PayPal 21 payment hold

[bargaincorner]

hi everyone,
Occasionally few paypal accounts are hit with a 21 day hold policy, this hold is separate from the eBay one. it says this hold will be lifted once I receive more than 10 payments, and become at least 60 days old. It says that once I update the tracking info, they will release the payment after 7 days from despatching the item, however, they always keep holding it for the whole 21 days even after adding the tracking details.
After 60 days, I receive an email that they will no longer hold my payments, however I have few accounts now on more than 120 days, no issues or disputes, but the payments are still being held. Is there a way around this, also what is needed in order to remove this hold.

thanks

[Bunneh]

are you selling constantly on the accounts that are at 120 days?
or are you just selling a few things a month?

What are your DSR ratings like?

[SilentHill]

Well are the incoming transactions around the same price.?? PP usually looks at your selling practices and changes might trigger new holds. Yes even after 60 days .

[muzzie]

Holds are removed when you sell constantly, and are enabled again if you stop. I have a several-year acc, and when I stopped selling for a couple of weeks, 21 day holds holds returned for 1 week.

[bargaincorner]

I sell around 10 items monthly, sometimes spreaded over the whole month, sometimes all within a week. My price sale's value varies between £10 & £40, so far all dsrs are good on all accounts, perhaps one or two late delieveries on two separate accounts.
I'm very curious to understand the algorithm paypal uses, which I believe only very few in paypal know.

[aalexander]

I have found from personal experience, if you upload tracking and the item shows as delivered before or on the expected date, Paypal will release the funds 3-4 days later even if the account has received less than 10 payments and less than 60 days old.

I have also had an account which was about 4 months old, fully verified, EU limits removed and holds removed. It was receiving instant payments, and after about a week of high activity the payments became 21 day hold again. After about 3 weeks payments became instant again.

[empirestate]

There is no way around remove a hold once Paypal decides to put this back on your account. Ship the item promptly and your money will get released faster.