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How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

I did a search and couldn't really find anyone addressing this before, which surprised me.

How do people handle going on vacation when doing stealth? I can still manage my account via a mifi device and my laptop, but I can't ship any orders when I'm gone for 2 weeks, so what should I do? Can I put vacation mode on all the accounts or will that link them? Maybe stagger the vacation times for each one?

Just wanted to see how other people handle this. Thanks.

Re: How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

I just cancel everything active . keep track of any messages returns things like that using modzilla thunderbird and be on vacation thats the only way to enjoy your time but also be aware any problems that may arise.

Re: How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

NO Vacations on Ebay,,,Work 24/7/365...No rest for the weary,,

Re: How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

Why dont you stop listing while you're gone?

Re: How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

Tell anyone buying your products that you will be on vacation from x time to x time and during that period no orders will be processed until you return.

Re: How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

Cancel al active sales and set new listings with a timer for however many days they'll be running for to finish when you arrive home.

Re: How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

If your worried about account linking due to vacation, but at the same time don't want to come back to no sales, you could consider setting vacation on ONE of the accounts that brings in most of your sales, and keeping the listings active.

For others, I cannot comment whether staggered dates would link or not. I doubt there would be an auto link, but if there happens to be a manual review whilst your on vacation, could become a nightmare to deal with when your back.

Re: How do you handle going on vacation with stealth?
 

Thanks for all the replies. Turning off sales was not an option given the volume I get in and my desire to make $$! I also didn't want each one turned off at the same time in case they looked carefully at links. So I ended up doing what you suggested and went on vaca mode on two of them for the full time I was gone, but staggered the dates and for the rest I did a mix of keep them fully open and send messages explaining I was out or I did a shorter vaca mode. Seems to have worked. Everyone was happy and nothing happened to the accounts.

The best thing in my opinion is to set an automatic replier to your buyers when they purchase something. That's what I do.