Below Standard vs. New Account

[mysterythemoon]

Just came back to eBay to find my account had slipped to Below Standard. Three cases were opened and closed without my participation. I left some items up for sale accidentally after I decided to take a break from eBay, and three customers bought them and I obviously didn't respond. An honest mistake on my part, but clearly I'm to blame. Anyway. Other than this new Below Standard rating, my account is clean. 100% positive feedback. $13,000/100 selling limit. 65 positive comments. 15 months old.

But now that I've started to list items, I've quickly discovered my items are buried in the search results, sometimes as low as 9th or 10th pages. Getting no views.

So... should I just cut bait and start a new stealth? Is going through the newbie process all over again better than (seemingly) being throttled and held back? Or should I not give up on this account just yet? Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Play]

You could sell cheap items, work your way back up.

and at the same time I would also start up another account.

In the end you have two very solid accounts.

[mysterythemoon]

Do the "cases closed without seller resolution" blemishes age off over time?

[mysterythemoon]

The reason I ask is that to get back to under .03%, I'd have to sell roughly 850 items. Might be easier to just start a few more accounts, use those and build those up, until this account ages back to Above Standard again. That is, assuming time heals all wounds.

[james13v]

Originally Posted by mysterythemoon

Do the "cases closed without seller resolution" blemishes age off over time?

a year ...