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Originally Posted by Sandy D  Happens all the time.
I have had several lifted after 25 fb and 90 days to get them held again a few weeks later only to be lifted.
I think they are sending a message letting us know they are watching new accounts closely.
I find it very hard to believe that anyone can run 105k through and account that is only 3 months old.
I may be wrong but I would love to see the proof of this because if this is in fact true, then a ton of us are missing something very important. |
its not that you are missing something important. you are missing something very important. its that you list carelessly and do not do everything correct. just b/c you sell the 10 item limit doesnt mean anything to ebay. its what you sell, how you sell it, and how the auctions are listed.
a lot of people are nervous about the new accounts they make and everything. ebay knows whats going on. they do. so listing on that account a certain way will get you locked. listing certain items on that account will get you locked, timing the auctions in a certain way which that is incorrect will get you locked. there are a number of other ways to but you have to be intelligent about this if you want to make it on here with a stealth account.
when you make a new account, list about 3-4 weeks after the account has been made. dont even touch it. dont even log onto it. make sure the account/paypal account is ready for business in about 3.5 weeks after you open/make the account.
when you list, list it all together, at the same time on the same day, for at least 10 days or 30 days but only at the beginning of the month. you get more veiws, ebay can look at it however long they want and it will be better for you for your sales.
use fixed priced auction. you dont have to but i wouldnt list another way on there unless i didnt care what i got for the item.
if al of your stuff is expensive, well guess what, your screwed for a while until you fix your account to the correct way. theres nothing else to say but that. sell other stuff. nothing high risk. figure out what is not high risk and sell it. even if you dont have anything to sell that is not high risk, make something , buy something, or whatever, just do it. it helps.
selling higher priced items fast is jsut a way to get looked at by ebay or reported by other members. even if you are doing nothing wrong on ebay, other ebay members can still report your auctions even if they are fine. ebay looks at them, and guess what, you are on the map.
you screw up, they will know. dont sell stuff right away that is in high demand but not a lot of people selling, if you are smart seller like me, i will just take your account out with my other stealth accounts and you will have bad feedback. lower your ratings so selling will be tough. soooo... STAY IN YOUR MARKET. know it very well. know the other sellers and how they sell the same items you do. and most of all... FIND A WAY TO MAKE THE SAME ITEM EVERYONE ELSE IS SELLING DIFFERENT SO YOU ARE MORE ATTRACTIVE.
this might all be common knowledge to some but a lot of people who sell on ebay or start to sell on ebay think they know but in turn, they have no idea.
ebay is a strategy business, not jsut a regular list item and they sell business. play your cards the correct way and you will avoid problems.
#1 reason people get knocked off of ebay.... THEY DONT ANSWER THE PHONE!!!. get a real phone number forwarding service. $5 a month you get a number that goes to your phone that works perfect every time. unlike googles free crap that is hit and miss. fork out the money and just DO IT!!!
everytime i get limited on paypal anyways i always get a phone call. when i dont answer they limit me and when i do answer they never limit me. most of the time they just ask a few simple questions and its about your business and what you sell. answer them like your a salesperson trying to sell yourself that you are the actual person on the account. they can tell when you are scared or studdering or acting like an idot b/c your SH!T is ⊗⊗⊗⊗. ebay has called me too doing the same thing... soooooo
ALWAYS ANSWER YOUR PHONE!!! :D you never know who it can be....
maybe this will lighten this post up a bit and i hope it helps. i have been doing this stuff since i was 15. im now 28
i do not own the
Stealth Book but i do know many ways to win on ebay. i will always recommend the
Stealth Book b/c i know that very few understand this stuff like i do. im sure sooner or later i will pick it up b/c im sure ill benefit from it but as for now i am doing ok.
thanks for reading and let me know if there is anything i can help with.
steve
