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Dollar Tree!

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yes car boot sales are good, i brought someone once when we were setting up stealths recently the they bought alot of stuff i was looking lol and he made good profits too

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I agree, I have used a lot of items front Dollar Tree too!

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I usually sell bridges, so I don't know about you!

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I've been thinking of selling my used underwear since watching Orange is the new Black? Would Ebay class these as high risk.. I hope not :nono:

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It is an absolute MYTH that used DVD's are high risk on new accounts, certainly from a UK point of view.

They are great to use to build up accounts.

Easy to get hold of, just make sure they look clean. Always take your own pictures. Always under estimate condition. So even if you think it looks 'very good' do not mark it that high.

There are millions for sale at any one time on ebay uk, I have personally sold thousands over the years to build many, many accounts and have only ever had 1 case open as not received, which was dealt with easily and with no after effects.

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Make sure your buyers are happy

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...make sure your used underwear have been washed... otherwise they fall in the "fetish" category which I assume is higher risk ;)

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Every item may be problem if some seller use wrong technique for listing his items. For me DVD selling also goes well.
It's not worth in long term but for start it's great ;)

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I find the local dollar store to be a fantastic place to get cheap low risk items to get started selling on ebay. It wont make you rich but it sure will establish you as a seller in a hurry. Of course providing superb service is always a part of it as well.

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Add me to the group that says for USA buyers, items from DollarTree or 99 Cent store are pretty low risk, just don't expect too much profit or even a small loss, but it's good for eBay to see that you are "checking" out how sales work and it seems reasonable to them that a "new" seller would be selling cheap household items

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One time i tried to sell cell phone on just created ebay account and got limit almost instantly. Then they asked me to proof my identity. So underwear a good point to start getting feedbacks seriously(!). At least you don't need to be afraid to be locked for unwashed dress.

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Cellphone...hope you have not repeated this

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Sharpened pencils... Oh yea my niche.... Nobody steam my idea!!!

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There is always those few that complain "it is from dollar store".... duh!

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Hey, if they couldn't figure out the items were from the dollar store....their bad!

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Yae still could lead to negative feedback. I had to learn this hard way selling dollar store items for feedback....

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First of all thanks to everyone who has provided the information on these forums for us new sellers to get started.

I recently opened a new stealth paypal and ebay account and have not been linked to any old paypal/ebay account or gotten any suspension notice as of now, which, to me, is a good sign but only time will tell.

I have about about 3 boxes full of old PS2 games that I can sell to make a little bit of cash and also to build a reputation on Ebay

Will it be a good idea to start listing these games 1 by 1 right off the bat on a fresh account?

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Generally all the electronics, computers and videogames are risky items..
i would not list any of those as first item and not even secon. Chose something more "generic".

A few days ago one of my brand new stealth accounts was closed down without any quesytions or any chance of appeal because I listed this one as my very first item, a 1€ auction in PC category.

http://www.telecommander.com/pics/li...B-PS2-unit.jpg

Lesson learned.

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See, I would love to know for a fact if US ebay/pp is anymore 'sensitive' than UK.:confused:

If it was hypothetically a question regarding a UK account I would say there would be no problem listing 3 or 4 each month for the first 3 months then gradually increasing until month 6. As long as you take your own pics and sell along with other items also, I can not see a problem.

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Wow...Why? It makes sence somebody who just registered to eBay will sell an item like that. did you mention its used?

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You can sell books and used clothes , these are low risk items ,

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Yeah, why???

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Electronic and PC item

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My biggest tip ..don't use off the shelf pictures, always shoot some pics on your phone or camera, I know its a pain in the arse but I have sold stuff as New but with home made pics and never had a problem. And don't list 5 of the same item lol ..so bad :)
Small Pound store toys are great imao.

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Sorry for resurrecting a dead thread, if this is the kind of forum that worries about that.

What about selling short handwritten notes of encouragement, or something like that? I've seen magic spells on eBay so those should probably work too.

Is it absolutely necessary to have some low risk sales under an account's belt before moving into high-risk items? If, for example, you're selling 10 high-risk items or less for a total of less than $500 a month on a FRESH account, would that account get zucced?

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You may or may not get a response since it's difficult to know if your item is considered high risk or not.

No, but do you really want to take the risk? if so then so be it.....this forum tries to help people stay safe, some Senior members may already know what is considered high risk or not, for me....I like to start with low risk items.

There are too many factors that are play. Also, there are some categories that do have "Category Limits" so you may not even be allowed to list more than a certain number of items.

Going back to your item....you are going to have to test the waters.

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comic books

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What about selling cleaners or groceries that have long expiry date? Like candies and stuff?

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Everyone is saying books is good. Is it bad to dropship books from ebay? I am not from the US so can't really ship to my house first or anything

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I think you can sell just about anything at low risk if you just have to dump it the stuff.

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What do you consider "low risk"?

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Low cost dollar store items you find at places like Dollar General, Dollar Tree, 99 Cent Only, Hobby Lobby, Walmart, etc. Think calculators, office supplies, tools, cell phone, or other common household items. Most of them low risk, and at a good price point to get your selling safely started on eBay.

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Hi

I listed my first item with one of the prepaid stealth accounts yesterday
here is what i did with little reading as i still need to spend alot of time to learn and absorb but to start with

• New User Profile on my Laptop
• Kept log of ips and verified the IPS before connecting to VPN( IP BURGER DEDICATED )
• Portable Chrome ( from within the folder)
• New Dedicated IP ( only for this account )
• Browsed items on ebay and listed 1st item after 4 hours ( just one low price item) used batch purifier for pictures
• logged in with Paypal ( shows add passport message but i read its been there for a while now with most of the new accounts)
• installed yahoo mail on my iphone ( disabled images )
• deleted ebay app from my iphone which has previous account ( note my payal was limited not ebay ) but for safe side i will remove paypal too


any thoughts as i will be listening one or two items every day on auction ( should i start buy it now on low price items lets say just to get positive feedback )

* Questions:

while using yahoomail from my phone , if i open the confirmed listening link using my cellular data, will that have any impact or should i stick with email notification only and check my system later with VPN only( the reason i have been using desktop site till yesterday on my phone to access old ebay account )

any other advise..?

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I think pet products are low risk ones you can add hand crafted pet suits

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Guitar picks all the way. Ye and 20£ in the charity shop .

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stuff you find at a dollar store

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Books, coffee, pens

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I've never had trouble selling anything on ebay. I've sold it all. Is it because my account is from 2005? So I'm like grandfathered in? I only started to really sell stuff in 2019 as a business. Since 2005 it has been maybe like 2 items a year...

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Yep sounds like you already have a solid account that's been around for a while.