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How to open an ebay account in China/HK?
 

I am currently living in SZ, China & want to open an ebay account.

Has anyone here done it and how did they do it?

Any help appreciated!

open HK company/HK bank account for paypal, then just a standard ebay account, or if you have an exisitng paypal account from your own country just use that and open an ebay account as normal, but put the item location down as china/hk

do you know how many listings will be allowed when open HK company and business eb acc? same 10 for start or more? Thanks in advance

Only 5 listings per month for the first 3 months are allowed on all asian accounts.

1)do you know that it's pretty big difference if you are opening personal or business eb acc?

2)it's also 10 for personal

I see lots of business sellers complaining about a 5 items per month limits, that's why.

business seller PP or EB?
what countries acc's?

thanks

only china account,hk account limt 5 items?right?

so CH biz acc is 500 limit and HK biz acc is only 5???

Thanks a lot for advice

Wow that's harsh :(

my hk ebay account can list up to 100 items per month after wait for half year

Monthly selling limits: you can sell up to 100 items or up to HKD 38,000.00 per month

:lol: :thumb: :lol:

Sleepy, so you didn't list anything in the first 6 months?

No No, Hong Kong Ebay is pretty cool about selling limits, open the account first and list some normal items ie socks, coins, stamps and stuff that you can sent with the first 10 item listed. and once those are completed sold or unsold call ebay hong kong and talk to them nicely, and ask them to increase your list limits. i called with in the first month after the account was at its limit and told them i am trying to put more items online and they gave me 100 limit right away, and the lady said if that is not enough call back in a month with good selling records and you can move up to 200 a month.

Wow :faint:

Time to move to HK!

i think there's a certain bias towards HK accounts cause the ebay asia HQ is located in HK. my sg account after 6 mnths , can sell only 12 items per mnth

I spoke to eB China in Shanghai today. For those who have not spoken to eB UK & US i will tell you that eB .cn an .hk seem to operate differently without as much smoke and mirrors.

After i explained my situation and my requirements i asked if they would see me in person at there offices to evaluate the situation. They said this was possible and Im considering going if i cant get it resolved remotely.

Anyone been before?

Thanks

Very interesting! I might have to do the same thing now. I got chances to make all 3 accounts since I have USA, HK, and China business licenses :thumb:

My experience about selling limit is depending on what you're selling and how fast you're selling. For many many sellers in HK which they sell electronic items, that is a high risk item for eBay. If you have a new account, I believe you can only list 5 items in a month in the beginning. To increase the limit, you can call them and ask them to rise. There's no guarantee you can increase it immediately. They will ask what you sell, how much you sell, and things about your operation.

I don't really think they would let you to their office as many angry sellers are trying burn the office down. I have visited their office few times before cause my account was big and they wanted to help me to grow bigger so they can make more money. To be invited, you must have an account manager. To have an account manager, right now you must reach monthly selling around US$50,000.

The only way you can get to "know" them is to join their seminars which they hold few times a year. If you want to call them or have they to call you about selling limit, be ready to have your ID, billing statement ready. This is just in case they will ask you for it to verify who you are.

how to open an ebay.com account without US address?
i live in china but i have HK company and HK bank account and i want to open ebay.com
when i register for ebay.com they require me to fill in US address(which i dont have)
what should i do?

I believe that's detailed in the Stealth book

Forget about that.Buy an US account in market place and use it with 海外仓储.No other way will work from china using USA account now.They check the tracking code after you sold items if it comes from china they suspend it very fast.:pry:

how to buy it in marketpplace?
and if i just register on ebay can i open a store or do i have to become a standart seller first?and is there any listing limitation on ebay store as an newbie?
thanks :)

never open account in CN, it is limited strictly.

Wow I was getting close to that monthly with my real name accounts until I got blown up into space and told "I needed to go sell on Amazon" by eBay reps.

How do you stealth and have an account manager?

Sleepy: can you sell directly in other marketplace like UK or SPAIN wiht a Hong Kong account?

@john

sleepy has not been online since July 2012.

Maybe we should wake him up?

:sleepy:

LOL. Maybe he needs a kiss to wake up from his glass bed.

Can sell in other ebay sites. Still the limit is what you have in your account.
i.e. 5 at first, then 30, then 100, then more....

Hong Kong and China eBay account have far more limit than the ebay accounts in any other country. I have 4 limits in a year from them by the reason "Not performing very well", that account has 100% postive feedback and top-rated status. They decrease your selling limit without telling you in advance... Anyway, ppl here would prefer a stealth account from overseas

Thx for info. What kind of limit increase have you got over a year?

I got a 8-year old account under real info. Was with 1k items selling limit per month.

Suddenly it drops to 224, the other month 5xx, and now 1xx.

That's why I need to go Stealth.

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But for new accounts it's nice. 5 first then 10 30.
Just call and lifted easily.

Do you have to speak chinese to call? Or can you call ebay in the us to raise limits on cn account?

I was wondering this too especially as far stealth addresses?

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Where can I get the VCC to verify EBAY HONGKONG/China?

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I think you can not open account on ebay.com if you are in china

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ok, let me shed a little light on eB.cn BS for everyone. this bunch of crooks operated separately from eB.com. i know about how they operated cuz i was in china selling on multiple gold/plat. power seller accounts (registered in Canada and US) and shipping via HK to north american (and eu) buyers back in 2007/2008 when they first started expansion of eB.cn

i sat in on more than one of their top seller meetings in posh chinese hotels in shenzhen back in the days (although i was not officially invited, i had many "friends" who were cuz they were chinese registered accounts). what happens is there are big manufacturer backed seller accounts registered in china, that wine and dine these eB.cn big powerseller support reps. they work in cahoots, and can bypass a lot of rules that applies to smaller accounts (such as poor CSR, high neg feedback, even some VeRO that can easily lead to suspension for regular starter sellers). even if that big seller gets listings removed on eB.com for whatever reason (and sometimes after multiple instances of such, resulting in suspended account) one phone call to their eB.cn handlers they can get the account back up. this leads me to believe that pulling listings and suspending accounts are done by US based eB.com team, but ultimately eB.cn team can bring it back to life after the fact, if you are a vip account.

however, they can only do that to chinese registered accounts on eB.cn. so that was the situation back then. im sure it is done in similar fashion now. thats why you see so many big chinese registered sellers dominating so many sectors on eB now, that it is very hard to compete. and some with very low CSR and many neg FB, you wonder how it is they are still selling at all. IMO such accounts should be limited to eB.cn, if they are allowed to operated on an uneven, unfair playing field. they should not be allowed on eB.com, if they dont have to follow the same rules.

i pulled out of the eB selling in china in 2009, cuz the manufacturer's own accounts were undercutting everyone and killing what pathetic little profit margin there was left. it just didnt make sense anymore.

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china world domination coming soon. sad but true.

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Those with the biggest guns make the rules ! (I guess thats why china is rushing into making airplane carriers)