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Here's a Suggestion...Maybe??
 

Not sure if this would be beneficial or sound but I have sold on ebay for years and of course we all know about the requirements for PayPal 21 day hold, etc.

I'm wondering, if 90 days, is the point at which Paypal will begin to release instant payments along with the other variables, why not just sale a couple of items(maybe like 5 TOTAL) over the course of 3 months and then after the 90 day mark attempt to get past the Paypal benchmarks?

This would seem to be more stable versus selling multiple items 1st month...then guessing how many to sell in the second month etc. possibly risking the account being killed... If they are looking at the account based on the amount of days it has been open to validate it being stronger it would make sense not to put as much effort into the first 90 days and simply wait to hit the PayPal marks after 90 days.

Although you will make a sale right away from the time you opened the account and a few sales in between. Does this make sense?

That way, the person can focus on starting new accounts and getting them going with the same strategy and the more established accounts are doing their thing anyway...

Hitting the PP requirements are very easy....What say you fellow aspkins?????

Re: Here's a Suggestion...Maybe??
 

Their security systems are setup to make it not quite that easy.

Several sellers here do offer aged accounts with selling histories (and therefore no PP holds, theoretically). The problem is that even on old established accounts, if your primary login IP suddenly changes and you suddenly start selling an entirely new line of products (as is often the case when the account goes from seller to buyer), Paypal is very likely to reapply payment holds.

It's better for the account overall if you just start out fresh selling your own items.

Re: Here's a Suggestion...Maybe??
 

Interesting but that makes sense...so in other words keep the account fairly active throughout the 90 days without raising any red flags?? Thats not a problem for me i was just curious of a workaround without jumping through so many hoops in the first 90 days...Thnx for the heads up phaz!