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Mandatory transition to professional seller
Good morning everyone,
I would like to ask if someone can give me some advice on how to behave in the face of an eBay message in which I am being forced to switch to a professional seller:
I called and they replied that I have exceeded a max sales cap in 12 months and they are forcing me to switch to a professional seller.
The fact is that I exceeded this cap because I sold almost all my vintage radios and TVs from my collection (items of considerable value); moreover, naively, I also agreed to sell items that were not mine as a favor to a friend who is not familiar with eBay.
I would like to remain a private seller because at this point I no longer have any valuable items to sell, I only have spare parts left (vintage components), whose value is however far from that of the equipment I sold, so sales forecasts for the next few years would be for much lower amounts.
At the moment I have taken everything off eBay, also because in summer I regularly do not sell anyway, I usually only sell six months a year.
How does eBay’s mechanism work that forces you to switch to a professional seller? Do they consider only the amount of revenue or also the type of sale? For thermoionic tubes (spare parts for vintage radios) I had studied and put into practice selling with variants to make things easier, specifying anyway that they were all sold while stocks last; can these variant listings affect the evaluation of the type of seller?
Can I stay silent hoping that, in light of the fact that until next year I will not put anything up for sale, this procedure will not be applied? Or would it be better for me to contact them by written message explaining this situation?
The operators say that nothing can be done.
I would be sorry to close the account, I have been registered on eBay since it started; in fact, I was registered on ibazar before ebay arrived and from there they moved me to eBay, back in 2001.
Thank you very much in advance to anyone who is knowledgeable about these things and wants to spend a few minutes advising me.
marioelegio
Mentore3 years agoAlso keep in mind that by exceeding the limits of the DAC7 regulations, you have been reported to the tax agency and therefore it will be no use even moving to another marketplace.
hi
mario
Anonymous User
OP3 years agoI must have exceeded the limits allowed by the regulations, but I’m not a dealer. I had a spike in income because I sold my entire collection all within the space of a year, items I had accumulated over my whole life, since I was 14,
Even if they came to check, what could they say? Everyone in the scene knows me, everyone knows I was a collector and that these were my personal items, bought here and there out of passion, not with the aim of reselling them..
I’ll sell the spare parts here and there, wherever it happens. I’m not even thinking of opening a VAT number, what for? to sell until the stock of spare valves I have left runs out... should I open bookkeeping for nonsense like that?
Better to close the account forever and go soak up the sun at the beach -:)
Thanks anyway for replying.
sika700
Mentore3 years agoGood morning,
by viewing your account we notice:
I’d say that with these premises you are not at all a private seller, but a merchant... even if you sell used items.
So eBay’s request is legitimate; if you want to continue selling on eBay you need to register for VAT, enroll with the chamber of commerce and everything that follows.
This is not at all a problem of listings, but of the sales system... you are certainly not an occasional seller but a well-organized and ongoing seller, so you can no longer use the private account, neither now nor in the future.
Probably not the answer you wanted to hear, but that is the reality.
Kind regards.
Anonymous User
OP3 years agoI’m not a dealer; I said I sold the entire collection all within the span of a year, items I had accumulated over my whole life. As for the spare parts, I’m trying to get rid of them little by little only during the winter months, so not regularly...
100 items a month in February, March, and April, maybe May, but for the rest of the year I stay idle for several months...
A couple of years ago I had about 1,200 feeds accumulated over 20 years; the other 1,000 are from more recent times, and starting next year I expected to go back to my normal pace. I only had a spike related to the last two years or so, that is, since I changed houses and thought I’d give everything away (or almost).
Thanks for your quick reply.
sika700
Mentore3 years agoWe know that you are not a merchant... but by making all those sales, it is AS IF you were a merchant for eBay and, with the volume of sales made, you are being asked to regularize your position!
Keep in mind that the limit under the DAC7 regulation, as Mario said, is 30 sales per year or income of €2000... so you can see for yourself that you are well over the limit and, following a tax audit, it will be your responsibility to prove the provenance of the items sold.
Kind regards.
Anonymous User
OP3 years agoThank you very much, you were very clear, OK, €2,000 per year would be more than fine for me, the only thing left to know is what period it’s counted over, during the calendar year, that is from January to December, or from June to June...
Sorry if I’m bothering you again ...
marioelegio
Mentore3 years agoThis is the annual limit (from January) beyond which the platform must report the user to the tax authorities. However, this is not an exemption threshold; you can safely stay below the threshold and still be fined by the tax police for unauthorized business activity.
hi
mario
Anonymous User
OP3 years agoOk, since January, yes, it's not an exemption threshold, in fact I read somewhere that anyway eBay must regularly send the tax police a report of the earnings of all eBay users, thanks, hello everyone!