95 positive 100% and newbie again?
Good morning everyone
I've been registered on eBay since 2006, a non-professional seller with 95 feedbacks to my name, 100% positive. It had been a while since I'd logged in to sell, but now I've accumulated a bit of stuff to get rid of and I thought I could use eBay like I used to. I just sold one item in March, thinking I could do the same with others, but eBay treats me like a stranger and tells me I can only sell one item a month with a limit of 100 euros. How do I get out of this? eBay won't let me increase my selling limits, and I'd rather not have to wait another year to sell with relative freedom...
Thanks to the brave souls who will reply.
11 comments
heavenwelkin
·3 years agoGood morning acidtravoltino
If you're looking for a brave comment, I'll oblige right away.
Is it really necessary to get to 2023 and still be tied to bank transfers when from 2010 to 2021 we were used to receiving credits in real time and without all these restrictions?
And it's not as if there are no alternatives to PayPal; on the contrary, there are plenty of services that let you work on the circuit/Visa Mastercard network and receive instant credits by credit card.
Delegating the payment collection and management service to a third party would allow eBay to stop living in terror of being scammed and would lead to the elimination of all these restrictions on credits and on the maximum listing amounts.
Why should a private seller be able to make 10 sales a year and be forced to live forever with these restrictions.
We users know nothing about the choices that are made at the top and why those choices are made instead of others, so if you intend to sell on eBay you have to accept dealing with its rules.
On eBay you can sell all those items that on other marketplaces you wouldn't be able to sell or would be forced to sell at a lower price.
eBay overall enjoys a certain level of reliability and buyers feel safer and more protected buying here rather than on other marketplaces where there may be fewer regulations but also fewer protections when sales don't go as they should, which is why on eBay you can sell at higher prices than elsewhere.
For new sellers or former sellers there are some initial compromises on sales because eBay wants to be sure you are serious and fair sellers before giving you a certain level of trust; the platform requires a certain period of study and adjustment to its sales dynamics because sellers have to comply with a series of rules (they can't just do as they please) that you need to know, so the platform is rather far from being user-friendly, but beyond that, if you interpret its spirit correctly, the sales you make are almost always very satisfying because the users who frequent it are selected.
The criteria for choosing users are not infallible but are by a long shot superior to those of any other marketplace.
In conclusion I invite you to keep going, carry on with your sales and you'll see that little by little your limits will be eased until the full unlock that should come around the fifteenth successful sale.
I know it seems like a lot, but it's the time that eBay's algorithms have determined to be the best for evaluating a seller as reliable and trustworthy.
Kind regards and happy selling.
heavenwelkin
·3 years agoGood morning acidtravoltino
If you're looking for a brave comment, I'm happy to oblige right away.
Is it really necessary to get to 2023 and remain tied to bank transfers when from 2010 to 2021 we were used to receiving instant credits without all these restrictions?
And it's not like there’s a shortage of alternatives to PayPal; on the contrary, there are tons of services that let you work on the Visa/Mastercard network and receive immediate credit-card transfers.
Delegating payment collection and management to a third-party provider would allow eBay not to live in terror of being scammed and would lead to the elimination of all these restrictions on credits and on maximum listing amounts.
Why should a private seller be able to make 10 sales a year and be forced to live permanently with these restrictions.
We users know nothing about the choices made at the top and why those choices are made instead of others, so if there is an intention to sell on eBay, you have to accept dealing with its rules.
On eBay you can sell all those items that on other marketplaces you wouldn’t be able to sell or would be forced to sell at a lower price.
Overall, eBay enjoys a certain level of trust and buyers feel safer and more protected buying here rather than on other marketplaces where there may be fewer regulations but also fewer protections when sales don't go as they should, which is why on eBay you can sell at higher prices than elsewhere.
For new sellers or former sellers there are some initial compromises on sales because eBay wants to be sure that you are serious and fair sellers before granting you a certain level of trust; the platform requires a certain period of study and adjustment to its selling dynamics because sellers must follow a set of rules (they can't just do whatever they want) that you need to know, so the platform is rather far from being user-friendly, but beyond that if you interpret its spirit correctly, the sales you make are almost always very satisfying because the users who frequent it are selected.
The user selection criteria are not infallible but they are by far superior to those of any other marketplace.
In conclusion I invite you to keep going, carry on with your sales and you'll see that your limits will gradually be eased until the complete unlock, which should arrive around the fifteenth successful sale.
I know it sounds like a lot, but it's the time that eBay's algorithms have determined to be the best for evaluating a seller as reliable and trustworthy.
Best regards and good selling.
acidtravoltino
OP3 years agoGood morning.
I have nothing to say about the credibility of a system that applies certain restrictions in order to seem serious and reliable, quite the opposite. However, I wonder whether, after 35 successful sales and positive feedback, I still have to be patient and produce another dozen or so, shall we say, "fake" listings just to have the selling freedom I used to have before. It seems contradictory to me to auction off 15 items for a few euros and also risk negative feedback just to satisfy an algorithm, when what is far more important is being serious for a sale of a few hundred euros, where the buyer's satisfaction (and your honesty as a person first and foremost) are put to the test. A single camera lens or a motherboard must surely be worth more than 15 items at 10 euros, right? Or am I wrong?
Then again, if that's how the system works, there isn't much to complain about or think for yourself. The logic, though, goes somewhere else.
Thank you for your kind reply.
actar80
·3 years agoJust to let you know in case you hadn’t caught up yet, since 2021 sellers can no longer receive sale proceeds unless they link a current account IBAN or a card such as Postepay Evolution. Whatever payment method the buyer uses, the funds will be transferred to eBay, which will then transfer them to your current account or your card via SEPA transfer.
acidtravoltino
OP3 years agoThanks for the response. Already done and recovered the proceeds from the last successful sale. I show up as a seller above average, but nothing more.
actar80
·3 years agoWell, then keep on accumulating sales as I wrote before. Remember that, for now, as an infrequent seller you might receive the amounts even after 15 days, but that’s normal. Then when you go back to being a regular seller, you’ll receive them in a few days.
Have a good day
acidtravoltino
OP3 years agoThank you Actar80, very kind.
Have a nice evening
actar80
·3 years agoYou're welcome...when you can, you try to help.
One last piece of tax advice: I don't know how many sales you'll make or for what amounts, or over what time period you'll make them, so to put your mind at ease I'm attaching below the post of a discussion that might be useful to you, given that eBay credits now go through bank transfers from abroad and no longer via Paypal. If you make a lot of low-value sales, to avoid receiving transfers on a constant and continuous basis it would probably be better to change the settings in your eBasy account so that you receive just 1 monthly transfer (as long as it reaches 1 significant amount ) rather than many small transfers, so that the sales activity falls under occasional.
https://community.ebay.it/t5/Regolamento-Sicurezza-per-i/Venditore-occasionale-come-dichiarare-i-proventi-al-fisco/td-p/924974/page/2
Regards 👋
actar80
·3 years agoGood evening, since you haven’t been selling for long, you’re considered an infrequent seller, meaning that for eBay it’s as if you’re new. I’m telling you because I’d be in the same situation as you if I started selling again. After 12 months of inactivity, the detailed ratings disappeared from my seller account. And I’m telling you this with more than 300 positive feedbacks.
Of course, just 1 sale for a maximum of 100 euros seems like a very restrictive limit. Are you sure it’s not just a maximum of 100 euros per month? If so, try contacting support and ask if they can at least unlock the number of sales while keeping the 100-euro limit, so you can be reinstated as a seller faster. It would actually be better for you to sell low-value items and complete more transactions successfully.
acidtravoltino
OP3 years agoThanks for the reply, yes in fact I meant 100 euros a month, even though the last and only item sold by me came to about 160 euros, with positive feedback. In any case, it's exactly as I feared, I have to do everything from scratch. At least now it's official 🙂
actar80
·3 years agoThen follow my advice and make more low-value sales. At this stage, it’s more important for you to increase the number of successful sales. I believe that by the tenth one at the latest, the situation should start moving if not before, and then you’ll also get the credits for the amounts in less time.