Selling Limits

[LarryA]

Hi Guys so a little bit about my situation. I'm a long time stalker on the forms and I'm pretty knowledgeable on stealth but my accounts seem to get stuck at 100/5000. I've been able to run them without any issue. but they've been stuck there for months. Had these accounts for 7+ months. They raised it to 100/5000 at month 3 and then no increases.

I have been selling to the 100 item limit for the past 2 months and no increases still.

I am trying to figure out why the item limit will not increase? The item is essentially a cheap common $7 item listed in computers. I wasn't sure if just listing in 1 category would do that? Obviously since its a cheaper item, I hit the 100 items but only use $700 of the $5000 limit. My accounts don't get suspended, their limits just don't increase haha

This is getting bothersome and some help would be much appreciated.

[bjammin]

I have a lot of stealths and any that jump from 10/1000 to 100/5000 have not seen another increase since. I have other accts (newer accts) that don't jump to 100/5000. Instead they go from 10 to 30 to 90 to 270. So, I may be wrong, but, I am convinced that my 100/5000s won't see another natural increase. It's been over a year on some and every other month they are capped out.

[JamesNorth101]

Only eBay knows.

Best thing to do is A - Carry on selling to the limits. B - Get more stealths going so you can sell more

[rsot]

Welcome to the forums. JamesNorth101's advice is key OP - spread sales

[elipse]

I think every1 now will get stuck at 100/5k limit.. Here's what you should do...

Make a backup account in case a disaster strikes...begin building the feedback on new account. Also withdraw the maximum amount from paypal and just leave enough for ebay fee, this way even if u get limited, ur money is not stuck in paypal.

[Dmshark25]

I have an account that is just 3 months old and already received 3 increases

I sell mostly all cheap items between $4-$10

Now when I received the increase I just listed close to my limits, meaning would have an item and list it BIN with a quantity of 10 or 20 items, and I do this with 12 different items until my limits are low

Now I didn't sell to my limit but listed to my limit

I only sold 78 items in 4 weeks on this account and received 2 increases from 100 to 220 to 500 items

[nodeal]

the way bjammin described it is exactly the same pattern i see with my accounts.

[Kiroshi]

Simply put there is no logic at all. My past account, also a top seller account went 100>250>400 then stayed like that for a year even though I sold to the limits month in month out.

Another 2 selling in parallel a few months ago, selling the same things in the same way have seen increases of 2400/14k and 650/5.5k in 3 months.

Spread sales, keep creating accounts and good luck.

[LarryA]

Thanks for the advice guys. One thing I was wondering about is this: does selling in different categories affect selling limits at all? Do you guys always list items in several categories?

I was just listing one cheap item in one category in an attempt to get the limits higher but I'm not sure if different categories helps.

[JamesNorth101]

Selling limits are across all catagories.

You need to list items in the catagory they apply to or you risk them getting taken down

[Pnw507]

I am curious if having a TRS account leads to having your limits increased faster than a non-TRS account? Having a TRS account in the past brought on extra stress for sure. I gave up on it and really didn't see much of a change in my sales reports. But if it helps increase faster it might be worth it!

[JamesNorth101]

Never really noticed a difference myself.

Account can get away with a bit more (DSR, Feedback ect wise) but not ever notice it make much difference to my selling limits.

The US may differ

[trosky]

Originally Posted by Dmshark25

I have an account that is just 3 months old and already received 3 increases

I sell mostly all cheap items between $4-$10

Now when I received the increase I just listed close to my limits, meaning would have an item and list it BIN with a quantity of 10 or 20 items, and I do this with 12 different items until my limits are low

Now I didn't sell to my limit but listed to my limit

I only sold 78 items in 4 weeks on this account and received 2 increases from 100 to 220 to 500 items

That is a very good idea, even if you only have a few items a month to start an account, listing high quantities to make it seem you're close to your limit might have an effect. Anyone else doing this and seen any patterns?

[Dmshark25]

All u need to do is go to a dollar store maybe buy a few items but what I did was snap pictures of there shelves, so I had an idea of what items they have large quantities of, I have 5 dollar stores within a 2 mile radius of me, so instead of wasting space for inventory I just keep the items at the store until needed

Some popular items I will buy 15-20 items each, but if I'm not sure, or something that sells slow, I keep at the store

Everytime they raise the limits I increase how many items for each bin listing until I'm close to running out and I get that message saying request higher limits

And so far I received 3 raises and my first sale was Aug 15

[madness10]

For new stealth accounts, I am getting zero limits and its saying I have reached my limits when I have not sold anything.

Anyone know a way around this?
I have been making successful accounts up until now, where I am getting this problem.

Help please.

[slokor]

Originally Posted by madness10

For new stealth accounts, I am getting zero limits and its saying I have reached my limits when I have not sold anything.

Anyone know a way around this?
I have been making successful accounts up until now, where I am getting this problem.

Help please.

This has been discussed in length over the last few weeks in several threads.
Check this one out:
http://www.aspkin.com/forums/subscri...nstop-now.html
I believe you need to be a subscribed member to view it though. Otherwise do your research since there are a few other threads discussing this new problem.

[aking]

My accounts are stuck at 10/1000. I only got 1 that auto increased to 30/3000. All 5 of my active accounts are down to 0 so they need to auto increase soon.

This is going to be stressful around Holidays as sales pick up. I don't have time to run 10 accounts at once just to be about to move items.

[Lannboi]

so i created an account last week and there no limits anywhere on the selling page..so tonight i decided to sell a used book as auction and i didnt get any restriction after i listed...im good or what?

[Dmshark25]

Time will tell

[solefoodbk]

I live in NYC. Once I can I'm going to have a field day doing that method (Dmshark25). Thanks!!! Your know your stuff

[RosieTosie]

Agreed, that does sound like a great idea DM Shark, and a great way to do distance marketing using stock on pound shop shelves photographed in situ and only going and buying them when we get a sale!

[rsot]

Sales are key but go in early