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new accounts not showing limits
 

Last month I made 6 back up accounts to have aging just in case I need them later. Stealth accounts with verified paypal etc. All six of them were approved to list the first item (had aged over a month before listing) and when I checked the dashboard, it shows nothing there where the limits usually are. What is up with that? I am not going to be foolish and call them to question it though. But what does that mean anyway? Some new thing? last year I made over a dozen accounts with various limits, only 1 has gone down out of all of them. But they all had initial limits, some higher than others. But all 6 new accounts I made still don't show anything.. I haven't tested out how many I can list with them yet. any thoughts??

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I think it tells you how much you can sell after you list your first item

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yes I know. like I said, when i listed the first item it didn't show any limits. and still doesn't.

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Sometimes it won't show you your limits.....Keep listing till it says you can't anymore.

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I myself do call when I don't see those limits.
There is nothing wrong with doing that since youre not calling to ask for anything.
I always tell them the same story - "I was given to understand that there is a limit on the number of items I can list per month but as a new seller I cannot find that number anywhere on my account - would you be kind enough to tell me what my limits are?"
Usually for me those limits when they do not show up are 1000/25000. Love hearing the reps say those numbers...
Ive done this quite a few times over the last few months and never had an issue and have never been bothered by the reps Ive talked to.

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Doing it right now actually for another account I opened - literally typing with one hand as Im on hold waiting for the next available rep :)
Will let you know the limits in a couple of minutes.

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Another 1000/25000 limit account - yay! :)

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Seriously, dude.. wow! congrats!

Ok I will call on one of them tonight, thanks! that would be awesome, especially if they are all that high!

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Good plan.. I was just worried I might get forwarded to verification department and then get a low limit to start with. I try to avoid talking to them. I had a 500 limit account that sold 200+ items the first month then got limited to 0 and had to speak to verification guy, he said the account/business grew too much in a short period of time (so got flagged), and then he lowered (or raised as he said ughh) my limit to 250 because he couldn't verify my identity. I couldn't really argue with him about though. Anyway, so now I try to grow accounts slowly each month.

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That's the right way to do it. Grow it steadily over the first few months so it looks natural and fully legit.

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Congratz Slokor!

Limits kick in after completion of first sale btw

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No they don't always rsot. Have listed up to 100 items before and sold them all still with no limits showing, turned out they kicked in at around 150 items

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I've had a good handful of accounts that lasted a couple years that never showed any limits. I now have 4 or 5 month old accounts that shows no limit.

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This was on .co.uk? or .com or...?

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Lucky! My Canadian accounts are alwayssssssss 10/1000

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The limits always show up for me aside from one account that I have. Limits never showed up but I called in and was told I had 1000/25000. At least it wasn't 5/500 :pry: