Has ebay changed for the better?
Hey everyone,
Haven't posted in sometime and wanted to share my most recent experience opening a business account. I haven't made a new seller account since late 2020. The account I just made was granted 1,000/$10,000 listing. This type of amount was a holy grail about 5 years ago. I suspect it's because they verify the seller from the jump?
Since having the account set up I've sold about 50-60 items relatively quickly, all shipped same day or next, no issues with customers. I sell this item in particular to boost reputation, and add good numbers to my metrics. Regardless many here would consider this a red flag and I shouldn't do it. I see no problem if you know it's quality selling at a discount to ultimately satisfy consumers. It's a win win scenario.
With that said they held my payments like I expected but they already are released. Now I get instant payments instead of waiting for delivery in just 2-3 weeks into my new account. This again seemed like a fantasy just a few years ago. You needed 90 days of activity at bare minimum, not factoring in PayPal.
Does this sound normal or is my account just a fluke? I don't sell things I know are high risk and I am very familiar with ebay, been doing this since 2013. Just curious some of your thoughts.
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