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Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

I have 2 ebay stealth accounts, both of them are new.

Stealth account #1: Listed item and it's on first page majority of the time

Stealth account #2: Listed different item and it's on 2nd/3rd page at best.

Why is that? Both accounts are practically the same in terms of status. Does delivery time play a role(I put 2nd class post in #2)?

I don't understand. It's incredibly frustrating because I have 2 other big accounts which have been throttled completely(hardly making any sales) and I thought adding new accounts might help.

Any clues? Been researching for the past week all day and night(keywords,description,changing delivery time, adding sub-title etc). but no big changes..

Thanks!

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

It will all be down to the enigma that is cassini

Delivery time
Price
Picture quality / number of pictures
How the account is made

As well as many other things play a factor. Its just a case of playing around until you get better results. Offering free tracked shipping tends to make the fastest difference on an account in my experience

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

****. I changed my free shipping to the longest one, in order to not get dinged on late shipments. You're saying that's hurting my rank? blah!

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

I don't even try to understand it anymore.

Spread sales across accounts.

Average everything out including risk and reward.

The creators don't even understand Cassini themselves.

And don't over analyse everything like I used to do.

It will send you crazy.

:rant:

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

It absolutely is, but it's worth it IMO. Getting a bunch of late shipments and going below standard as a result would have much more of a negative impact, you know? Better safe than sorry.

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

Does the late delivery rate affect your account status/list rankings? I thought it doesn't have any effect.

Well, ebay say that but they wouldn't be measuring it for no reason I suppose



It is driving me absolutely crazy!

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

Don't worry about it too much. Provide the best service for your clients and everything will be ok.

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

It has a direct impact. When Ebay implemented their new metrics this year late delivery became one of the determining factors for being Top Rated. If your late delivery metric goes above 3% you lose Top Rated status, which decreases visibility and the overall strength of your account. I had to change several of my listings to a slower shipping method to avoid going above 3% back when they implemented these changes...

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

I've said it before... ebay doles out sales.

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

If all things are great, NEW accounts will have very little throttling with ending soonest being very important.

The moment an account starts collecting 30K a month, throttling is much more noticeable.

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

I can barely get above 10k.

Re: Do Ebay throttle new accounts too?
 

Everyone is different.