One eBay buyer blacklist. Yours, the community's, and eBay's own.
eBay's blocked buyer list is a box of usernames with no reasons, no dates and no memory of what other sellers went through. SafeBay keeps the list with the why and the when, shares approved reports between members, warns you on eBay pages, and writes it all back into your eBay block list so checkout still says no.
- Import your existing eBay list
- Block for a week or forever
- Whitelist always wins
A block list is only as good as its memory
Six months after you block someone on eBay you cannot remember why, whether it was serious, or whether it should still stand. And nothing you learned reached the seller two states over who shipped to the same username last week. SafeBay keeps the reason and the date next to every name, lets a block expire when it should, and turns the serious ones into a record other sellers can act on.
The why stays attached
Tags, a note and evidence live with the name, not in your memory.
Blocks that expire
Block a difficult buyer until a date; lift it automatically. Keep the dangerous ones forever.
Shared when it matters
A private block stays private. A public report, once reviewed, warns every member.
A whitelist that wins
Your trusted buyers are never blocked on your account because of another seller's report.
In your dashboard, on eBay pages, and inside eBay's own block list
Your SafeBay list
Search, filter by risk, see who reported whom and when. Block from an order, a message thread or a CRM recommendation in one click. Archive buyers whose eBay accounts were deleted, export any time.
On eBay, with the Companion
The Chrome extension reads the buyer usernames on the eBay page you are looking at and shows a risk alert for anyone on your list or the community's, before you print the label.
Add to ChromeInside eBay's blocked buyers
Turn sync on and the Companion writes your list into your eBay blocked buyer list, so eBay itself refuses the sale. Your original list is backed up first and restored if you ever turn sync off.
Start with the list you already have. Add to it from wherever you are.
Upload the usernames from your eBay blocked buyer list and they become your SafeBay list in a minute, with the previous upload kept in case you want it back. From then on a buyer can be blocked from their order, from a message thread, from the Buyers CRM or from the blacklist page itself, privately or with a public report.
- Import usernames in bulk, restore the previous upload if needed
- Permanent, or until a date you choose
- Private blocks or public reports; reports are reviewed before they count
- Archive buyers whose eBay account was deleted, export the rest as a file
- A read API with delta updates for your own tools
Your blocks only, or everyone's. You choose, and your whitelist wins either way.
Personal
Only buyers you blocked or reported yourself reach your eBay blocked buyer list. The community's reports still show as alerts on eBay pages, but they do not block anyone on your account.
- Your private blocks, permanent and timed
- Buyers you reported publicly
- Other sellers' reports: alert only
Community
Every buyer with an approved report from any member is written into your eBay blocked buyer list. The strongest protection, for sellers who would rather lose one sale than ship to a known problem.
- Everything in Personal
- Every reviewed community report
- Minus your whitelist, always
Check a username before you accept the offer
The public buyer check takes an eBay username and answers with the community risk level, the issue tags and how many sellers reported, with no account needed. Members get the full directory with risk filters and each buyer's record. Buyers can look themselves up and appeal. The records are usernames only and are kept out of search engines.
Check a buyerQuestions sellers ask about eBay buyer blacklists
eBay's list is a box of usernames with no reasons, no dates and no expiry, private to one account. SafeBay's list keeps the why and the when, lets a block expire on a date you choose, separates your own blocks from the community's reports, and can be mirrored into your eBay blocked buyer list by the Companion extension, so eBay still enforces it at checkout.
Yes. Paste or upload your usernames and they become your personal SafeBay list. If you change your mind, the previous upload can be restored. When the Companion extension syncs, it first backs up your original eBay list and restores it the moment you switch sync off.
Not by itself. eBay only enforces its own blocked buyer list, which no website can edit from the outside. The Companion extension does it from inside your browser: with sync on, your SafeBay list, or the whole community list if you prefer, is written into your eBay blocked buyers, minus anyone you have whitelisted.
Your choice, in the extension settings. Personal syncs only buyers you blocked or reported. Community syncs every buyer with an approved report from any member. In both cases your whitelist wins, so a buyer you trust is never blocked on your account because of someone else's report.
Private blocks are yours alone: they never appear on the buyer's public record or in anyone else's list. Public reports are reviewed by SafeBay before they count, then appear on the buyer's community record without your identity. Buyer records carry usernames only, and they are kept out of search engines.
Yes. A private block can be permanent or set to expire on a date you pick, which suits a buyer who was difficult once rather than dangerous. Expired blocks lift on their own; permanent blocks and public reports stay until you remove them.
Nothing, on every plan including Free, forever. The personal and community lists, the Companion extension, importing, exporting, temporary blocks, the whitelist and the public buyer check are all included.
Bring your list. Leave with one that remembers.
Free for every seller, forever. The extension takes a minute.