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Raising Selling Limit
 

I purchased an Ebay stealth account on this site like 5 months ago and have had decent success. I have gotten the limit up to 370 per month but have maxed that out with Probably 100 more things in my inventory just sitting around.

Although this is a stealth account, I have the appropriate information with my LLC to legitimize it. Apparently my address needs to be verified in order to get the upgrade in my limit. I don't want to do anything risky that might jeopardize my account, but I really need to increase this limit.

Should I just wait for an automatic increase? I have only gotten ONE since I started, and my ratings have been pretty much perfect from the day I started.

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if your address needs to be verified, then why don't you get an address to verify? It's pretty cheap, especially if you have 470 listings per month.

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I've never had to request for a selling limit increase in this fashion before so I don't want to mess up. Way too much is on the line here.

I moved into a new place a couple months ago. The address has never been used on any Ebay account in the past, so it is fresh. I am wondering if it would be a good idea to change the stealth information on the account to my current REAL address. The stealth name would stay the same, so I am not sure if they do a public records check. If so, that might be a problem, especially since it would mismatch the address.

Anyway, if I get it updated with no issues, I should be able to verify the address.

Just wanted to know whether or not Ebay is strict about accounts changing their address. I don't want to draw any attention because of suspicious activity.

I'm probably being paranoid, but safety first!

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If I don't do anything, is there any way of predicting when automatic limit increase occur?

I went from 100 to 370. But that was like in May. Why have they not boosted it up higher by now? Also, how high would the next limit likely go?

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I've had 100/$5000 for 3 years... so, no.

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Did you ever max out your limit in a given month?

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I wouldn't recommend trying to get the increase through verifying your address not worth getting your account limited, much safer to let it happen naturally. Just keep maxing your limits and it'll happen.

Also you shouldn't put all your eggs in one account, then if it goes down your left with nothing. Should have another high limit account that you can sell on for two reasons

1) more selling limits with multiple accounts and can let two accounts increase at the same time so you can have two accounts with very high limits

2) if one goes down, your not completely out of it and will be easier to rebuild

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I'm almost always at the $4995 mark. I've had months where I've sold $2000 of the $5000. Ebay says that on average, the sell through rate for ebay sellers is about 10%. I"m almost at 40%.

After 3 years of waiting, I finally bit the bullet last week, and called in to request an increase. They gave me another $3700.

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For mediocre sellers its 10% :pound:

I thought this when I first started selling. Once I took it serious I've exceeded that number every month, easily.

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10% would be the average.

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Really?? Who says?

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They do, I suppose. And I really don't doubt that number. Not everyone can afford to list up only things that will sell every single month.

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Why not just get another account going and spread your sales?
Youll achieve two goals by doing so:
1. Youll get the better limits youre looking for.
2. Youll be doing the safe and smart thing by making sure you have more than one account so if one goes down you have other to supplement it.
I myself run 35 accounts at all times. Can never be too safe when dealing with ebay.

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My sell through rate is 100% or 99.99% But I dont list things that dont sell and I price them to sell.

Anyways, My suggestion is to open MULTIPLE more accounts.
I have at least 100 reasons for this but to start:
1.)Minimize risk of loosing your business in a limitation/suspension
2.)Reduce chance of being targeted by competitors
3.)keep items separate
4.)Makes shipping easier if you are moving volume especially batch printing
5.)changes your geographic location for tageting buyers. Yes west coast accounts sell to the west coast better than east coast
6.) unlimited selling limits
7.) increased visibility
8.) duplicate listings are a non issue
9.) can take more risk and test new items with little fear of disrupting your existing business if a problem occurs
10.) If you are like most people, you will better delegate your time for increased productivity
11.) can easily let an account cool down without disrupting cashflow
12.) can use multiple listing techniques to target specific types of buyers

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So, if your selling limit is $5000 and you list $5000 every month, you sell $4995 of that?

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I sell to the 100 pieces and/or exceed the $$$ amount via auctions.

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ohh, auctions. Yeah, that's different. I'm not used to auctions. I do fixed price

I set a price, and wait. Sometimes awhile. But most of my stuff I buy from people using auctions.... so that should tell you something.

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I typed up my entire two business models and then decided to delete before I get the typical questions about what I sell or if I can wholesale sale etc..

Basically high dollar items on a mix of auctions and fixed on one side and the other side is $15-30 high demand items that I bundle 5 or 10 together to get the maximum out of an account.

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I've bought so many things through auctions that I make 50-5000% profit on, that I've always had a hard time justifying doing auctions.

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auctions certainly are not for every item or category.

My example is sell 100+ items a say and make $4-8 each OR sell 3 a day and make $12.00 each.
So I do both.

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Hey, if you can do both, AND have the time ( and patience) for the former, then that's awesome. I supposed I have the time, lol but not the patience.

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It is all about the money plus I don't handle shipping much and I handle minimal amount of customers myself.

I used to do 80-90% of selling and had other people/companies handle all service work. I got to the point I would have 2000-3000 messages a day and 100+ cases open at all times. I DO NOT ever want to have sales like that myself ever again unless I can delegate it.
I am in the process of recreating some of that old business right now. I think I can handle any amount of volume without any glitches. We will see in the next 12 weeks. Busy season starts in about two weeks for me.
Wish me luck!

So

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I am hoping to sell things out before the end of the month and get an increase for next month. However, I could be interested in purchasing another account if that does not occur.

A couple things I am wondering about:

1. How would my new account affect my current one? Could it potentially be a red flag if they discovered that I had two accounts on the same computer/IP address?

2. If one somehow got suspended, how would my other one be safe? Wouldn't there be a link?

3. Do accounts ever get selling limits lifted altogether?

I'm a little leery about leaving my comfort zone into territory I am unfamiliar with. With that being said, I need to consider enabling my business to grow...and if I become more knowledgeable of pulling off multiple accounts, it would be more secure.

Just something I am looking into at least for now.

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Having 2 accounts isn't against eBay policy. But the two accounts would become linked, and if/when one account was suspended, the other would follow.

Both would be toast.

Generally not. Some accounts START with "no limits" but it's VERY RARE to have no selling limits at all.

Learn stealth.

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I believe it. Think of how many Anchor store sellers are on eBay, and the THOUSANDS of items they have....they aren't selling out of them. They aren't losing those sales. They have their inventory set higher than people will purchase. 90% of their "stock" isn't "sold" in eBay quantity. Pretty much common sense.

If you have 100 items to sell in a month and you sell them all, and you think that makes you a big player, you're thinking WAY to small. That's childs play.

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Very little risk in calling at all. If you have legitimate items, legitimate selling practices, and aren't selling phakes or VEROs, or having feedback issues, you will get an increase with no issue. You can wait for an auto increase, but there's no sure time-frame for how long you will wait. You CAN create more stealths to beat this, but 10 items a month won't get you very far. Up to you to decide how to proceed.

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What are we talking about now?
Stealth accounts? Multi million dollar ebay stores? Mega ebay stores?

What makes one a big player? Do you feel we are all playing the exact same game?
If one sells 100 items at a grand a piece and they make 50K net monthly are they a big or small player?
If one sells 1000 pieces on a 100 piece account and NETS 30K are they a big or small player?

If someone handles a multi million dollar account and NETS 20K and has dozens of employees are they a big or small player?

Just curious. We all have our own perspectives.

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The MONEY you make is what makes you a big player in my book, not the volume of sales. 100 sales, 1000 sales, 10k sales.....what difference does that make?? The $$$ is what makes someone "big" or "small" players in this.

One of these days knock on wood when ebay is done and this forum is no longer needed is it going to matter how many sales you were making? Nope. The "big players" will have made their money and will say "oh well its over" small players will say " omg what do i do now??"

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It's all about % profit and VOLUME.

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You are such an idiot.

All this big talk from someone who can't even get a new stealth with more the minimal limits. :clap:

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You do not operate stealths on the same user account or i.p.

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I've had my seller limits raised the past 2 months in a row that's why I haven't been around. You have to hit certain #'s, you can voulntararily give them a suppliers name given your doing it legit (like myself) and it could be considered a high risk item.

It's frusterating you have to be patient with them. They called me about promoted my listings has anyone done that on there!? They take enough already but I need to drive traffic to my store, I'll look for a thread on it I'm sure we have one or two here on that subject matter.

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I definitely do not want to call. This account is still a stealth account to a good degree. The name it was registered under is not my own.

What I am wondering is : what exactly happens when you click the request higher selling limit link on the seller dashboard? Seems they want to verify your address but what is the process exactly?

Do they do some sort of public database match? Anything in regards to the stealth name cannot be verified. As stated earlier in the thread though, I DO have a new address that is clean, and simply verifying the address rather than the identity should be no problem.

Bottom line, if there is any risk involved in doing this, I think I should stay the course.

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Its database questions 99% of the time.

If you have an aged account sometimes it will only say "please call us to discuss your selling goals"...

Regardless of what ANYONE tells you there is always a risk in calling eBay. That being said it works for some and doesn't for others.

So to answer your question is there a element of risk? Yes.

Now that element of risk depends on alot of different things and is different for everybody. I can call in with no problems but I've done it before and know EVERYTHING they will say before I even ask...

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I haven't invested any time whatsoever into trying. I use GV on all my new accounts. I get my limit increases from 5 minute phone calls, where I KNOW I'll get them, and when, every month.

Keep bragging about how you can open 17 accounts and one will have 100 items per month....and meanwhile, that cost you how much? Good luck with that. :smash:

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They don't "verify the address". They verify your ID, i.e. stealth name, birthday to the address you have. This won't be possible. As stated earlier, if you act confident and give them a reason you're NOT in the database, you will get an increase no problem. ESPECIALLY on an established account. I get BRAND NEW accounts increased with NO ID and NO history without any issues. If you have a good selling history, it will be a piece of cake.

But do it, don't do it...I don't care. I'm not getting a commission on your phone call to eBay. If you're scared, don't do it. No one here cares whether you do or don't

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I know that NO ONE here is making 50k net on 100 items. How do I know? Their stealth account would be toast in a month. See exhibit A: Jeff Weicos $5000 a month GROSS account, shut-down without reason about a month ago. If you're going to throw out numbers, be realistic.

My point is this: Just because YOU sell "all" your limits every month, doesn't mean that you're a huge success and the majority who only sell 10% of their monthly stock are losers. That was where this subject was going and I'm putting things in perspective for those who are tooting their own horns.

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You are welcome to your own opinions and conclusions even when wrong.

I did not see anything remotely like bragging in this thread from anyone. You seem to always have an exceedingly negative perspective. Maybe your reality is not the same as others or maybe you just cant imagine members on this forum being successful. I don't know why you are that way.

Those numbers are very realistic for some members. Many screenshots of 50K+ a month sellers on this forum. Quite a few 100k+ have been shared.

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Come on guys why is everyone always fighting in here now a days? I see all you guys like distant co-workers lol cant we all just get along? Lol

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You are aware Sandy is a woman....right? :pound: