eBay reinstated my main account! Advice?

[Onion]

I can't believe it, eBay fully reinstated my main account! My account got suspended almost six years ago, I made some stupid mistakes when I first started selling on there. Long story short, I called eBay two days ago, had to fax them some documents, and today my account got reinstated. I explained to the eBay representative how I was only 18 when I got suspended, and how I opened a pawn shop, and an online website since then. This was my first time ever dealing with a responsible eBay representative.

Now here is my question, how long should I wait to start buying/selling on it? I was planning on listing a couple of cell phone cases, screen protectors, simple cheap stuff like that for a couple of months. Then gradually move onto selling a little more expensive items. Should I treat it as I would a brand new stealth account?

I'm not a huge eBay seller, 80% of my online sales come from my Amazon account, 10% website, 10% eBay Stealth accounts. I've been selling on my Amazon account for almost 5 years, I've never had a single problem selling on there. I'm really hoping to build my main eBay account to match my Amazon sales, and ditch making stealth accounts all together. Any and all advise from experienced eBay sellers will be much appreciated.

English isn't my native language, please excuse any grammar mistakes.

[GreenBean]

Well done!

That is great news.

[ilcarletto]

Great, congratulations!

If I were you I would keep it like gold.

I would keep on using other stealth accounts but absolutely avoid any link with the reinstated account.

Use it for selling only legit items with as less risk as possible and do all the "experiment" with stealths.

[GhostOfAmazon]

Originally Posted by ilcarletto

Great, congratulations!

If I were you I would keep it like gold.

I would keep on using other stealth accounts but absolutely avoid any link with the reinstated account.

Use it for selling only legit items with as less risk as possible and do all the "experiment" with stealths.

Yes, this.


Also, depending on how much history the account has, as well as what you were suspended for, you might be able to start selling regular stuff right away. Now, obviously, if you were suspended for selling phake Rolexes, and your Pawn shop now takes REAL Rolexes, don't start listing those for at least a year.....

Like I said, if you had a great track record, and got suspended for something stupid (like digital goods), you can list decent stuff right away. If you had little feedback, or if you got canned for a major issue (like shill bidding), stick to the cheap stuff for a while.

[GreenBean]

Be careful of the items you mentioned.

Be careful of foo-foos and poor quality

[Haidukken]

If I would get my "real" account back today, I would get very, very drunk and try to do backflips in my local park- I would be that happy.

Good luck and thanks for sharing the story- Stuff like this keep my hopes up, maybe one day I'll be back on eBay with my own name.

[yankee]

I would never ditch stealth accounts altogether. Never.

I also would not sell cell phone stuff myself. Way to many problems for me personally.

I would be selling the near perfect higher dollar items in your shop and everything else goes on stealth accounts and lots of them.

[gonzoman]

Congratulations. Take good care of it on this round