center). Before the anticipated effective date of such change,
we will notify you at least fourteen (14) days prior, or
- if your Payout Entity is eBay Sarl, then two (2) months prior,
- if your Payout Entity is ECUK and you are a consumer, micro-enterprise or charity, then two (2) months prior,
- if your Payout Entity is ECA, then thirty (30) days prior.
If you are a consumer (i.e., not a business) outside of Germany whose Payout Entity is eBay Sarl or ECUK, you will be deemed to have consented to these changes unless you explicitly reject them before the anticipated effective date. For all other sellers, your continued use of
Managed Payments beyond the effective date of the changes will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
Consumers in Germany
If you are a consumer in Germany, we may offer you changes to these Payments Terms of Use at any time. We will be notifying you in text-form, for example via email, and/or the Seller Hub or the eBay Message Center of any proposed changes at least two (2) months before the
anticipated effective date of such change.
The changes offered to you shall only become effective if you accept them as follows:
- If a proposed change is a material change (as defined below), we will ask for your active consent to such a change.
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If a proposed change is not a material change, you will be deemed to have consented to these changes unless you explicitly reject them by notice to us in text form (e.g. via email) before the anticipated effective date. In case of such changes, we will inform you in the notice
with which we offer you the changes about the right of rejection, the period of time and your termination right (see subsection below).
A “material change” is a change of these Payments Terms of Use (especially with respect to provisions defining the type and general scope of the agreed services or the term and termination) in our favor, which would significantly shift the balance between service and remuneration
to your disadvantage or would effectively establish an entirely new contract.
A change which is due to a requirement of law, a legally binding court decision or an injunction does not constitute a material change.
Termination right in case of amendments (all sellers)
If you do not agree to proposed changes, you may terminate these Payments Terms of Use, pursuant to Section 12 (“Term, Termination”) below, without any extra cost at any time before the effective date. We always publish the amended Payments Terms of Use on the eBay
website.
12. Term, Termination
These Payments Terms of Use are effective indefinitely, unless terminated in accordance with the below.
We may terminate these Payments Terms of Use by giving written notice fourteen (14) days prior or if eBay Sarl or ECUK is your Payout Entity, then two (2) months prior via email to your registered email address. However, we may also terminate these Payments Terms of Use on less
notice or with immediate effect in the following scenarios:
- We are required to do so by law or a court order,
- A governmental authority requires us to do so to comply with anti-money laundering or counter-terrorism financing obligations,
- We have reasonable grounds to believe you are carrying out a prohibited or illegal activity (including, but not limited to, financial crimes such as fraud, bribery, corruption money laundering, or sanctions violations),
- We are unable to verify your or your business's identity, or any other information pertaining to you, or
- You are otherwise in breach of a material contractual obligation of these Payments Terms of Use, or seriously or persistently violating any provisions of these terms in any other way.
If eBay Sarl or ECUK is your Payout Entity, you may terminate these Payments Terms of Use and close your payment account, without prejudice to the termination events foreseen above, by giving one (1) month notice by notifying eBay Sarl preferably via email at
payments@ebay.de or ECUK at Paymentsinfouk@ebay.co.uk or by contacting the Customer Service via any of the available communication methods (e.g. Contact Us form, chat).
If eBay Sarl or ECUK is not your Payout Entity, you may terminate these Payments Terms of Use by closing your eBay account; if you use Managed Payments after such termination, you will be deemed to have again accepted these Payments Terms of Use.
If you give notice of termination to one eBay Payment Entity, such notice shall also be deemed as a termination notice to the remaining eBay Payment Entities.
Your use of the eBay Services as a seller requires continued registration for Managed Payments. Should you therefore terminate this agreement, you will not be able to use the eBay Services provided by our Affiliates. Our Affiliates which provide you the eBay Services according to
the User Agreement may terminate the User Agreement pursuant to the termination provisions therein.
Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or liabilities of either party accrued until termination and/or any terms intended (expressly or implicitly) to survive termination, including your obligation to pay amounts owed to us relating to your activities prior to
termination and our right to collect from you such amounts in accordance with these Payments Terms of Use. If there are pending payment transactions at the time the termination takes effect, they will be processed pursuant to terms of these Payments Terms of Use unless prohibited
by law. As of the effective date of the termination, you will not be able to sell any items on eBay Services anymore.
13. Assignment
In our sole discretion, we may assign our rights and obligations under these Payments Terms of Use and, in such event, we will notify you accordingly.
IV. ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY ECCA
In addition to the General Payments Terms above, the following provisions apply with respect to Payment Services you receive from ECCA. Within this section, “we” or “us” refers to ECCA.
As between you and ECCA, these Payments Terms of Use incorporate by this reference the
User Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the
User Agreement
and these Payments Terms of Use, these Payments Terms of Use will govern.
We may change, discontinue, enhance, or modify features of Managed Payments at any time.
1. Receipt and Settlement of Funds
After a Managed Payments transaction occurs, you will receive a notification confirming such payment transaction.
In certain instances, your transaction may be declined, frozen, or held for any reason including for suspected fraud, high risk or potential violation of any eBay or ECCA policies, or a policy of one of our third-party payments services providers.
Funds received by us on your behalf represent an unsecured claim for payment against us, but do not constitute deposits. ECCA may combine your funds with the funds of other ECCA customers in pooled custodial accounts and invest the funds in accordance with applicable law. You do
not have any ownership interest in these investments and any interest earned from these investments will be retained by us.
Unless subject to a hold in accordance with these Payments Terms of Use, proceeds from your sales on eBay will typically become available for disbursement within one to two business days of confirming the buyer’s payment. In some cases, funds may become available for disbursement after the item is deemed delivered to its shipping destination. Once available for disbursement, transaction proceeds will be aggregated in a batch for settlement to your Linked Financial Account on a regular basis, in conformity with the payout schedule selected by you and agreed to by us. Once we initiate disbursement, transaction proceeds will generally settle in your Linked Financial Account within three business days, although actual settlement times may vary for individual transactions based on your bank’s processing times. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when you onboard to Managed Payments, we may initially place you on a different payout schedule (no less frequently than monthly) and will communicate the applicable payout schedule to you in My eBay or Seller Hub.
We may diverge from this procedure as needed for compliance or operational reasons. If we are unable to settle your proceeds, then, depending on the reason why we are unable to settle your proceeds, we may refund the buyer (e.g., in the event that we cannot process your information for technical reasons or you violate these Payments Terms of Use, etc.) or otherwise process these funds in accordance with applicable law or policies.
2. Authorization to Pay
The authorization to pay for Owed Amounts in accordance with Part I, Section 10 is an electronic pre-authorized debit agreement (“PAD Agreement”) that you are entering into for business purposes to allow eBay to debit your designated bank account, and is
subject to the rules of Payments Canada.
By completing registration for Managed Payments, you hereby authorize ECCA (or its Affiliates) and the financial institution that has issued your Linked Financial Account to debit your Linked Financial Account for Owed Amounts in variable amounts at such intervals as when you have
Owed Amounts that are due and owing and we are unable to collect such Owed Amounts from your current or future disbursements.
You agree to waive all pre-notification requirements under the Payments Canada rules in respect of any variable debits originated under this PAD Agreement. ECCA will notify you by email regarding any one-time or sporadic debits in order to obtain your authorization.
ECCA, or its Affiliates, will charge your account a CDN$ 7.00 fee by way of a separate debit for each and every debit transaction authorized above that is unsuccessful or returned unpaid by your financial institution. We shall have no liability to you whatsoever caused by a
dishonored debit.
If you would like to cancel this PAD Agreement, you may do so at any time by contacting ECCA. If you cancel this PAD Agreement without providing a new authorization, we may suspend or cancel your Payment Services and eBay may suspend or cancel your eBay Services.
You have certain recourse rights if any debit does not comply with this PAD Agreement. For example, you have the right to receive reimbursement for any debit that is not authorized or is not consistent with this PAD Agreement. To obtain more information on your recourse rights, or
for further information on your right to cancel this PAD Agreement and applicable forms, you may contact your financial institution or visit www.payments.ca.
3. Legal Disputes
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS AND WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON HOW CLAIMS YOU AND EBAY HAVE AGAINST EACH OTHER ARE RESOLVED.
You and ECCA agree that any claim or dispute at law or equity that has arisen, or may arise, between you and ECCA (including any claim or dispute between you and a third-party agent of ECCA) that relates in any way to or arises out of this or previous versions of these Payments
Terms of Use, your use of or access to the Payment Services, the actions of ECCA or its agents, will be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Legal Disputes Section.
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Law and Forum for Disputes if you do not reside in Quebec – These Payments Terms of Use and any dispute or claim you have against eBay shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable
therein. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties or as described in the Arbitration Option paragraph below you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in Toronto, Ontario for the resolution of and all claims or disputes you may have against ECCA.
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Law and Forum for Disputes if you reside in Quebec – These Payments Terms of Use and any dispute or claim you have against ECCA shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
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Arbitration Option – For any dispute or claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) where the total amount of monetary relief sought is less than CDN$15,000, the parties may elect to resolve the dispute in a cost-effective manner
through binding arbitration. In the event that the parties agree to arbitration, such arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the simplified arbitration procedure set out in the arbitration rules of the ADR Institute of Canada, in force at the time of the dispute. Unless the
parties agree or the arbitrator determines otherwise, the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses and shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions. Any judgement on the award rendered by the
arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Improperly Filed Claims – All claims you bring against ECCA must be resolved in accordance with this Resolution of Disputes section. All claims filed or brought contrary to the Resolution of Disputes section shall be considered improperly filed. Should
you file a claim contrary to the Resolution of Disputes Section, ECCA may recover attorneys' fees and costs up to CDN$1500, provided that eBay has notified you in writing of the improperly filed claim, and you have failed to promptly withdraw the claim. Except as stated otherwise,
legal notices to ECCA shall be served on ECCA's national registered agent.
[Does not apply if you reside in Quebec] Any translation of these Payments Terms of Use and all related documents is done for our users' convenience and in the event of a dispute between the English and French version, the English version of these Payments Terms of
Use and all related documents shall govern.
If you are a resident of the Province of Quebec, the following clause applies: The parties hereby confirm that they have requested that these Payments Terms of Use and all related documents be drafted in English.
Les parties ont exigé que la présente convention et tous les documents afférents soient rédigés en langue anglaise.