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Using a second account to boost sales.
 

I'm positive this will be frowned upon here but I need to reach 400 sales by the end of this month to ensure my October seller evaluation is based on the previous three months rather than the previous year. I have access to another ebay account which has no links to my primary selling account. What wisdom is there out there on using the second account to purchase a few items (possibly as many as 90) from my seller account to make sure I reach the 400 target at the end of the month.

Am I shooting myself in the foot here? Can it be done? Are there certain things I should do to make sure I don't get caught? Like use another computer, or whatever?

Any advice would be greatly received, and be kind, I'm not keen on breaking the rules unless I reeeeeally have to!

Cheers

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

It depends on if you need each sale to count an individual sale or if a bulk sale is fine

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

typically a single buyer counts as one transaction every 7 days. Maybe in this case it is different.

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

I would need each sale to count as an individual sale. Will that not work if I use the same account to make multiple individual purchases?

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

Sorry but this plan just has "fail" all over it.

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

It definitely won't work like you intend.


Just list tonnes of cheap items at cost price to hit the numbers you need. Even selling at a loss is worth it short term to save a good account

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

Any sort of manipulation like the one you have in mind will eventually be detected by ebay's bots and will end poorly.

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

Cheap items with free shipping will sell - one way or another.

What you are proposing OP takes immense mastery of stealth and not just one buyer account - and evident manipulation can be detected very easily - not worth the risk.

Re: Using a second account to boost sales.
 

My only thought is that you sell a number of items very cheap - perhaps priced so you won't make a profit or a loss.
It'll be work for no profit but only you can decide if that's worth doing. I guess it's less than ten sales a day to make your 90 target.
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