ebay more tolerant to high volume ebay sellers?

[ftf101]

I pay around $1000 a month in ebay fees. Do you think ebay takes this into account if they are suspicious of your account. If a suspicious account that pays $1000 a month in fees is banned it will affect ebay much more than a stealth account that only pays $100 a month in fees. I have yet to be bothered by ebay on my high volume stealth account and was just wondering if they look at that.

[RosieTosie]

People who pay much more than you in fees each month have lost accounts before today ftf, how long have you been active here incidently?

[brownsauce215]

Ebay bans multimillion dollar accounts on the snap.

[Dmshark25]

I'm sure eBay like the rest of the World will be swayed in their decision making by the almighty Dollar.

But $1000 is a drop in the bucket for them and an account like that to eBay is just a regular account with 50 sellers ready to take your place if your removed

Now if your Sales are More like $50K-100K consistently for a year than your account is in a whole other Bracket, but $10K in Sales a month to eBay will not sway their bottom line one way or the other

[yankee]

Actually bigger sellers have more hoops to jump through with slightly different rules. They are held to a higher standard oftentimes.
DSRs are all based on transactions. Big accounts seem to be able to get away with some things but in reality it is the same math.

A big account might pay 30K or 100K in monthly fees or a heck of a lot more.

[ftf101]

Good to know. Guess I have been running my account well cause ebay hasn't bothered me yet and I have over 3000 transactions. KNOCK ON WOOD LOL.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by ftf101

Good to know. Guess I have been running my account well cause ebay hasn't bothered me yet and I have over 3000 transactions. KNOCK ON WOOD LOL.

Then keep on doing what you are doing.

Operate with this in mind....

if paypal or ebay want you out, you will go regardless of what fees get paid.

Noone is immune.

Well done for all that hard work.

[peterspike]

Originally Posted by ftf101

Good to know. Guess I have been running my account well cause ebay hasn't bothered me yet and I have over 3000 transactions. KNOCK ON WOOD LOL.

I hate saying "everything is going well" because more often than not just after you say it everything goes wrong

[GreenBean]

OP: I just may have to qualify my post....

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...tml#post632302

If this is the same account, then

Be careful

[ftf101]

Originally Posted by GreenBean

OP: I just may have to qualify my post....

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...tml#post632302

If this is the same account, then

Be careful

Not sure why you say that. Ebay allows multiple accounts with same info. I am not breaking any rules that i know of. Again only 1 seller account.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by ftf101

Not sure why you say that. Ebay allows multiple accounts with same info. I am not breaking any rules that i know of. Again only 1 seller account.

You have not created them the way ebay wants.

I'm merely being concerned for down the track.

Be careful still stands.

[big tymer]

No they don't take into account how much you pay in fees. If they want to shut you down they will shut you down. Just keep on doing what you are doing and maybe start creating a back up account just in case.

[pokerpro]

Yes, contrary to what you would think, Ebay could not care less about what you pay in fees when it comes to perm-banning you.........they don't care how long you've been selling, how good your feedback is, if you have paid your fees on time......if you cross what they consider is, that "line".......you are history, no if's and's or but's.

[ftf101]

Ebay blows my mind with some of the stupid things they do. So a top rated seller paying them 50k a year gets a bad streak of a$$hole buyers and they ban them and lose money. I know ebay is all about buyer protection but that just seems like bad buisness!

[yankee]

Ebay makes more money on smaller sellers. Closing up a bigger seller makes ebay more money, hence big sellers have higher expectations. Big sellers get hundreds or thousands of free listings, better ebay support, cheaper paypal fees, cheaper FVF. Small sellers pay insertion fees, high ebay fees, higher paypal fees, get almost no ebay customer support, etc...
Also We are all fighting for visibility. There is too many sellers on ebay now and flooding the market. Big sellers keep the price low and small sellers keep the prices up.

Think of it this way. In August of 2014 Ebay closed 14,000 top one percent sellers according to the walla street journal, this "Purge" in August made ebays stock price rise fourth quarter.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by ftf101

Ebay blows my mind with some of the stupid things they do. So a top rated seller paying them 50k a year gets a bad streak of a$$hole buyers and they ban them and lose money. I know ebay is all about buyer protection but that just seems like bad buisness!

It is bad but eB also knows that it has a strong stranglehold on the market so ...better to err on side of extreme caution and deal with new sellers all the time - it's annoying though

[ftf101]

Originally Posted by yankee

Ebay makes more money on smaller sellers. Closing up a bigger seller makes ebay more money, hence big sellers have higher expectations. Big sellers get hundreds or thousands of free listings, better ebay support, cheaper paypal fees, cheaper FVF. Small sellers pay insertion fees, high ebay fees, higher paypal fees, get almost no ebay customer support, etc...
Also We are all fighting for visibility. There is too many sellers on ebay now and flooding the market. Big sellers keep the price low and small sellers keep the prices up.

Think of it this way. In August of 2014 Ebay closed 14,000 top one percent sellers according to the walla street journal, this "Purge" in August made ebays stock price rise fourth quarter.

Good info Yankee. Very knowledgeable.

[yankee]

That was 2013 not 14 and Wall Street Journal.
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[big tymer]

Originally Posted by yankee

Think of it this way. In August of 2014 Ebay closed 14,000 top one percent sellers according to the walla street journal, this "Purge" in August made ebays stock price rise fourth quarter.

The reason the stock price would bounce up occasionally (its traded between $50-$60 between 2013 and 2014 and now - not really going anywhere) is because when ebay purges accounts those sellers open multiple stealth accounts. Then ebay tells wall street we got rid of bad sellers who didn't meet standards and as you can see we are adding new sellers, even though it is still the same sellers going stealth and to increase revenue we are raising fees and taking a percentage of everything a seller touches even shipping. so wall street gets a hard on and the analysts rate the stock a buy. oh yeah and that they own paypal which is probably more valuable than ebay.

[solefoodbk]

Originally Posted by peterspike

I hate saying "everything is going well" because more often than not just after you say it everything goes wrong

Yep. I had my best day in sales yesterday (no joke)....and look what happened to me.

[newjerseymax]

ebay doesn't give a crap about volume and sales....

Today my one of my first accounts was suspended 7 days no new listings...

I have over 20000 sales.... 15000 Positive feedback and 5 negative feedback... I consider those OUTSTANDING in terms of percentage.... It is a Platinum Power Seller Account and last month I paid $10,000 in ebay fees.... Not considering paypal fees and shipping costs... My monthly limits to sell are 200k....

I do not get many complaints and my shipping upload is 100%.... Always free shipping and 1-3 days until delivery... Almost all my listings are best match...

Last month I had a buyer contact me that his item "broke".... He purchased it 3 months prior...

I actually accepted the return and gave him return address... He then messaged me back that he is in hospital and cant ship anything and he just wants a refund... To me this is a flag cause he only wants money... He basically said he doesn't want to ship it back...

Well I told him that in order to get a refund he has to return the item... This is was against my own advice. I often just refund, but his DEMAND just tweaked me and thought my account was SOLID...

Well he opened a ebay case by phone, which again I accepted and this time included a return label at my cost.... Well he emailed me again and same story that he "cant ship from the hospital" and now he added "cancer" to the list... Which erked me even more since I and family are in cancer situation and would never use it to get free things...

He never returned item within deadline and I won the case on ebay... Three days later a paypal case open "unauthorized purchase"... I fought him again in paypal, provided all documentation and also won the paypal case...

Well today I get a 7 day suspension notice... In the email it refers to his transaction. Zero explanation at all... I call ebay and they rudely explain that I didn't treat the customer fairly and that I am basically lucky I only got a 7 day suspension...

So long story... There is no better treatment for a "solid" account....

Was it worth it not to refund him? hindsight 20/20 I guess. I re-learned many lessons and I thought I was "solid". In the land of ebay no such thing..

[yankee]

Originally Posted by newjerseymax

I call ebay and they rudely explain that I didn't treat the customer fairly and that I am basically lucky I only got a 7 day suspension...

You may get this turned around if you call again. But if your communication was rough then it is a loss cause.

Sorry to hear this. One weeks sales is worth a small fortune on a good account.