How long are you supposed to wait for payment on ebay?

[Miss_Pompon]

I specify in my sales that payment is expected within 72h, if I don't get it I send a message and if I still don't have an answer in 48h, I open a case.

[Ringlets]

If you are selling anything with a Buy-It-Now or fixed price be sure to set it for "immediate payment required" so that they can not make the purchase without paying................ I normally sell most of my items at a set price with immediate payment so that I don't have to worry about non-paying

Do this if you are able to as it is useful   It's worth noting though  that on UK ebay at least , you aren't allowed to select "immediate payment required" unless you have a shop/are a business seller. I tried lots of times but each time it will not let me select this option since I didn't set up a shop on ebay. Ebay works slightly differently in each country though so you may be able to choose this option on your own country's ebay