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Multi-Variety Listings can eat up your Selling Limits?
 

I have a lot of eBay accounts, like 30+. I've been selling without problems on them until a few days ago, when about half of them showed me the "Selling Limits" message. I've sold about the same number of items as I did for nearly 2 years, but I probably listed a lot more.

I have about 10 items, in 4 colors, and so I listed a quantity of 10 for each color. Basically, eBay must have counted this as 10x4x10, which is 400, right? I re-listed the items once and then moved to another account. Now about 3 weeks later, I'm trying to re-list them on this account again and I basically get a "Selling Limits" message that I'm unable to list right now.

I had only sold about 50-60 items of those listed, but am I guessing right that because of listing with the new multi-variety option, I have eaten up my selling limits? Because of the re-list, eBay probably counted the 400 twice, so 800 ...plus I did a few mass edits in price and quantity, so they probably counted well over 1000 items listed.

They do count each variation as a item.
So if you have 1 listings that contains, as you said, 10X4X10 they count that as 400 items.

That makes sense. Do you know if I absolutely have to contact Trust&Safety to get the selling limit ever lifted? Or will it go away by itself if I leave the account alone for 1-2 months? The exact message I get is:

It's basically telling me to contact "SafeHarbor Department" which is Trust&Safety. But I don't really want to contact them unless absolutely needed.

Will the selling limits ever go away by themselves?

I suggest you dont contact them. I was selling certain scarfs and received 100% feedbacks for around 30+ days. I called and was told I need to wait 90+ days but i asked for an appeal. The special items item at T&S review my case and denied the appeal. In addition, they suspended this account and all other accounts that were selling the similiar item (eventhough I had different information), The suspension wasn't linked but they put alot of resouces in finding the selling item/pattern. So I strongly do not recommend this path.

I thought so. I have the limits across about 10 accounts right now, but I guess its my fault for listing using multi-variety, 10 items, 4 colors and quantity of 10 ...relisted once, that makes 400 twice, so 800. The accounts have 200-400 feedback, but I probably still hit that limit too fast in 6 days (3 day BuyItNow's).

I noticed one account let me list another 80 items, after 6 weeks, but now it says Selling Limit again. The other account it's been 30 days since the last item sold but it still won't let me list. So I may be restricted for 90 days then.

I don't really want to draw too much attention to it from Trust&Safety, so I don't want to contact them. Just hoping the limits will lift themselves as time passes.