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21 Day hold on Payment
 

Is there really any way to avoid the 21 day hold from paypal, when you sell on ebay?? please sign some light upon this! :)

send out confirmation/acknowledgement letts on a recorded mail/registered mail basis, which gives you a tracking number and give that to paypal to remove the hold...

no..that doesnt not help avoid the 21 day hold. that just helps remove it when it is applied..
im asking what can be done so it is avoided completely.

I don't think you can avoid it completely. But you CAN get it removed. My average item is $100 or so. I use Endicia. So adding the tracking number only costs an additional 19 cents per package. Therefore, I always use it.

If you get good feedback and always enter tracking numbers, they will most likely lift the 21 day holding period after 30-60 days. One account had it lifted in 48 hours.

The 21 day period is a pain, I'll admit, but many merchant accounts are now requiring a "rolling reserve" anyway. So nothing is perfect. Once you have a sales history you should be good to go. Unless you have a high level of complaints, refunds, chargebacks, negative feedback, etc.

You Cannot get around the Hold, as your Paypal accounts Matures and after some consistant time Selling and Fufilling Orders Paypal will remove the Limitation on their own.

In the Meantime the fastest way to lift the limit is to Provide tracking numbers for EACH Sale in Paypal, Not Ebay (Much faster) and to get positive feedback from as many of your buyers as possible.

Get 25 to 30 pos/ fb and your dsr's beyond 20 or so then the holds go away.

Plus I find that letting an account sleep with good fb/dsr's, then out of the blue blasting the acc with 30 to 50 listings wakes the watchers up sometimes.

100% TRUE, Paypal Monitors Account activity VERY CLOSELY

Obvious answer is dont use paypal & that's said with a lot of sarcasm.;)

Here's some gems for you.
Never have believed an ebay/paypal account should race into selling.
Firing up a new paypal account and having it receive funds, makes paypal nervous. They only see a risk and that means holds.

Changing your approach to customer service and improving your account will reduce the holds. What you sell by volume of money will effect the account.

Here's a cryptic statement. An auto does not run on an empty tank of fuel :spy:

See if you can work that gem out Lyar:

Does the Hold policy apply to pre 2007 accounts?

here is another cryptic statement--wise grasshopper always beware having too much gas in paypal tank. this master has five figure$$ in 180 day paypal limbo right now! wisest grasshopper of all uses MERCHANT ACCOUNT! bonggggggg.

Most of ya's know full well there is a way around the hold. You just don't want to tell it... Unfortunately I'm no different. :p

IDK why you gotta say that...now im wondering...me i just ship fast with some tracking and eventually they go away. One account awhile go got it lifted after 4 items...in less than 60 days and what i consider a hot item.

maybe luck or maybe they pick a random lucky guy every once in awhile.

deal with it and use gb's advice (well the encrypted message as usual) and be :)

Hey, can I do like this to avoid payment hold by paypal? :

Firstly, receive payment from ebay selling, then get hold by paypal. After that, refund the buyer and ask him to send the payment directly to my paypal account for the purpose of 'payment owed' or anything else except for 'ebay item'.

Will paypal still hold the payment?

Theres no way around the holds. You just need to practice good selling and customer service to buyers ad usual. Paypal is supposed to live up to releasing funds once positive feedback is left or 3 days after item is delivered. They have no been keeping up their side of the deal and still holding payments.

Thanks for the answer... :)