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Re: Mercari Stealth Dead
 

Tried to create a new account with my real information and Junio detected my ID and banned the account. Going to be tough to beat it, if at all possible.

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I literally made a new account a few months ago with the same ID always have. Maybe you just got blacklisted. I did the selfie with ID. I'm fully verified and sold over $600+.

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So there's a ban / suspension and there's a "blacklist" on IDs for mercari?

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Just for the record my newest account got randomly suspended. Literally for no reason, and they don't offer a reason. Just "prohibited conduct". I don't even CARE to think about what happened. I had 5 sales, took it pretty slow. Zero issues with sales. They are giving me my money after everything is delivered, cool. I priced in about 20k from this marketplace yearly, I'll make up for it elsewhere like Grailed.

I am DONE with Mercari forever and ever.

What a trash marketplace. I don't know why they will be around in 5 years.

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I'm assuming you didn't do anything funny with them right?
So it's completely unjustified?

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Digital sales? Just clarifying

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I honestly have already erased Mercari from my mental, but I think I did update something recently that caused this.

If I am completely honest, there was 5 sales one did request a refund about 3 weeks ago. I had two sales after this, everything has shipped on time. Last year I was suspended like this for "prohibited conduct", after I filed a BBB complaint they told me I was suspended for late shipping. Even though that account had zero returns, or zero canceled items. So they proactively suspended the account because I had some packages that possibly customers complained about but were never cancelled. I would presume one customer complained and Mercari being Mercari the agent just suspended me.

The only other things I did was report someone like 10+ times because he was reusing my photos. Maybe if a human reviewed my reports decided to flag my account? I don't care honestly. I only projected Mercari to obtain about $20,000 yearly. I can make this up on WhatNot or Grailed.

Mercari is the only marketplace that likes to suspend without reason or context. Even on eBay I always know partially what I did wrong. If I violated something serious I'm pretty sure they'd have restricted my funds from payout, I still will get my payout after everything is delivered. Unless they changed that policy, my last two suspensions I was given my payout.

My last 3 suspensions all have been abrupt suspensions, with zero warning, I never had one listing flagged for any reasons whatsoever. Before 2023, the 2 accounts I managed experienced much more problems, like soft suspensions for cancelled sales or listings removed due to getting flag.

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No, I ship everything. Physical products.

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YOu like ahtnot and grailed? is it like mini ebay?

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I have had an account on Whatnot since last year. I haven't taken it seriously yet, but have made a few sales. Whatnot is best for live selling. I kinda would rather not do that, but I have thought of ways I could in the future.

And yes, I have a grailed account also, but I'm taking it very slowly with a game plan to ensure it creates longevity. If you treat Grailed with respect, and get enough reputation built up, depending on what you sell, it can easily replace eBay sales. I just want it as an extra marketplace to have to reduce risk.

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I still think you should keep doing tiktok, they are a mess still but all newer platforms are like that before they become big.

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I haven't tried Whatnot as yet - how's traffic and payout form?

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Yeah I might but it means I can only sell certain items. Last time I had a customer claim an item was not received even while using TikTok label, they refunded the customer, I disputed it, then TikTok flagged a listing, then flagged 3 more just to suspend. Mind you the package was delivered, and tracking clearly showed this. I literally did nothing wrong. It felt deliberate. And I don't get my money back ever, so it's just like what Mercari used to do. That carries a lot of risk if a marketplace can just randomly suspend you without any fair process for recovery. At least eBay has a process.

Speaking of WhatNot, I have had two sales within the last week. Have not listed anything on the account in 5 months. WhatNot is top 5 in the app stores. I think it's time for many of us to consider this as an option as well. Especially if you can do live videos, should far exceed Mercari.

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is whatnot based in USA?

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From the major of job postings, it appears to be so - http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/whatnot

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Yes, it is the fastest growing e-commerce platform I'm aware of. Relatively speaking. Heavily funded by VC, and will likely be a publicly traded company eventually.

4.97 billion was its recent valuation. That is more than Etsy currently, who also owns Depop.

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Valuation is often overinflated these days so get blind money in...anyhow still nice to see a new marketplace

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I dont see anything special with Whatnot,many such sites come and go,these days consumers are strapped,less money to spend on discretionary items ,eg trading cards.

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always less money to spend - but more side hustles building

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You can ride the waves. Mercari doesn't seem to me like it was 4 years ago. I made over $30k+ off NTWRK. Which got bought out by Complex, and no longer a website.

I'm pretty sure plenty here could make extra money off it, depending what one sells. Doesn't hurt IMO. That is, if you're able to manage inventory properly.

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I've never had a single issue with Mercari, but again, I'm just selling off no longer needed household stuff....