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Your payouts are temporarily on hold-5 days
 

The review process may take up to 5 business days.- and then get MC011, what's the problem of this?

I have around 30 accounts that last 3-4 years, which have more than 1000 positive feedbacks and since last Dec， evey 10 days, there would be 2-3 accounts that met this restriction and even yesterday I got 2 accounts banned, don't know the reason, anyone who can give some suggestions?

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There is obviously something in your stealth setup which is failing the AI inspection of it now, the protocols which they check obviously change over time with more intelligent methods being employed.

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this is not a question of setup but either overselling or selling risky items , on established accounts most likely sold too much too quickly and likely received too many disputes

in general payout review happens when there is a certain volume or many disputes

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It’s a performance review so echoing what murdered by eBay sent. We’ve all been murdered by eBay tho.

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List your steps of recent account creation for analysis

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my item location is in CA but in my listing, it shows item location in CO, this is a reason?

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all my accounts are run for 3-4 years, and i don't know if ebay changed rules, another seller tell me ebay hate drop shipping, and my item location is in CA but in my listing, it shows item location in CO, this is a reason? ,maybe ebay AI think is this dropshipping, so the system flaged?

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i sold item as usual and there is no big volume, every account around 100-200 USd, and even i have 2-3 accounts that have't sales for 1 month and met this checking, and i don't have disputes, as soon as there is one, i refunded to close it. all the accounts status is TOP rated seller, don't know why.

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I agree with degsey in that something is most likely triggering the ai scans. It is becoming more accurate as time passes

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Are you a drop shipping business and are you using any software?

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Not drop shipping and all are items with actual shipping within 2 business days, and i don't use software.

now what I am thinking about is lited item location in listings is diffrent from my actual shipping address. i doubt ebay will check where the package first scanned to match with the item location I listed in listings.

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I wouldn’t think to much into the item location. This normally applies when your drop shipping using software eBay then throttle your listings which is not what has happened to you.

Seller metrics you said is good. Have you increased your sales volume recently and have you had more returns then usual?

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check one of my account which been restricted.
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[quote=krones;1236524]check one of my account which been restricted.


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you wrote 100-200 usd but the above screenshots showed 3K turnover per month , in ebay terms it is large volume

what are the categories you sell in?

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For me I got MC999

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I mean 100-200 usd per day as this account always. I think it is not too much? it is in home categories.

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why cant you list the location CA instead of CO?
Is the location in CA a warehouse where your dropshipper has his inventory?
If so,Ebay knows them.
Ebay does not like retail arbitrage,buying from another retailer and selling them on another retail site,but if your CA location is just a warehouse where you stock your goods,thats not a retailer to retailer.
or it could be your wholesaler/distributor

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I agree I believe they have updated their algorithm AI. I’ve had the same issue with about 60+ accounts they’re getting better at detecting a lot of different instances.

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Sadly, very expected given the progress and ease of detection methods/processes

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if it is not a problem with items or performance the only remaining issue I can think of is linkage between various accounts , you are not running them from the same computer on different users , are you?

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Something isn't right here, you're leaving out info. If you've used that account for 3-4 years, how is it possible there is 807 total feedback and 106 positive within the last 30 days??

That ratio is a red flag. For you to get 106 feedback that quickly means you had to of sold a tremendous amount of goods relative to prior history, OR you a buying cheap items to boost your feedback score.

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Did you get mc011 after this 5 day review? It was because you increased your sales so eBay just wanted to do a quick review of your account.

If they ask for mc011 they probably saw all your stock your selling and want to know where it’s being sourced.

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his screenshots show 677 items sold within 3 months and 1577 sold within 12 months

this means that 43% of annual volume were sold in the last 3 months , if the other 57% were sold evenly with about 19% per quarter this would mean that his sales volume more than doubled in the last 3 months which is a frequent reason for reviews

another question is what exactly he was selling , if he started selling a different type of items suddenly in relation to previous selling history that be a reason for suspension

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A local accountant told me in the early days of listing AMZN listings on EBay and making AMZN to do the work,one of his clients made 22 cents per order and ended up with $22k per month,for the year,she made $220K
At first I dont believe him,but he said he is her accountant and did her tax return.
So back in the early days,you can use a software to list your AMZN listings on Ebay,constantly update these listings when they are out of stock ,price change on AMZN and adjust your listings accordingly.
Such software is no longer allowed on Ebay.

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another reason for suspension might be the tracking numbers , he is probably selling the same stuff on all his accounts shipping it from the same location in a different state , all tracking numbers display the zip code so that his accounts could have been linked , especially if he listed identical items on various accounts

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It has to be more than how many orders she gets,it is what she sells and someone could have reported her.

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Volume itself can be a trigger, not just amounts. I said it before but it is worth saying again, my strongest account on eBay was built under the most organic process I've had since I started with eBay. That is because I had so many accounts when I first started many years ago, and eventually most got suspended by my own mistakes and ignorance with stealth. Then I had one left, and that ended up being my main account over time but my sales curve line was very even. I did not intentionally do that, it just happened, which was organic, which is what eBay expects an account to have.

Sales spiking is the most obvious red flag.

You cannot be greedy selling on eBay anymore, if sales spike you've got to put your account in vacation mode or you are risking suspension.

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ALSO if one usually sells low price items and then all of a sudden starts selling high ticket ones ,like designer handbag,cell phone ,precious metal jewelry.

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you do not need to stop selling after a spike but just reduce volume

if you get a review you must reduce volume as a review is an indication of too high turnover and too many sales

you can increase it though over time but not at a 50% per month rate unless you are on a very low volume where for example $100 or $200 per month do not make any difference

$3000 per month is a lot of money though , it is enough to get kicked out of ebay

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Yeah but how do you control that? If it is ending listings I guess that is an option however it's a lot more time consuming and some listings are better to keep active if they have sales because those produce more sales overtime.

My last account that got suspended I speak from experience with this same problem. I guess I have mastered things outside of eBay so much so that when I do try on new accounts my sales come extremely fast. I had to put my account on vacation mode many times. Though when I would go back live I'd get $800+ days, only need a few of those to really impact your monthly total which ends up in a red flag scenario.

The next account I plan to use I'm just going to reduce my items listed, and make sure I do not exceed $1000 in the first 3 months, and keep a 10% increase as the months follow. If ever my account is at risk of exceeding it I'll put it in vacation. That is the only control one has to reduce risk completely, or you just end all your listings but why do that? Vacation mode is a better solution.

Basically for me I cannot view eBay as a stream of income for the first 6 months, which sucks but thats how I am going to use it. Then come holiday seasons my hope is to average out around $5k, then next year at most do $10k per month. I used to push $20k+ when I only sold on eBay but nowadays I don't think that is smart, and I'd rather just keep things safe and be happy with 10k per month.

It is really hard to stop sales coming in once they do, for me at least.

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if you have items where you know how much they can make or control quantity listed , going down to zero damages the selling history in case you want to start volumes later

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It is just the warehouse, and the fee is lower, that is the reason, so I want to confirm if i should list my real item location, not the regestered one on ebay file.

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totally not the same computer, what i cannot understand is that other's accounts get MC011 directly, why mine is holding for 5 days review, don't know what they are reviewing.

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I use the accounts when others been restricted, so if i have enough accounts, i will just make small quanity orders to maintan accounts, that is why the feedbacks are not that more then you thought, and I can tell you that I have feedback more than 2000 and have the same situation with this account.

if you mean large sales, that I can tell ,yes, last year is more than the year of 2022. so ebay will check date by year?

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yes, I get mc011 after this 5 day review, but don't know how to know the sale's increased time period? for example this year than last year? this month than last month? I have one account don't have sales for 3 months, and got this review then MC011.and another account regetered in 2019 and never have sales, also got 5 days review and then suspended.

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thanks for your explanation, i think it is about orders in period more than before, not different items, i only sell one kind.

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I totally don't use software and all my items are about USD15 items, all are normal sales.