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Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

Does ebay let people sell immediately if you have zero sales or zero buys and just created a stealth account minutes before? Or do you get the message you can't sell zero

Thank you

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

You can but you need to make sure your not listing a "High Risk" or "Expensive" items. Also I would recommend going with Auction style bidding.

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Are books high risk? I got the message that I can sell zero for this month. Does it sound I got linked? I did all the stealth things and wanted to sell right away and listed one book and got that horrible message. Wondered if it happened to anyone else. I know stealth advices to take it slowly and build a history by buying. Where you or anyone else able to sell right away and was this recent...Maybe ebay is getting tougher..

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

they are getting tougher. You used to be able to list a low risk item right away no problem.

Now, they are looking for your paypal account to be verified before ANY sales, or else you'll have to call in and complete an identity verification via public records.

This is an obvious problem

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

Whoa. Thanks for mentioning that

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If you got a 0/0 then yes, you were linked some how. Yes it's a good idea to get some cookies, browsing history before listing. There are people that insist on buying but personally to me, buying feedback doesn't do anything for me....I prefer to get Selling Feedback because in the end, Ebay see's that as to when giving higher selling limits.

Can you list what were your steps in opening your selling account?

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

0. got the IP address changed
1. used CC cleaner
2.used adobe flash player settings
3. Created new account on computer
4. used cc cleaner and
used adobe flash player settings
5. signed up for new email addy
6. signed up on ebay with all new info
7. got the gift card with all new info on paypal (ebay sent me over to paypal to register)
8. listed item and got horrible message of 0/0

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Did it happen to you? It happened now more than once for me. Yikes

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There's no need to use CC CLeaner, when you open a new User Account, you can use a Portable Firefox Browser which will keep the Cookies, Browsing History all in it's own folder. Please remember, Ebay/PP love cookies and it's best to keep them intact.

Did you at least lift the $500 paypal limit?

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

im not sure you need to worry about cleaning up anything for new user accounts..

edit- got beat to the punch

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How do you lift the $500 paypal limit when you got 0/0?

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I'm talking about the $500 Paypal limit but in the end it doesn't matter if your Ebay account got a 0/0.

Did you open a sellers account right off the back or did u open a regular account 1st then convert it to a sellers account?

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

won't the ebay get 0/0 due to no/not-verified paypal?

build your paypal first

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

I started a regular account, I think, and listed right away

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How do you build a paypal first? Do you mean buy items at first on ebay? Or buy items some place else on the net? Or both

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

build = make a paypal account first. verify it. then sell

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Here is how I make my accounts:
1. Get all the Info (Name, Address)
2. Get my Phone Ready
3. Have the CC/VCC/Gift Card Read
4. Open an Ebay Sellers Account Directly
5. Verify Ebay Phone (4 digit Code)
6. During the same Process.....Ebay will direct me to Paypal
7. Enter CC/VCC/Gift Card Info into Paypal
8. Return to Ebay Automatically
9. Go back to Paypal and finish verifying Paypal (Email, $500 Withdraw Limit, Add VBA)

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I thought you couldn't do that anymore.

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Since When? I do it this way every time.

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Many, many thread have discussed what to sell and what not to sell on a brand new account.

Used books is not risky unless it is a high priced collectible book.

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

one of my accounts got MC999'ed, 0/0 for listing a used book valued less than $10

reason? according to the rep - the paypal account wasn't verified yet.

this was a week ago

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

Well that will do it.

You always should have a paypal verified before listing anything.

No way would used book cause you issues. I sell them on new accounts every week and never get an mc999.

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It is a problem if sellers go into ebay without having all the boxes ticked to look 'safe' in the eyes of ebay.

days of ebay accepting accounts without financial back-up attached are gone.
ebay are never going to 'carry' such accounts.

I make paypal first. Verify,confirm & use it for off ebay transactions.

I make the ebay account later and attach that paypal.

Never fails.

:croc:

Re: Can you start selling on ebay immediately?
 

I've had a mixed bag. Sometimes when I list right away with 10/1000 limits on a low risk item I get an MC999, sometimes I don't.. Listing similar items. There's really no way of telling IMO, so I just prepare and age accounts in advance anyway. If I hit 0/0, it's just because I chose a bad address not in the public database or was linked to someone else. I don't think it has anything to do with Paypal, mainly because eBay can't see things on the Paypal end unless you link them up together. The way I create accounts, I always use VCCs to create and then add banking information later when I've finally locked in a sale..

My instincts say that if you got 0/0 limits and they still ask for a bank verified Paypal, your fate has already been sealed. They just want you to waste information as they'll probably give you another story of why they can't reinstate you down the line..

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why do you use portable firefox browser?
if i have a new windows user for my new stealth account, I imagine I could use any browser so long as that user is used solely for that stealth account and some browsing to build up some cookies?
but is there any advantage of using the portable firefox browser in my case?

Thanks,