eBay status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of eBay reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by eBay users through our website.

• Website Down (51%)
• Sign in (30%)
• Errors (19%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent eBay outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Didcot	Website Down	2 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	3 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	13 hours ago
Marion	Website Down	18 hours ago
London	Sign in	19 hours ago
Preston	Website Down	19 hours ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.

Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.

eBay Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

• 
  Smaug is Bored at the Smörgåsbord (@smaugizbored) reported 1 minute ago

  @navin_523 @ryancohen I've had an account on eBay since 2010 and I can't even login because it doesn't recognize that my account still exists 💀💀💀

• 
  Julie Wade (@julie_wade) reported 2 minutes ago

  @foxenflask @ryancohen The Vulnerability of Gen Z Commerce The specific nature of Depop’s marketplace makes it an ideal target for these activities. Unlike the stable pricing seen on platforms like Amazon, Depop relies on "hype" pricing where a standard shirt might sell for hundreds of dollars based on perceived social value. This volatility, combined with the use of atypical payment methods like Venmo and Apple Pay, makes it nearly impossible for automated systems to distinguish a "fake" transaction from a legitimate Gen Z fashion trend. In conclusion, while there is no evidence of corporate complicity, eBay has acquired a platform that is structurally vulnerable to being a playground for transaction laundering. The massive loss Etsy took on the sale may suggest an acknowledgment of these deep-seated operational risks. eBay has doubled down on a high-risk asset, betting that the brand facelift provided by Depop is worth the potential for regulatory and financial exposure.

• 
  Rizza’s Collectibles (@mikerizz33) reported 2 minutes ago

  @baseball_cards Neutral and negative feedback needs to be approved by @ebay. Too many buyers are ignorant and don’t understand what it means. I new eBay user just left me neutral feedback bc “in their option, the 38 year old card doesn’t look as good as it did in the pictures.” The same card they saw is the card they got, and bc of their “opinion” - my perfect feedback record gets destroyed and there’s nothing I can do about it. EBAY MUST FIX THIS.

• 
  Grok (@grok) reported 2 minutes ago

  @Drswigz Hostile takeover bids like GameStop's unsolicited offer for eBay are standard under U.S. corporate law—perfectly legal if they follow SEC rules and don't involve fraud. eBay suspending Ryan Cohen's seller account is also legal; as a private platform, they can enforce their terms of service and boot users for any reason (including using the site for publicity stunts or pressure campaigns). It's a business call, not some secret "retaliatory command." No laws broken on either side.

• 
  Salvatore Linteum (@PhantomBlack699) reported 8 minutes ago

  Ryan Cohen is still on the phone to eBay trying to resolve the issue

• 
  ZENturio 👻🪖 (@ZNturio) reported 8 minutes ago

  @c6driver13 @heyitspixel69 EBay up 58% last 12 months. Gme down 7%. Who creates more shareholders value again?

• 
  Jenny Wilson (@JennyHJWilson) reported 9 minutes ago

  Ryan Cohen's mysterious bank letter backing GameStop's eBay bid reveals a big issue with deal

• 
  ray (@ray04144) reported 10 minutes ago

  @DanNJ71 My initial thiught, especially after they weren't used all day, is that they are sitting on them waiting for the Gamestop/ebay news to drop and then a squeeze happens. These will bring the stock back down after it blows up.

• 
  Paul Carl (@paulcarldigital) reported 11 minutes ago

  @bigbridealguy Amazon was a late-stage startup with a few million users in the 90s when it came up with that vision and started expanding its categories. That’s a very different set of circumstances than trying to reposition eBay today, especially since eBay started as a marketplace and not a retailer. Amazon tried to copy eBay and do auctions. They failed. When people think “online auctions” they think eBay. Amazon tried to copy Etsy with handmade goods. They failed. When people think “handmade” they think Etsy. This is’t an execution problem, it’s a brand problem.

• 
  whGaming (@ePesapane) reported 13 minutes ago

  @Jackeljay95 @ryancohen Yeah had this issue also, was a third party delivery of some kind?, all they did was spam me with the same tracking details when I asked for further info. Same hyperlink like 3x eBay didn’t do anything about the dispute. 15$ was easier to just let it go but yeah :(

• 
  Miserable🧈Fly (@MiserableFly4) reported 14 minutes ago

  @ryancohen How crusty were the socks? Can we inbreed your progeny? Asking for the board of @eBay. This will cut down on stalking prosecution costs. Let’s run this activist cloning “lean and mean”.

• 
  Fintwit.ai (@FintwitAi) reported 14 minutes ago

  Ryan Cohen's mysterious bank letter backing $GME's potential eBay bid reveals a major issue: the combined company would need to maintain an investment-grade credit profile. This highlights a significant hurdle for any potential acquisition.

• 
  JustAddWater (@jpsurratt2005) reported 19 minutes ago

  @npantano_ @FartieFrenchie If they roll this into a holding company they can issue the stock from the new entity. Cohen said in a follow up interview they'd do it this way, 60% value to ebay shareholders, 40% to gme shareholders. I'd be happier with your theory though tbh.

• 
  NoiseToAlpha (@noisetoalpha) reported 19 minutes ago

  This is peak $GME theater. But under the meme layer, the market still has the same question: What is the actual strategy? A $56B eBay bid already raised capital allocation and integration questions. Now the CEO getting suspended from eBay turns the whole story even more chaotic. For investors, the issue is not whether GameStop can generate attention. It always can. Right now, the entertainment value is high. The underwriting clarity is still low.

• 
  Carl (@Gladvillain) reported 20 minutes ago

  @sideshowblobz @SkyDaddyPhDTE It’s not that serious bro. You’re yelling, cursing, and typing a paragraph over my comment that I enjoy using EBay a few times a year. You are the problem with this world. People like you. Miserable ***** who just sit on the internet angry for no reason.

• 
  𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐧 (@ghostinvoid) reported 22 minutes ago

  if #ebay rejects the deal The probability of the deal closing drops to basically zero overnight. The arb trade no longer makes sense eBay won't get the premium & $GME won't issue the new shares or face the same dilution. Arbs unwind (exit) the entire position quickly to cut losses or lock in whatever small profit/loss they have: Sell their long $eBay shares. Cover (buy back) their short $GME shares. The key part for a squeeze: covering those GME shorts requires buying actual GME shares on the open market. How the buying creates squeeze pressure That sudden wave of buying from arbs adds real buying demand for GME stock $GME already carries elevated short interest (from the long-running meme-stock situation and other shorts). Even a relatively modest amount of merger-arb shorts can be meaningful because of the scale of the proposed deal (the analyst estimated that just 15% arb participation on the new shares could add ~144 million shorts. Rising GME price from the covering: Increases borrow fees (cost to short) for remaining shorts. Can trigger margin calls on leveraged short positions. Forces other non-arb shorts to cover too (they don't want to get caught in a feedback loop). This creates the classic short-squeeze spiral: buying → higher price → more forced buying → even higher price. 4. Why the analyst specifically flagged rejection as a squeeze riskGross noted (paraphrased from Barron’s): If eBay rejects, the unwind of those merger-related shorts could trigger a squeeze. (In contrast, if the deal is accepted, arbs would actually add even more shorts on the new GME shares being issued, potentially pushing short interest toward ~50% of the float and raising borrow costs dramatically.)In short: Rejection doesn't just kill the deal — it turns the temporary arb shorts into forced buyers of GME at a time when any extra buying can have outsized impact.

• 
  Fact (@Fact) reported 27 minutes ago

  In 2006, an Australian man attempted to sell New Zealand on eBay. The bidding reached $3,000 before eBay shut it down.

• 
  Kidaya (@KidayaG) reported 31 minutes ago

  @CrackerBlack69 @Awk20000 If you report them eBay takes them down

• 
  Woke_Fascism (@Brett_Aint_Dead) reported 36 minutes ago

  @ryancohen What Ryan is doing, for people who are obtuse, is showing ebay shareholders problems , and how we could increase market cap with GME at the helm .

• 
  𝙆𝙔𝙇𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙎𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙂𝙀 (@KyleMansbridge) reported 36 minutes ago

  This is brilliant. Showcases the problems at eBay. I’m sure you enjoyed your talk with the CSA who are very scripted to the AI bot. For those that are saying, his account isn’t banned. It isn’t in effect but all this money @ryancohen is making will never hit his account. eBay will place holds on all payouts. eBay only care about eBay Live and ‘GMV’ now. Support the small businesses who offer great services. The small businesses are suffering from years of neglect. The coin category is a minefield. So much that could be done to make it fair for all but eBay just excludes us from every promo.

• 
  Nicholas A. Pantano (@npantano_) reported 37 minutes ago

  @FartieFrenchie Literally wrote "sent to EBAY," in stock. Literally. GME has enough cash, it doesn't need more than it has plus TD's marker. What it NEEDS is a higher stock price to justify the other $28 Billion they NEED to GIVE TO EBAY to AFFORD the "half stock" portion. It can't be any more clear: -10B Cash -20B TD -29B Stock (which they only have half of TODAY) If Cohen dilutes AT CLOSING w GME at $24, 550m shares (maximum allowed) he only raises $13B to give to Ebay in STOCK. He's short $15B. Exactly the issue and exactly why the stock must DOUBLE to fulfill this problem. The dilution happens FROM GME, AT GME's STOCK PRICE, AT CLOSING. This is why Sorkin pressed him on the $15b.

• 
  Max (@CardsMax) reported 37 minutes ago

  @WaxandWrigley 71 feedback ebay user with no cards on his store and no social media, it’s moot oh yeah and owner of the Chourio HFA agreed to $2500 in the DMs with me before never taking down his auction and me needing to pay $7800 to win that one too lol

• 
  AZ 💹🧲 Believe (@isomere) reported 38 minutes ago

  @ryancohen eBay is broken

• 
  EPG-Every Platform Gamer (@EPG_Gaming_247) reported 39 minutes ago

  @mikeklubnika Jesus this is getting out of control. eBay needs to ban these sick rats too. ANYONE who buys from scalpers at higher than RRP.. YOU are part of the problem! and a total moron..

• 
  Obama🇺🇸🇨🇦Leaf (@ObamaLeaf) reported 39 minutes ago

  @ebay is doing just fine without @ryancohen and his $GME dilution scam. Look at $GME. It's down 50% in 5 years. Who the hell wants that garbage?

• 
  LazyLin (@sirlazycluck) reported 48 minutes ago

  @realboyfailure @Dexerto it has some cool features but the main problem was people buying more then 3 and resell them for double the price on ebay

• 
  Atobitt (@AustinTobitt) reported 49 minutes ago

  @CoyoteKn0wsBest @AMCScam Current shareholders have the option to get out right now at $125 if this goes through. Those who hang on will have to ride through debt repayment, sure, but there is a lot of bloat at eBay and cost cutting alone will generate more than enough to repay that debt. It boils down to what happens after. If nothing, then I will eat my words and say it's all been for nothing. Until then, its speculative. But we need to give the man an opportunity in an environment where growth is possible. GME hasnt provided that opportunity. I think he played his cards well.

• 
  J Jordan 😈🦸🏽‍♂️ (@TheAntiHero_J) reported 52 minutes ago

  @InternetH0F Ebay need to shoot them down already and do business with a real company that has the money, you'll be doing Ryan a favor anyways

• 
  Happy😃Wheels (@googoodvibe) reported 57 minutes ago

  @grok @Jamyies @eBay I have 1000+ feedback 100% positive rating and sales way down last few years, but ebay fees way up!!

• 
  alpha5tate 🇺🇸 (@alpha5tate) reported 57 minutes ago

  eBay is currently operating under a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) stemming from its cyberstalking case. This situation could have direct implications for $GME, and RC may be able to use it as leverage. In 2019, senior eBay executives and employees (in the Security & Global Resiliency team, plus communications) launched a harassment and intimidation campaign against Ina and David Steiner, who ran EcommerceBytes, a news site critical of eBay. Key triggers included articles about eBay's leadership, executive compensation, and a company pub project ("Walker's West"). Executives used aggressive language internally (e.g., "crush this lady," "take her down," "make an example out of someone"). eBay admitted responsibility for the acts of its officers, directors, employees, and agents. Seven former employees (including security director Jim Baugh) pleaded guilty to related felony charges and received prison sentences (up to 57 months). The DPA (Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, running through ~early 2027 and including a successor-binding clause) isn’t just a compliance headache — it can be turned into a strategic asset that aligns with Ryan Cohen’s critique of eBay’s bloated, poorly governed operations and his $2B cost-cut / EPS-uplift plan. A Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) is a legal settlement where eBay admitted to criminal conduct (related to a 2019 corporate cyberstalking/harassment campaign and obstruction of justice), paid a $3 million penalty, and avoided full prosecution in exchange for ongoing obligations. These include retaining an independent compliance monitor for three years, enhancing its compliance program, and cooperating with authorities. The agreement binds successors, meaning a buyer like GameStop would inherit these requirements. So how can this DPA potentially be leveraged by GME/RC? Pre-Acquisition (Bidding Phase) • Negotiation leverage: Cite monitor costs + integration restrictions to push for a lower price, better terms, or regulatory outs. • Superior due diligence: Access monitor reports for free, in-depth validation of exactly the governance/cultural problems RC has called out (overpaid execs, no skin in the game, weak controls). • Public narrative: Frame the bid as “finishing the DOJ’s reform work” to pressure eBay’s board and rally shareholders. During Acquisition (Closing & Integration) • Structured handoff: Proactively work with DOJ on the required 30-day notice for goodwill and smoother approvals. • Ready-made integration playbook: Map RC’s cost cuts directly onto DPA-mandated compliance enhancements (expense controls, ethics, investigations). • Financing edge: Monitor oversight can de-risk the deal for lenders. Post-Acquisition (Combined Company) • Cover for aggressive reforms: Use the independent monitor’s certification to justify executive pay cuts, overhead slashing, and cultural reset — framed as strengthening (not weakening) compliance. • Risk reduction & moat: Inherited program lowers future legal exposure and can be marketed as superior governance. • Value creation accelerator: Provides external validation and documentation to support rapid EPS gains while embedding lasting discipline. The DPA is a temporary “straitjacket” that RC can wear as armor. It forces the very governance and operational discipline he’s criticized eBay for lacking, while giving him external cover, deeper visibility, and a compelling turnaround narrative. It doesn’t eliminate risks (added costs, monitor friction, DOJ veto power on major changes), but in a deal this size, it can be reframed from hurdle to hidden asset—especially if the goal is long-term value creation over quick flips. Any real strategy would involve specialized M&A/DOJ counsel.