The solution for planned slow shipping

There exist a class of items which simply cannot be shipped within 24 hours of payment. Primarily, custom crafted items.

And, there exist a class of sellers who have things to sell, but for a variety of reasons can't ship within 24 hours.

These two classes now exist in a perilous zone of buyer sympathy. Every purchase is the threat of a low shipping time star.

Simplistic solution: a special class of listing, "shipping may be delayed". If seller uses this class of listing, seller is given 30 days to ship. The shipping time star is not offered for rating. INR cannot be filed until after 30 days, and seller protection is not invalidated until 30 days. Feedback rules unchanged.

This of course brings up a second problem: all sellers would choose that class of listing, why not?

Because the listing costs $1 extra,with the $1 donated to a charity selected from a list provided by Ebay at listing time.