Problems With eBay On Demand Payout, Spendable Funds

Liz Morton
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UPDATE 11-13-22

Sellers are reporting today that on demand payouts either to bank account or debit card are not working. I've had 3 reports so far, all using different banks, so it appears likely to be an issue on eBay's side.

In this case, the option to request the payout is available like usual, but after requesting the payout, the seller receives a message saying "We returned your payout to your available funds."

I've reached out to eBay to see if there is an open technical ticket about this issue and will update once I have more information.

If your eBay on demand payouts are failing, let us know in the comments below!

After a gentle nudge, eBay has finally added the current payout issue to the System Status Page.

eBay: System Status
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UPDATE: eBay has sent out a notice advising the issue has been fixed.


UPDATE 8-1-22

A very helpful commenter says if you are experiencing the problem with on demand payouts to a debit card, as a temporarily solution you can remove the debit card for payouts to revert back to using your bank account only.

Just in case you want to know, you can cancel this process by going into your payment methods and delete the card that your trying to use for the expedited payouts, this will cause the system to revert back to the old account that you were receiving payouts with.


UPDATE 7-28-22

It looks like the issues also extend to the Spendable Funds feature which allows sellers to use sales proceeds for purchases on the site.

Re: Why aren’t my eBay Available funds available to pay for eBay purchase?
Same issue. Even though I signed up to be able to use my funds to shop on eBay and set up the two factor authentication, everytime I go to check out and choose “pay with my spendable funds,” then respond to the verification text from eBay with the pin they send, I then get a message that I should “c…

Same issue. Even though I signed up to be able to use my funds to shop on eBay and set up the two factor authentication, everytime I go to check out and choose “pay with my spendable funds,” then respond to the verification text from eBay with the pin they send, I then get a message that I should “choose a different payment method.” It gives me no reason, just won’t let me use the funds. I have tried several times and it never works. Idk why I even hassled with the enrollment in “pay with spendable funds” if I can’t actually do it.

I think it’s a problem that just came about today. I have been using spendable funds for a few months now, most recently on Monday 7/25, with no issues. I won an auction this afternoon though and tried to pay like always, and I am getting the same error message that you are getting. I think it may be a problem with some of the verification changes. I never had to enter a PIN number before todayS

Something must be wrong with spendable funds. I used it yesterday and today it says use a different payment method. I even updated the verification and still didn’t work


eBay rolled out "immediate" payouts on demand to a debit card in June but some sellers are reporting it's currently not available to them, despite having previously successfully enrolled to use the new service.

Day 3 On Demand Instant Payments Glitch, Not Working
Day 3. On demand payments, not working. Debit card is accepted, but you cant select on demand payments, the box is grayed out and not working. I’m calling eBay every day until this gets fixed. I have opened up a support ticket, but still no answers. Beyond frustrated. Anyone else having this probl…

Day 3. On demand payments, not working. Debit card is accepted, but you cant select on demand payments, the box is grayed out and not working. I'm calling eBay every day until this gets fixed. I have opened up a support ticket, but still no answers. Beyond frustrated. Anyone else having this problem?

Unable to send payout to approved debit card in app or web
Anyone having problems sending payout to approved debit card for immediate payment?? Was unable to send payout to debit card on 7/23 or 7/24. Screenshot attached from 7/24 attempt. Same as what I encountered on 7/23. Spoke with customer support on 7/23 and they could not help only to say tr…

Anyone having problems sending payout to approved debit card for immediate payment??

Was unable to send payout to debit card on 7/23 or 7/24.

Spoke with customer support on 7/23 and they could not help only to say try again on 7/24.

Other users report waiting almost a week for the micro-deposits to show up in order to verify their bank account for on demand payouts.

I’m awaiting micro debits to verify my bank details …I’ve been waiting almost a week now
I’m awaiting micro debits to verify my bank details …I’ve been waiting almost a week now

And still others have reported receiving the microcharges, but eBay does not accept the information to verify the account - even when it is correct.

Debit card microcharge verification problem
When I go to confirm the microcharge amounts that were charged to my bank account, I get a message from eBay stating that they ran into trouble verifying the amounts I entered. The amounts are correct, but something is stopping eBay from verifying the card. I called KeyBank and they told me that the…

When I go to confirm the microcharge amounts that were charged to my bank account, I get a message from eBay stating that they ran into trouble verifying the amounts I entered. The amounts are correct, but something is stopping eBay from verifying the card. I called KeyBank and they told me that the issue is on eBay’s end. Beyond frustrated.


Have you had problems using eBay's on demand payout to debit card option? Let us know in the comments below!

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Dadamunky
eBay denying payouts to debit card today. Told it was technical issue being fixed. No help on their end at all. Been days now, holding my money hostage.
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jON
Because of spendable funds...I have been locked out of my acct now for over 2 weeks. The verification codes are not going to my phone. So I need to change the phone number...and eBay doesn't have a auto system in place to change the phone number. Trust n Safety is baffled and can't handle the upgrade. They keep regurgitating the same...wait 24 - 48 hrs!!! After 17 years...gonna have to close my acct. can't access any function cause of mandatory 2 step verification. I was told by one of the IT people that there is a back log of accts being locked out.Class Action should be near...
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mrColeman
11/13/2022 Bank and debit card payouts are not processing. Funds are being returned to my available funds. Fees are being shown in process.
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ShoppTom
After 9 days it was finally fixed for me- ShoppTom
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Ikonicstuduos
I have been trying to get this resolved for a few days with no luck and their IT department basically says to re-verify. Just in case you want to know, you can cancel this process by going into your payment methods and delete the card that your trying to use for the expedited payouts, this will cause the system to revert back to the old account that you were receiving payouts with. Good luck
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Liz Morton
Thanks for that helpful work around!
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Morpson
I made the mistake of adding a new debit card for instant payouts. I’m completely unable to request any kind of payout now it’s been almost 5 days since I added the new debit card. First I was able to click REQUEST PAYOUT but the instant option was GREYED OUT. I decided to hold off one more day. Now, im not able to even click REQUEST PAYOUT.. the link is dead. This sucks.
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