Will my eBay account be back to normal again?

[walkingupwards]

Work on this account on the side and rebuild it slowly, it will eventually catch up and go back to normal.

[samspalace]

I have another update on my eBay account. I’ve basically listened to eBay cancelled all amazon listings, went into site preferences and disabled shopmaster API. Shipping from my address and using tracking numbers.

My account is slowly being unflagged. My listing views and promotions are slowly increasing. The eBay agent told me today in the next 48 to 72 hours my account will be back to normal top of the listings making sales again.

I’ve been told it can take a maximum of 45 days but I think my account will be okay soon.

[djbuyer80]

Originally Posted by samspalace

I have another update on my eBay account. I’ve basically listened to eBay cancelled all amazon listings, went into site preferences and disabled shopmaster API. Shipping from my address and using tracking numbers.

My account is slowly being unflagged. My listing views and promotions are slowly increasing. The eBay agent told me today in the next 48 to 72 hours my account will be back to normal top of the listings making sales again.

I’ve been told it can take a maximum of 45 days but I think my account will be okay soon.

So my account got flagged last Friday. Over the weekend it was working fine and then on Monday the views stopped and hardly any sales. So after you removed all your listings have you actually sold stuff now that you have in inventory since you were flagged? How many items have you sold? Are you doing buyitnow or auctions?

[samspalace]

Don’t worry that your account is flagged it will be back to normal if you follow eBay guidelines everything will be fine. I have stock to sell at home and I’ve left those listings up. Sales are really bad gone from 30-50 sales a day to maybe 1-3 a day. Those sales are from repeating customers not from my potential buyers as my organic views and promoted listings are still low but slowly increasing due to following eBays policy.

[djbuyer80]

Originally Posted by samspalace

Don’t worry that your account is flagged it will be back to normal if you follow eBay guidelines everything will be fine. I have stock to sell at home and I’ve left those listings up. Sales are really bad gone from 30-50 sales a day to maybe 1-3 a day. Those sales are from repeating customers not from my potential buyers as my organic views and promoted listings are still low but slowly increasing due to following eBays policy.

The stock you are currently selling are you doing buyitnow or auctions? So I noticed you also got a seatlh account as well? Are you selling on that account as well? How many items do you list on that account?

[samspalace]

Always buy it now. Yesterday I sold 6 on my flagged account probably the best day I’ve had since my account was flagged. I havnt sold anything on my stealth account yet just waiting for new bank card to arrive. I want to drop ship on that account so going to manually list items up to start off with and see what happens.

[djbuyer80]

Originally Posted by samspalace

Always buy it now. Yesterday I sold 6 on my flagged account probably the best day I’ve had since my account was flagged. I havnt sold anything on my stealth account yet just waiting for new bank card to arrive. I want to drop ship on that account so going to manually list items up to start off with and see what happens.

So do you feel your account is coming back to life and getting more views on your listings?

[samspalace]

Well from the October 1st to October 7th my views were around 15 a day. On the 8th October they were 459 views and last 2 days were around 1400 views. Right now it’s at around 1100 views. But I believe the sales I achieved yesterday were from returning customers as my listing is still sitting on page 3. It’s slowly coming back but know where near I want it to be. I’m actually making a loss at the moment as I’m using tracking numbers to prove to eBay the items are being posted from my address.

[djbuyer80]

Originally Posted by samspalace

Well from the October 1st to October 7th my views were around 15 a day. On the 8th October they were 459 views and last 2 days were around 1400 views. Right now it’s at around 1100 views. But I believe the sales I achieved yesterday were from returning customers as my listing is still sitting on page 3. It’s slowly coming back but know where near I want it to be. I’m actually making a loss at the moment as I’m using tracking numbers to prove to eBay the items are being posted from my address.

How is your flagged account coming along? Still low views or getting better now that you deleted all the listings and started shipping your own items? I am in same situation with my flagged account. Mostly get 1-3 sales a day, afew 5-6 days, but nothing like before. Thinking of deleting all my listings too and sell my own inventory and see if account will come back. Let me know your update.

[Camaro2SS]

Wow OP doesn’t listen .... I told you, once your account is flagged there is no way to unflag it. I’ve been drop shipping from amazon to eBay for 4 years now. I lost dozens of accounts so I would know a thing or two. eBay agents don’t know **** .... even senior managers don’t really know what direction eBay is going.

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by djbuyer80

So if the account is toast as you say...but still flagged and not banned/suspended can we just go and make a new account and the flag will not carryover to the new account? Can we use different email, same name, address, bank info, etc. to make new account and be OK. I heard that accounts that are banned/suspended need to worry about having all new stuff and stealth accounts compared to flagged accounts. If we are using managed payments then we don't have to worry about having new Paypal accounts either.

Seriously start reading the stealth guide.

Based on your question, you should learn the basics so you understand how to do things the right way and in the right order

[samspalace]

If you look on YouTube you can see videos of flagged accounts being unflagged. If you continue to use API software on a flagged account and continue to do what you was doing then your account will stay flagged or will be suspended.

If you upload tracking numbers and use correct item location then your account will be unflagged. At the moment its been 18 days since my account was flagged and views have gone from 5-15 a day to around 1600 views a day I’ve been told it can take 1-2 months to get the account fully restored so hopefully it will be back to normal again.

[djbuyer80]

Originally Posted by samspalace

If you look on YouTube you can see videos of flagged accounts being unflagged. If you continue to use API software on a flagged account and continue to do what you was doing then your account will stay flagged or will be suspended.

If you upload tracking numbers and use correct item location then your account will be unflagged. At the moment its been 18 days since my account was flagged and views have gone from 5-15 a day to around 1600 views a day I’ve been told it can take 1-2 months to get the account fully restored so hopefully it will be back to normal again.

When you say 1600 views a day are you talking about the total views for all your items? The 5-15 views day was the total views when you were flagged? How many items are currently listed on your account to get the 1600 views a day now?

[samspalace]

Yeah it’s for the total items so I have 2 listings up one of the listings has 10 variations of the product so different products in the listing but the total views is for 2 listings. It’s averaging 600-800 views for promoted listings and around 600-800 views for organic views. My account is still flagged. Before it was around 5-15 views for the 2 listings. I’m hoping after 30 or 60 days it will be back to normal again. Need to start selling 50 items a day again.

[samspalace]

Watched a really good video on YouTube today about getting a flagged eBay account unflagged. Here’s the video.

https://youtu.be/7pwn0Em-Yh8

[rsot]

Originally Posted by Camaro2SS

Wow OP doesn’t listen .... I told you, once your account is flagged there is no way to unflag it. I’ve been drop shipping from amazon to eBay for 4 years now. I lost dozens of accounts so I would know a thing or two. eBay agents don’t know **** .... even senior managers don’t really know what direction eBay is going.

Agent to agent variability of knowledge is pretty big, sadly geez

[djbuyer80]

Originally Posted by samspalace

Yeah it’s for the total items so I have 2 listings up one of the listings has 10 variations of the product so different products in the listing but the total views is for 2 listings. It’s averaging 600-800 views for promoted listings and around 600-800 views for organic views. My account is still flagged. Before it was around 5-15 views for the 2 listings. I’m hoping after 30 or 60 days it will be back to normal again. Need to start selling 50 items a day again.

Any new update on your old account coming back or still flagged? How many items have you shipped now from your own location since you took down the old listings and put up new listings?

[samspalace]

So it’s been just over 30 days since my eBay account got flagged right now it’s still flagged. However my 2 main listings which generate me the most money are at the top of the pages on eBay app on google, safari and Firefox still down the pages (bouncing from page 2 to 5) impressions are still the same clicks however are going up ever so slightly nothing to get too excited about. Sales are still the same.

What I have done is auction my main Buy it now listings as well changed pictures, descriptions etc. Basically I have 10 variations on one listing. I listed those 10 items separately as 3 day auctions I only listed them today actually. I’ve been going to my local pound shop and I’ve been buying items to sell some sell, some don’t.

I do feel like this account will be back in fact my projected seller performance for 20th November is top rated seller at the moment it’s above standard and I’ve been told this will give me an advantage when my account does come back to life.

I don’t know how many I’ve posted from my correct item location but it’s quit a lot. I’m using eBay to print the labels off so return address is the same on my account.

Also to mention I was contacting eBay everyday through live chat for the first month and I was promised a rep would reply back to me and eventually they did. They sent me an email saying if I comply with what they are asking my account will be back to restore my account quicker they said I could send

1. Legal document showing that you have a contract with your supplier,
2. Legal document showing that you own your inventory and have your own warehouse.

I’ve chosen not to get creative and send anything to them as I don’t potentially want to kill the account if documents get declined. I’m happy to wait the days out well I’m not but it’s the only way to get my account back so just continuing on what I’m doing.