Using a stealth account to increase sales to help defect % rate?

[rab]

Hi guys,

The new defect rate rules have caused me to go slightly below standard on the Germany/Austria/Switzerland and the United States eBay programmes. I need to get a few more defect free sales to resolve this.

If I buy some of my stock using a UK stealth (non selling) account (primary address in UK) on ebay.de and "send" to a German address will this increase sales on the Germany, Austria and Switzerland programme?

Likewise, if I buy on eBay.com using the UK stealth account but "send" to an address in the United States, will this increase sale volumes for the USA programme?

Thanks!

Rab

[JamesNorth101]

Your plan is not a good idea.

Really need to be actually selling items to actual people for feedback.

[GreenBean]

Oh hell yeah Baby.

Indulge in feedback manipulation to improve your account.

Way to go......

to permanent suspension.

[rsot]

Welcome to the forums - read and learn more; operate wisely

[elmo]

It can be done if you're using VPNs and make sure you're not linking accounts on the same IP. But its not very wise as its pretty risky.

[slokor]

NOT advisable.
Feedback manipulation is something ebay are very good at spotting.
Instead why not just sell a bunch of cheapy items at rock bottom prices just to move some legit auctions and get legit feedbacks? You might lose a few dollars in the process but youll gain the feedbacks you need and not risk what youre suggesting.

[jeffweico]

I agree. It IS possible, but the likelihood of suspension is too great. Not to mention, it takes a LOT of sales to offset those negatives!

For example, if you have one ONE feedback, and it is NEGATIVE, your negative feedback rate is 100%. ONE more sale will drop that to 50%. You third sale drops it to 33% and your 4th sale 25%. It will take 9 sales + the negative to bring your negative rate down to 10% and 99 sales + the negative to bring it down to 1%.

So, it is not as simple as having a few positive feedbacks posted. It is VERY DIFFICULT to offset the negatives. A better plan would be to analyze what is going wrong and fix any issues that can be fixed. Some customers will complain no matter what. But when I see a lot of negatives, it usually boils down to shipping times or the quality of the products, both of which are solvable problems.