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Does anyone get 0 holds on their paypal?
 

I'm still trying to figure out these holds. Right now I sell cheap items for under $10 and all the payments are instant payments. If I sell higher priced items in the same category, say $50 items, will these payments be held?

Account Metrics are:
* 72 Transcations
* $1,928 in sales
* Seller Level: Above Standard
* Account is just over about a year old

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I've read online about paypal holds, and am personally most of my paypal accounts hold the money for 21 days. I think paypal takes this serious around the world.

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You shouldn't have any holds if u move up to $50 items with your account history

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Why are you still getting 21 day hold? Has it not been 90 days since 1st sale?

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It's not always just to do with amount you sell, and date from first sale.

More recently it's become a lot more about consistency as well. So if there is a spike in the amount your selling, there's going to be holds.

This was introduced by PayPal to prevent people circumventing their 21 day hold rules.

I should also add, the holds will only (usually) be placed on the higher value items ($50), your $10 sales would still come through instantly.

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He's not getting any holds at the moment he's asking when he's moves up to $50 items if he will start receiving holds..

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I've experienced this, no holds for low priced products......

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every single new account I used even though I sold $5 items got a 21 day hold.
But once that hold is gone, it's gone regardless the $ amount

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No, as long as its been 90 days from his 1st sale, there should be no holds on on $50 sales. With your sale history, as long as accts in good standing, there should be not anything suspicious for them to "hold funds". But with PayPal you never know lol

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I know this.

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And you neva know

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some of my accounts have been off from the 21 day hold limit. but some times i still get hold for a transaction occasionally. some times 2 different customers buy from me the same product for the same price on the same day. one is instant payment. no holds. but the other is holding.

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I had an account that actually has holds randomly for a month... it's a 4 year old account.

It's really annoying, specially the account is one of my best ones.

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No holds at the moment but I'm selling low priced items. I'm about to start selling $50-$200 items soon and I'm hoping all these will be instant payments as well.

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Just test it by selling one item. If its an account you've built up history on, it won't have any issues. In fact, selling a few high value items now and then can help the account become stronger (not high risk items though).

As I said before, if there happens to be any hold on the payment, usually it will just be that particular transaction, i.e. your other $10 sales will come through as normal.

Let us know how it pans out for you. Good Luck! :thumb:

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50/50, will and will not get holds

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^^^ This is what I don't understand.

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So right now as I study my items, it seems like there's a $25 cutoff for holds. Every payment under $25 is instant and everything over $25 is put on hold.

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Yes definitely, I sell items in the higher price range and I would say around 50/50 of the payments I receive are held by paypal. I wish I received all instant payments like you lol

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No all my payments are not instant, lol. Only items under $25. Anything over this threshold is held.

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What category are you selling though ?

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I had a new account that held randomly but some payment were instant, the account was only 2 weeks old, and it would have cleared funds from some 100$+ sales right away, weirdest thing ive ever seen with paypal. and also i ran $4500 on it in 30 days and never got limited, but im afraid to withdrawl... im waiting until 30 days after last sale