New Stealth account and listing items

[Droidtech]

Hey guys,

What's the rule of thumb when listing items on a new stealth account? I have things I want to sell, like a PS Vita, Ipad and some other electronics.

[hackteck]

it will probably be a bad idea to start off listing those items they are high risk try listing lower risk items for your first 2-3 sales then 1 of the items you want to sell

[baloch]

sell used items that you know people find around their house like pots, toasters, curtains, led lights, action figures, wires..etc Once you get a few sales then list one electronic for every four used household items for about a week or so then start pressing your luck.

[NoneOther]

Originally Posted by Droidtech

Hey guys,

What's the rule of thumb when listing items on a new stealth account? I have things I want to sell, like a PS Vita, Ipad and some other electronics.

Those will get you limited in the blink of an eye, VERY HIGH RISK on a brand new account.

Take advice from the other posts

[ebabe]

My plan is to start selling household items first, for the first week, then start selling my regular items after that, go light for the first month.
then pick it up after that, after about 6 weeks go 3/4 full throttle.

Here is another thing I was thinking today,if you have repeat customers you want to make your listings look completely different, and also the way you ship them,.

give the impression you are a completely different seller, you wouldn't want them to catch on that you are a Ghost seller and turn you in for ebay investigations.

[hackteck]

Originally Posted by ebabe

My plan is to start selling household items first, for the first week, then start selling my regular items after that, go light for the first month.
then pick it up after that, after about 6 weeks go 3/4 full throttle.

Here is another thing I was thinking today,if you have repeat customers you want to make your listings look completely different, and also the way you ship them,.

give the impression you are a completely different seller, you wouldn't want them to catch on that you are a Ghost seller and turn you in for ebay investigations.

very good idea sounds like you are on the right track

[rsot]

Good approach ebabe - and baloch is right with his advice.

[Sandy D]

Certain categories will get you flagged on a new account.

Electronics is one of them.

[Droidtech]

So how long is the wait before hand to list in Electronics?

[NoneOther]

Probably 3 months + would be fairly safe to list one or two

[holyhell]

I always go to the dollar store and stock up on cheap stuff. Children's books, small light stuff that is cheap to ship. You may either break even or even lose a little initially, but you've got to build a reputation before getting into the high dollar items. Good luck friend :-)

[newjerseymax]

Originally Posted by NoneOther

Probably 3 months + would be fairly safe to list one or two

I agree! I was told manual review on accounts is up to 3 months... After that its up to you if you get suspended or not. I prefer those odds myself.

[oge]

solid advice for dicey situations!