What is a safe amount to earn with a new ebay seller account before Ebay flag you?!?

[Superdude]

I have just created a new ebay seller account and i am wondering how much would be a safe amount to earn within the first few weeks of selling in order to be not flagged as suspicious by Ebay. My listings may end at over 100€ and i have 3 items up at the moment. I am wondering is this a safe amount of money to be earning with a newly opended account or will ebay flag me straight away for earning a lot as i am just beginning to sell.

Please someone tell me if i should keep my listing prices down in order to stay under the radar.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

[rsot]

Not at all safe with a newly opened account. You should aim for 30-50 a week but even that, you are starting way too fast. You might be safe but I would have waited to age the account a bit. What's your feedback?

All the best.

[Superdude]

My feedback is 0 as i have just opened the account but i will have 2 feedbacks before the expensive items(100€+) will be sold. A am selling 2 PS3 games which i should get about 20-30 each for and that are ending within the next few days. Are you sure that i am taking this too fast and have what do you recommend i do? I do need to sell the expensive items soon do so is there any way around it.Are you sure i will get flagged?

[rsot]

Well at this point of time if they're up then wait for the sales to go through, provide tracking numbers, and WAIT. Don't hit paypal for fast withdrawal - that's sure fire problem.

Send the items out fast - add a note for feedback and wait. You should be ok. Just pace yourself from now on for 1 sale a week like this - maybe 2 then build as time goes on.

I can't say I am the master at doing this but from what I have been reading and understanding from informed members, this is a better route.

[Superdude]

Ok thanks for the advice but your saying that i should leave the money in my paypal account for a few days before withdrawing it to my bank account? And if so how many days? and should i withdraw all of it at once? Sorry im not new to Ebay or paypal but there are still some details that im not fully sure of yet!Thanks

[TGMT²]

Originally Posted by Superdude

and should i withdraw all of it at once?

It is never recommended that you withdraw all your money from PayPal for lasting accounts.

PayPal does not like to see zero balances. I like to keep a minimum of $100 at all times in my account with more than that to cover shipping and any purchases I may have.

[jbluntz]

I like to keep a thousand in my active accounts then withdraw a few hundred at a time on top of that then when I'm done selling on that account slowly take out the remaining thousand and keep my phone with me after each withdrawal.

[Superdude]

Ok so im a new seller and im not earning thousands( just yet )

lets say oh i duno i earn 400 by next week how much should i leave in my paypal account and how much should i withdraw to my bank account?

Thanks guys its always great hearing from the experts

[jbluntz]

I would say $100 then wait till it's in your hands then withdraw another $100 and leave $100 in there unless your done selling.