How this guy list 80k items on a new account?

[ithelps]

I found a brand new seller account, 3 days old with 0 feedback, and he was able to list 80k+ items. How is this possible?

Does subscribing to a enterprise plan allow you to list that much immediately on a brand new account?

[nickopedia]

It could be he has more than one account and called in to have the same limits from another more estabilished account applied to the new one.

Contrary to what many people think- eBay allows you to have more than one seller account, and in fact has systems in place to allow it. There are tons of legitimate reasons why established sellers would want more than one account.

[ithelps]

Originally Posted by nickopedia

It could be he has more than one account and called in to have the same limits from another more estabilished account applied to the new one.

Contrary to what many people think- eBay allows you to have more than one seller account, and in fact has systems in place to allow it. There are tons of legitimate reasons why established sellers would want more than one account.

Is it possible to have a brand new ebay account with 100k listing without having to call in or having a previous established account?

[SaiJin]

Yep, it's called RNG.

You gotta be very lucky to get it. Or he's had this account forever.

But one thing for sure... that account most likely will get nuked if he keeps it up

[ithelps]

Originally Posted by SaiJin

Yep, it's called RNG.

You gotta be very lucky to get it. Or he's had this account forever.

But one thing for sure... that account most likely will get nuked if he keeps it up

I don't think it's RNG. Because I can get unlimited 1k listing accounts, so this guy must have a method to get 100k listing accounts. The account is only 3 day old. He def knows something that I don't know.

[walkingupwards]

I don't like selling using two different accounts. Items of nne of the accounts will always have a hard time reaching first page...etc

It's like they have a hidden cap on one of them and won't allow it to sell as good as the other one.

For example, the first account will bring in around 2500 monthly feedbacks. Although the 2nd account has the same number of listings and all its items are listed differently (different pics...etc), it won't bring more than 500-700 feedbacks no matter what I do.


Anyone with similar experience?

[dealagreeproceed]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

I don't like selling using two different accounts. Items of nne of the accounts will always have a hard time reaching first page...etc

It's like they have a hidden cap on one of them and won't allow it to sell as good as the other one.

For example, the first account will bring in around 2500 monthly feedbacks. Although the 2nd account has the same number of listings and all its items are listed differently (different pics...etc), it won't bring more than 500-700 feedbacks no matter what I do.


Anyone with similar experience?

i ll take those numbers any day of the week

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by dealagreeproceed

i ll take those numbers any day of the week

I was merely hypothesizing bro

The point is, using two accounts to sell in the same category will only put restraint on the main account. At least that's what I experienced. Maybe others could jump in and tell us how it went down for them.

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by walkingupwards

I was merely hypothesizing bro

The point is, using two accounts to sell in the same category will only put restraint on the main account. At least that's what I experienced. Maybe others could jump in and tell us how it went down for them.

I've had the same experience but reached a different conclusion.

If I list the same thing one two different accounts at the same time with different photos, title, description, one of the listings will usually take off and one will not do so well. I've always attributed that phenomena to there only being so many buyers looking to buy that item. Whichever of the two listings grabs Cassini's attention first shoots up to the top, which doesn't leave much traffic for the 2nd listing.

That's why I don't usually list exactly the same across multiple accounts. Selling variations of the same item across multiple accounts is highly effective in my experience.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, I don't think that eBay is realizing that you're listing in the same category on two accounts and then limiting the sales of both. I think it's more like one of the listings naturally gains traction while the other doesn't.

[ithelps]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

I've had the same experience but reached a different conclusion.

If I list the same thing one two different accounts at the same time with different photos, title, description, one of the listings will usually take off and one will not do so well. I've always attributed that phenomena to there only being so many buyers looking to buy that item. Whichever of the two listings grabs Cassini's attention first shoots up to the top, which doesn't leave much traffic for the 2nd listing.

That's why I don't usually list exactly the same across multiple accounts. Selling variations of the same item across multiple accounts is highly effective in my experience.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, I don't think that eBay is realizing that you're listing in the same category on two accounts and then limiting the sales of both. I think it's more like one of the listings naturally gains traction while the other doesn't.

Same experience for me. I wonder if this applies to Amazon as well. Anyone knows?

[walkingupwards]

Originally Posted by ithelps

Same experience for me. I wonder if this applies to Amazon as well. Anyone knows?

Amazon doesn't allow sellers to operate more than one account.

[ebaystealth1974]

Nickopedia is talking about a different scenario than the one you guys are hypothesizing about..

[DerFranz]

Originally Posted by nickopedia

Contrary to what many people think- eBay allows you to have more than one seller account,

100% correct information, it's allowed and there is no problem in having several accounts

[slokor]

But its not the safest way to do things since if one of those accounts goes down they all go down.

[nickopedia]

It used to be that if you wanted to request higher limits on a new or existing account, you could apply the limits from another account(s) you had simply by contacting eBay.

It's kinda the same thing with Credit Card companies. Suppose you have two separate accounts with the same bank; one card with $3000 CL, and another with a $1500 line. With many banks, you can combine each of them into a single card with $4500 on it. Citibank, Capital One, and BofA do this.

But, back to the topic. It's not good practice to combine account as Slokor points out above. Stealth is all about spreading RISK and keeping things separate. It's about continuity and staying up when your other accounts go down.