Power seller program on Ebay.de cancelled?

[walkingupwards]

A while back I wrote an e-mail to Ebay customer support asking them to modify my account's status manually so that I get the power seller status (I fulfilled all requirements at the time except the 90 days condition). To my surprise the employee who read my e-mail did exactly what I asked for and I was a power seller.

Few days later the automatic evaluation took place again and I lost the status because the account wasn't older than 90 days.

I got in touch with Ebay today and asked them to give me that status again as I now fulfill all requirements and they said that the Power-seller program is not used in Germany anymore and it has no effect whatsoever on the account!


Anyone experienced this on Ebay.de? I still see pages about the program on Ebay.de help pages as well as in my seller cockpit!

https://imgur.com/a/igDLk

[DomRau]

Did you call to ebay.de support and they talked with you in english or you are good in german language? Cause when I'am calling them, it's always hard to find a supporter which speaks in English. I am not talking about Paypal support.. DE paypal support employers just speak in German.. how was your experience?

[ebaystealth1974]

Not sure about Germany, but in the US it didn't even mean anything...

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by DomRau

Did you call to ebay.de support and they talked with you in english or you are good in german language? Cause when I'am calling them, it's always hard to find a supporter which speaks in English. I am not talking about Paypal support.. DE paypal support employers just speak in German.. how was your experience?

I think customer support on Ebay.de is exclusively in German.

[ebaystealth1974]

Why are you concerned with the status?

[dallis]

Powerseller is meaningless, it doesn't get you any benefits at all, at least in the US. Why bother? Just to get the little star or whatever the logo is?

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

I think customer support on Ebay.de is exclusively in German.

Sometimes they sound like they speak Ewokse..

[kirkland]

I just tried looking up power seller requirements for US sellers and couldn't find any traces of it on any US pages either. Has it been discounted here also? Only UK pages still pull up a hit

I know old accounts still have the status though - I wonder if its been closed for new accounts?

[Aguero]

OP,

I found this on .de (translated by google).

Note: Participation in the PowerSeller program is no longer a criterion at eBay.de, eBay.at and eBay.ch to become top rated sellers. Please note, however, that if you sell worldwide, you must also have a PowerSeller status for sellers with a registered address in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in order to be voted "Top Rated Vendor" in all other countries.

As a PowerSeller, you have the opportunity to qualify for the Top Rated Salesperson status in the following eBay markets:

UK and Ireland: eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie

USA: eBay.com

Worldwide: eBay.be (Belgium), eBay.fr (France), eBay.it (Italy), eBay.nl (Netherlands), eBay.pl (Poland), eBay.es (Spain) and eBay.com.au ( Australia) and eBay.ca (Canada)

.....Be registered as a commercial seller.

You must be logged in to eBay for at least 90 days.

You have completed at least 100 transactions with buyers in Germany, Austria or Switzerland within 12 months.

Difference between a sold item and a transaction: A buyer buys 6 items simultaneously from a multiple offer. However, this counts only as a transaction.

Have at least € 1,000 in gross sales within 12 months.

Have at least 98% positive reviews.

Meet the eBay seller standards at all times.

Have a balanced account (no accounts receivable).


WARNING EBAY LINK

Full info

https://pages.ebay.de/help/sell/sell....html#benefits

[Verificationguy]

waste of time