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Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

hi all

i currently use a stealth account and unfortunately due to the amount of sales i got asked to upgrade to business account, has anyone had this? is it possible just to make a new ebay or any advice

Being asked to upgrade to business account
 

hi all

i currently use a stealth account and unfortunately due to the amount of sales i got asked to upgrade to business account, has anyone had this? is it possible just to make a new ebay under same details or any advice

Re: Being asked to upgrade to business account
 

you just upgrade , as long as you do not have problems with personal details and banks they will just ask you to re-verify bank account and will do a new check of identity

Re: Being asked to upgrade to business account
 

yeah but id rather stay on a personal, no way to get around it?

Re: Being asked to upgrade to business account
 

Unfortunately if they are insisting, it seems that you have very little choices.

Unless you can speak to someone useful at support, and insist the items you're selling are personal goods such as clearing out random items from your home.

But this depends on items and quantities you are selling, it would be hard to argue this if each item is the same in different variants / more quantities than one.

If they are single quantity items, and are varied, I think this is doable.

Let us know how it goes

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

Unfortunately if they are insisting, it seems that you have very little choices.

Unless you can speak to someone useful at support, and insist the items you're selling are personal goods such as clearing out random items from your home.

But this depends on items and quantities you are selling, it would be hard to argue this if each item is the same in different variants / more quantities than one.

If they are single quantity items, and are varied, I think this is doable.

Let us know how it goes

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

Is there an issue with upgrading?
If you provide a VATIN or TIN, will this trigger an account review?

Re: Being asked to upgrade to business account
 

I think as a business account you also have the option for more sales and advertising and a few other things. It might be worth a look into.

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

is there no way to open a personal account under same details?

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

you can open personal , even 10 or 20 personal

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

do you think they will link my account that has been told to go business?

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

right now they do not care , if it changes in the future hard to tell. ebay uk are not like amazon , they do not police the marketplace for tax and competition violations. of course you will have to provide your NIN so in the worst scenario at some point in the future you may be asked to register for VAT

Re: Being asked to upgrade to business account
 

Unfortunately not, if you are selling at a business capacity on a personal account, your lucky you got asked to upgrade, they usually ban you as this directly violates one of their seller policies.

Your best bet if you want to maintain no fee selling is by having multiple stealth accounts in different names but that is also pricey and very lengthy.

If your a top rated seller, being a business seller isn't the end of the world, yes you lose about 10% in fees per sale but your volume increases exponentially so you end up making more money in the long run, just got to see how to make it work.

Re: Being asked to upgrade to business account
 

Last post on the thread was 16 months ago.......

Never mind though.... post count +1.

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

Good info and posting hello1212 but the thread kind of died out in March 2025...

Re: Being asked to upgrade to bus account
 

Oh ffs. I keep forgetting to look at the dates :juggle: