Account Selling Limits…

Things have changed.. there is a NEW eBay marketplace in town. We have to deal with selling limits, random suspensions and new rules everyday. The old style ‘Wild West’ eBay Marketplace has been replaced with strict new rules and regulations. If you don’t change with it you’ll have a hard time moving forward. So here’s the deal. You have a brand new eBay account and you start off with lower than expected selling limits. Why does it happen?

In general, your selling limits are a representation of how much eBay TRUSTSyou. As you work with and mange your account, your risks are weighed and limits adjusted. The more eBay trusts you the fewer problems you’ll have and the higher your selling limits. Trust is dependent on how you create your account (the services you use) and how you manage your account (what you sell, seller feedback), along with a number of other factors which can positively or negatively effect your account which we’ll talk about in this section.

You should think of it as a point system. Red and Yellow flags are hits against your account while Green flags add to your account.

Let’s say with a brand new account you have 15 points to play with (this is an example). Now let’s say you get a yellow flag for using Google Voice (it’s used and abused), that’s 5 points against your account… now you only have 10 points left and your account is labeled as risky so your selling limits are negatively impacted.

The better you create and manage your accounts the more eBay will trust you and the higher your selling limits. If you have too many yellow or red flags against your account you can expect lowered seller limits or worse.. suspension or limitations. As your account becomes established and trusted, it has more points (trust) to play with so yellow or red flags won’t impact it as much…

Note: EBay likes to tweak this system and increase or decrease the impact of certain account behaviors (such as usage of well known used and abused phone services).

Why do SOME people… get away with using ‘Used & Abused’ services while others get limited? As mentioned before, it’s a POINT system. One factor alone is usually not enough to make or break you… it’s a combination of factors.

Let’s say you decide to use a used & abused free phone service but everything else with your account is solid.. your chances of a zero’d out selling limit account is slim. Personally I don’t like to take that risk but I leave it up to you.

However let’s say you also use a used and abused VPN service or a made up physical address.. those are multiple red flagsand guess what? Your account becomes suspended.

It’s generally not one thing or another but a combination of factors that can impact your account. As a result, the better you create your account (more on that in a moment) the less you have going against you and generally the higher your selling limits. If you cut corners you’ll have a bad time. And that’s what this section of the guide is about.. how to create successful long-term accounts that eBay trusts.

Next we’ll talk about the factors that influence your account.