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I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

I just noticed that my latest penny auction showed up nearly instantly in the search results (Just like my now banned 'trusted' account did), AND there's 0 views on it meaning no one manually reviewed it like they did for every penny auction I previously had. I think this means my account is in the 'safe zone'. Confirm/deny?

It's about 45 days after my first sale and I have 100% FB, 20x 5 star ratings, is it okay to start listing "not high risk" single-item buy-it-now new items now? Is multiple quantity listings BIN new listings okay, or is that more of a 90 day thing? (And, of course, multi-variation is 90 days.)

I'm starting to think of my seller accounts in terms of revenue potential (Mainly for evaluating the ROI.). I think $1000/month is a reasonable cap given $250/week limits (Trying to avoid triggering paypal's SSN request.).

Re: I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

eBay is a very unpredictable beast, no account is ever in the safe zone.

Re: I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

Indeed. It seems like the time around 11p.m.-3 a.m. is the time when ebay's gremlins come about, considering the number of misfortunes that seem to happen then. Probably just grumpy late-night workers taking their sleep-deprived irritation out on those who ever enter their crosshairs.

If they're developers, which wouldn't be surprising since 11p.m.-4a.m. is the best time to do maintenance on a website, then that'd be a doubly whammy as an overwhelming percentage tend to be predisposed to be pissy, lol. (More like predisposed to be pisssed on.)

Re: I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

In my personal opinion, you're safe to list BIN's.

I usually list random items as 7-day auctions for the first month and a half or so. Once my feedback reaches 10 or more I slowly start to add BIN's, always multi-quantity. I'll add maybe 1 BIN per week until the account is passed 90 days, then I sometimes start listing faster.

I've successfully "raised" 3 stealth accounts this way to "adult" accounts, all 3 with 2500+ feedback no lower than 99.6%. Have about 5 more I'm currently aging this way.

Just my $.02

Re: I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

With ebay one can never assume theyre safe.
That being said it sounds like you have a solid plan and the account seems to be on the right track so I would say proceeding the way you described it would be reasonable enough.

Re: I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

Your plan is very very very conservative. I dont see any issues unless you start listing items that ebay/paypal deem risky.

Re: I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

Had my actuall account get limited and all that. Very sensitive Ebay is. Asked for reciepts ID, etc. Everything was legit. Never safe. Never get comfortable with one account. Never get too attached. Have back ups

Re: I think my seller account is in the safe zone!
 

Nothing is safe on eb or pp. and like GB always says "do not trust them"