Poll: Old account with 89%/110 feedback Vs Fresh account with 100%/0 feedback

[python]

My main account get banned two weeks ago and I had no backup options. Now I have to choose how to restart my business as soon as possible waiting for fresh backup accounts to get back to work.
Should I try to sacrifice my old account which I used between Oct and Dec 2018, which has 110 feedback @ 89% (it was an error of mine and got a bunch of bad feedbacks at the end of December) and still from 6 months or it's a bad idea and I should wait for fresh accounts to be ready? I was very happy with that account because it's very old (signed up in 2010) and I eventually unlocked the "instant payment" checkpoint in December. I don't know if starting today almost 4 months later it still works without 10 days hold, but do you expert guys think it's worth a try?

[yankee]

To me, they are the same.
110 feedback is not very many and buyers rarely care about feedback anyways.

[slokor]

I wouldn't buy from either to be honest.
Id go with the fresh account though if I was you. It would take a long time to fix the 89% feedback issue and those comments will never go away. On a fresh account at least you can make sure not to repeat the same mistakes.

[nickopedia]

I really wouldn't pay that much attention to feedbacks to be honest. Most buyers really don't pay any attention, nor care about it.

I have several low FB accounts that sell considerably better than those that are much more established.

[python]

Originally Posted by yankee

To me, they are the same.
110 feedback is not very many and buyers rarely care about feedback anyways.

In which sense do you think they are the same? It's not just the 110 feedback perk, don't forget it's a very old account, registered in 2010 and many limits were removed like the 21 days hold. And this is why I would like to make a bet on this account, because the instant funds that can provide would considerably speed up the building of the new accounts. Do you guys think that the 21 days old will be reestablished after these months of nothing or funds will be instantly available as I remember from December 2018?

[python]

Originally Posted by slokor

I wouldn't buy from either to be honest.
Id go with the fresh account though if I was you. It would take a long time to fix the 89% feedback issue and those comments will never go away. On a fresh account at least you can make sure not to repeat the same mistakes.

The fresh accounts are on the go. And the old account would be only a quick money solution for some days.

[yankee]

21 day holds go away very quickly...... who cares about them?

Why not do both?

[xxbossman111]

Originally Posted by yankee

21 day holds go away very quickly...... who cares about them?

Why not do both?

i thought 21 day hold don't go away until you sell 25 items, make $250, an the Account is 90 days old.

[martyjump]

For me when buying i would rather buy from a seller with 89% feedback and a selling history than a brand new account with 0 or low feedback

[yankee]

Originally Posted by xxbossman111

i thought 21 day hold don't go away until you sell 25 items, make $250, an the Account is 90 days old.

it is. Sometimes shorter and sometimes longer.

[bman707]

Yah but if you add tracking which you always should so people don't say they didn't get its only like a 7 day wait I don't mind helps me save more money having the hold.

[phaz0rz]

There's no poll in the thread. :/

I'd sell on both accounts because, why not?

Wait, what do you mean by "sacrifice your account"? Can't you just start selling on it and not lose it? Sorry if that's already been answered.

[ebaystealth1974]

I would sell on both.

Good thing about negative feedback is that it falls off after 12 months. So, this December, that account will go back to 100% feedback. (Or after you receive 1 positive, if you don't sell on it until then)

[python]

Originally Posted by xxbossman111

i thought 21 day hold don't go away until you sell 25 items, make $250, an the Account is 90 days old.

The age of the account is important for sure, because my first account, the one 10 years old had the limit removed after like 50 feedbacks and 500€ sold. The new account which got busted has never been removed from hold, and I sold like 3k euros on that. I was blocked in a very funny way actually because eBay started sending emails to my customers saying I had my account hacked by scammes and providing a fast way to get a refund.
That said, I'm not very sure of what's the algorithm behind it.

[python]

Originally Posted by bman707

Yah but if you add tracking which you always should so people don't say they didn't get its only like a 7 day wait I don't mind helps me save more money having the hold.

It's not that easy in Europe because what I've noticed is that if I sell on my originary eBay, which is EBay.it, I can make the order "shipped" and wait just 7 days (even if I have always to wait upto 10 days however). But when I sell on ebay.de, which is what I need, they put me the 21 days hold. And that hold is not the classic one like you receive the email from PayPal "Ebay asked us to hold this payment and this can take a while". It's like another PayPal secondary-section of holds called "Availability of funds" which lasts exactly 21 days and it's managed by PayPal itself. I don't know if you guys ever noticed something like this.

[python]

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974

I would sell on both.

Good thing about negative feedback is that it falls off after 12 months. So, this December, that account will go back to 100% feedback. (Or after you receive 1 positive, if you don't sell on it until then)

My wondering is if after all these months I will get the 21 days hold like fresh account or no.

[ebaystealth1974]

Originally Posted by python

My wondering is if after all these months I will get the 21 days hold like fresh account or no.

Who's to say? Doesn't matter if you do, though, since it goes away very quickly.

[james13v]

Originally Posted by python

My main account get banned two weeks ago and I had no backup options. Now I have to choose how to restart my business as soon as possible waiting for fresh backup accounts to get back to work.
Should I try to sacrifice my old account which I used between Oct and Dec 2018, which has 110 feedback @ 89% (it was an error of mine and got a bunch of bad feedbacks at the end of December) and still from 6 months or it's a bad idea and I should wait for fresh accounts to be ready? I was very happy with that account because it's very old (signed up in 2010) and I eventually unlocked the "instant payment" checkpoint in December. I don't know if starting today almost 4 months later it still works without 10 days hold, but do you expert guys think it's worth a try?

Doesn't sound like you were very far into your business, if a 2010 account only had 110 feedback. So " restarting" doesn't really mean much. But before you restart anything, figure out WHY you got banned, and, well, don't do that. So, why were you banned?

[ddm50]

Originally Posted by ebaystealth1974

Who's to say? Doesn't matter if you do, though, since it goes away very quickly.

I wouldn't say it goes away quickly, it goes away after 3months usually, for smaller payments it'll be 1-2months.

[cafonabob]

Try to save both accounts. Why do you need to sacrifice it? 89% is excellent. Only stupid people buying on eBay now. They don't even read item description.

If you need to choose definitely the one with high feedback. Stupid question.

[nickopedia]

Originally Posted by cafonabob

Try to save both accounts. Why do you need to sacrifice it? 89% is excellent. Only stupid people buying on eBay now. They don't even read item description.

If you need to choose definitely the one with high feedback. Stupid question.

Ain't this the truth. I just had a buyer ask me a question that was clearly in the description.

Also feedback matter little now, the vast majority of potential buyers don't even see or care about feedback, especially if they are using the eBay mobile app.

[python]

Originally Posted by james13v

Doesn't sound like you were very far into your business, if a 2010 account only had 110 feedback. So " restarting" doesn't really mean much. But before you restart anything, figure out WHY you got banned, and, well, don't do that. So, why were you banned?

Well, I used that account only for buying from 2010 to Sep 2018, then I used it as selling account until Dec 2018.
I sold very high risk items, Netflix accounts. But I turned out to do a good job avoiding VERO and the Ebay policies. I am pretty confident that ebay spotted me because the day before the suspension I made an unusual higher amount of money than previous day and they came mainly from the evil ebay DE. The account blocking notification email was in German and the reason was "Unauthorized use of account" which was obviously not the case.