Immediate Payment yes or no

[sdot10]

When you have a buy it now is it best to do immediate payment or not. I cant see how but does immediate payment cause any paypal/ebay red flags that a normal transaction doesnt. I wanna try it out because im tired of non paying buyers and people who just dont respond.

[EarthShaker]

It depends on your Seller account i guess. the more legitimate it looks like,the less trouble you will face.
IMO if you list an item with an account < 10 feedback and put buy it now,ebay gonna knock you out.

[slapped]

In my experience, with Ebay accounts, I see that Strickly Auction accounts with NO Buy it Now listings tend to last longer, I am still attempting to quantify this, but the evidence I have does suggest this is true.

Does anyone else have any Insights that might be useful here?

[jamblix]

Yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. I've been saving and researching a ton of sellers who have either high VeRO or ⊗⊗⊗⊗ items for sale and the ones who do only auctions are lasting longer.

To the OP, I highly doubt your payment terms have anything to do with eBay flagging your listing or looking risky. Buyers who use the Buy it Now feature usually end up paying immediately anyways. I only had trouble with non-paying buyers in auction listings.

[forummember]

I am going to start introducing immediate payments mainly because of the amount of people I get that end up not paying - I've got anything between 8-15 disputes a week about unpaid items.