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new accounts & planning for Black Friday
 

I have a dilemma. I am currently trying trying to create / purchase accounts in preparation for black Friday. Hollidays are a crazy time for me and sometimes my sales literally 10x.

however, I have no aged accounts whatsoever, as Ive not been on ebay in some time. I have a real detail account from 2001 that ive only ever sold one item on, a few (handful or so) accounts from 2018 with 100+ FB which have not sold since 2018, and thats it. was thinking of purchasing some aged accounts (180+ days), as well as creating maybe 30-40 accounts and selling slooooow until BF - 1 item/day month 1, 2/day month 2, 3/day month 3, etc. BF is 109d away, so id just be exiting the 90d mark when it rolls around.


however, thats all the accounts I have. this may seem like alot of accounts, but my understanding is all of these accounts would be considered new in ebay's eyes.

so whats the best way to prepare for BF? does 10x in sales mean I must create 10x my # of accounts? should I try to increase listing quantities on a weekly basis instead of monthly (to expedite the process)? should I simply put all my eggs in one basket, risk a suspension on one of my best accounts, and simply hope that an appeal would get me back in the game? do I simply accept I will not be prepared for BF this year and look towards next year? (and/or amazon)

note these are all non-vero, non-phake, verifiable in-stock items. I would feel 100% comfortable sending invoices, licenses, all that, all legit, but my understanding is even with that it is still risky to sell too much too fast.

*this is not a MP thread. yes, I am aware that MP will change the account creation process... I will do the best I can and hope for the best*

Re: new accounts & planning for Black Friday
 

Multiple account with spread of sales is the way to go in my opinion

Re: new accounts & planning for Black Friday
 

Uh, yeah their security goes up during Black Friday week for this very reason. Even well established accounts that go over the threshold get manual reviews by in house team.

Honestly if you want to grow accounts use this as an opportunity to get extra sales, but don’t think of it as a make up for lost time strategy. You will most assuredly get MC011.

On my main account if sales start running to hot I’ll be putting it on vacation mode during Black Friday week. The extra money is not worth the risk and the risk is extremely high. Having used eBay for as long as I have I know security gets amplified and they are very quick to flag accounts with any suspicious activity.