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5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withdraw
 

With the new update after the 16th, I attempted to manually withdraw funds from my eBay UK account to my bank. Immediately after clicking the “Withdraw” button, my account was placed under a 5-day periodic review. This has now happened with 3 of my stealth accounts. However, when I tried manually withdrawing only half of the available balance on another stealth account, I was able to proceed without triggering the 5-day review. But during the second payout request, when I attempted to withdraw the remaining balance, that account also triggered a 5-day review and, within 5 minutes, received an MC011 notice requesting tracking for all orders.

It seems that withdrawing the full balance may activate the review process. Does anyone know the minimum balance that can be withdrawn manually without triggering this 5-day review?

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

there is missing information

which bank?

how old are the accounts?

which amounts did you have on balance and try to withdraw?

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

How quickly are you withdrawing after the sale(s), OP?

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How many days between first (50%) withdrawal and the second withdrawal?
It can depends on your seller account,what you sell ,size of the amount and past performance.

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The bank is wise personal. I received around 20 payouts before the update.
eBay accounts are created on 2024 mar. Selling active on same day. received the first sale on 2024 mar (6 months ago)

My payout amount was around 340£. Selling items range 50-60£

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

I had around 340£ on balance. It was 3 days after the sale. Funds were processed and available. Sold Items were range to 50-60£.

Today, I withdrew 50% of the available balance from another account, and it was successful. I continued withdrawing 50% until the balance reached £7, with no issues triggered.Seems like ebay doesn't allow to withdraw the whole balance at once

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The second withdrawal was about 15 minutes after the first, which withdrew the full remaining amount, leaving the balance at zero. On another account Today, I withdrew 50% of the available balance, then another 50% of the remaining balance, and continued with 50% withdrawals until the balance reached £7. I didn’t encounter any issues. It seems eBay discourages private sellers from withdrawing all funds at once with the new update, possibly encouraging them to keep at least £5 or £10 as an available balance for selling costs, depending on their sales volume.
It seems like it would be better to make these accounts LTD based business accounts despite thinking about the fees.

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I'd bet the trigger is more to do with the item you sell and the fact it has no tracking info.

Happened to one of my stealth accounts when I was sending out items standard 2nd class without tracking back in the day. The same account also sold items of value that I was sending special delivery and it's that mix of both that always triggered reviews. Passed every time, but very tedious and annoying.

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

Feels like that - could look odd to the web platform if all is withdrawn - pp used to be like this too

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

it is likely bots hitting the accounts for these reasons:

- recently made account
- wise is used


I think if high street bank were used the problem would not occur

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

Interesting, Made first withdrawal on stealth acc last week under £100 which was ok, then today attempted to withdrawal just under £50 and withdraw button's greyed out (can't withdraw).

It seems eBay's now doing exact same thing as PayPal. I believe they're making high interests off money sitting in there since they no longer are making money from selling / listing fees etc.

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

what reason did it state for non ability to withdraw?

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

it was greyed out,no message to explain why.
sometimes it could be the source of fund,your buyer .

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

Just had this, started using an account i haven't used since September .. which was used to handling 2-3k per month 5+ years old, so since they "updated" their payout scheme, £1200 in the account holdings now. £200 was available, tried to withdraw got the 5 day review. Is ebay trying to sabatoge its own business with small sellers?

For comparison the 2 business accounts took a break too and are selling more products with no issues.

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

Selling same items as before? Or new items - first q

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

each manual withdrawal is checked by bots , especially on large amounts or performance problems review can be triggered

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

all payments are guaranteed by visa and mastercard , in absence of chargebacks etc. they will pay out so large merchants like ebay do not need to worry about this

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

correct - the cc payment system is not as fragile as agent is stating. For e-checks however, that has a little more potential for problem so hold is often generated

Re: 5-Day Review Triggered on Full Withdrawals After eBay Update – Minimum Safe Withd
 

It sounds like eBay might be automatically reviewing accounts when a full balance withdrawal is requested. It's hard to say the exact minimum amount you can withdraw without triggering the review, as it likely varies and eBay probably keeps this information secret. Experimenting with smaller withdrawals, like you did with the half balance, is the best way to try and find a safe amount for your accounts. There's no guaranteed safe minimum.