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Request Higher Selling Allowances?
 

Hi,:yar:

I have had my one Ebay account since September 2011.
I have been selling since then, I have 4.8 /5.0 star ratings except in shipping which is 4.6/5.0 star ratings.

My selling limits are 100/£3500 which i need to get increased, but when i click on
''request higher seller allowances'' it says this:
Thank you for your interest, We will let you know when it is more widely available.

Does this mean i am not eligible? I am FULLY verified with paypal as well.
It is also a business account.
Also what sort of questions do they ask when talking to them? Do they do any security checks on the account?
Will they want any documents since it is a business account?

I really would like to sell more on this account since i use the 100 items up very quickly :/

:pop2:

I was told by Ebay recently, in most cases you will have to actually call them to request higher limits. Im sure its because they want to know why you need more limits and what you want to sell. It unfortunately is a case by case scenario and also who happens to answer the phone when you call Ebay.

There's part of the problem.

Sometimes it is better to not call ebay. Has happened for US sellers they ave had limitations put on their accounts.

Such a choice would have to be carefully considered especially for US sellers.

Bunneh we're getting reports of some glitches with limits in the UK as of this week.

My best advice would be to hold back right at this moment.

btw what if anything are you doing about shipping? dont let that slide.:amen:

Do Not call Ebay and ask for anything,,Seems lioke whenever you ask for something,,they ask for more information to verify your ID,,,It has been my experience that your selling limits will increase automatically as time goes on as long as the account is "up to spec"

Hi GreenBean, could you please give us more details about the glitches or some info by PM would be highly appreciated

Its a system prob i had the number saved form another accoutn and called them but its a prob for everyone it seems for last week or so

Bunneh, you are in the Ebay Stealth forums so you ought to know that if its not working for you with just one account - i.e, in this case you have limited selling allowance, then all you need to do is create another account and hey presto! You've doubled your selling limit! Open more accounts and your selling limits go up accordingly.

As a rule you really ought to be operating multiple accounts as everyone on this forum will tell you how they've fallen foul of eBay's trigger happy account suspension policy, and no matter how good a seller you might be or how much good feedback you have it can still happen to you.

You've obviously come to this forum for some reason or other so you ought to be prepared for this. So armed with your stealth account management knowledge you really dont have a selling limit as there is virtually no limit to how many accounts you could be running, but you really dont need that many, realistically 2-3 accounts at a time is usually plenty for most people.

be patient with what you are doing. calling ebay now is not a good option for you.

the fact that you still have limit put on your account means ebay still monitor your performance.

what you need to do now is let ebay know you are valuable to their business by selling some higher-value items gradually, i am sure your selling limits will increase automatically as time goes.

good luck,mate.

Lets say i have 2 or 3 ebay accounts linked to 1 paypal account. Can i simply use up the selling limits on each account each month an have all payments directed to the 1 paypal account?

Selling limit will be applied to all accounts i.e. if your allowance is 100 per month then that is the max over all 3 accounts.

Why would you link 3 e/b to 1 p/p :nono:

Can anyone help regards limits??
 

Hi, i recently went stealth and have been selling designer clothes, all genuine second hand stuff for friends. Ive just had this message today when i tried to list something:

Alert
You’ve reached your listing allowance and can’t list any more of this type of item in Clothing, Shoes and Accessories for the moment.

You can list up to 5 top fashion brands in each 30 consecutive day period. You may list an additional 5 top fashion brands in the next 30 day period. Learn more about listing allowances.

To talk to us about your selling goals and listing allowances, please call us between 9 am and 5 pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank holidays).



Does anyone know how long this will last or how i can get around it? I have noticed i can if i change the item title, ie: if i were selling some levis 501s i could list them as designer 501 jeans, but will this upset Ebay and land me in hot water?

if anyone could advise it'd be much appreciated.

Cheers

Only sellers registered as business have higher limits on listing top fashion brands. As a private seller that restriction will stay in place for the foreseeable future.

Changing the title will not help as you are required to list the brand in the item specifics section. If you try to circumvent these restrictions by changing title/spelling/category etc. may well result in temporary suspension for listing/policy breaches and repeated attempts would result in indefinite limitation.

You have to be patient and let the account 'mature' naturally these days. If you start pushing too hard e/b will push back and probably push you out all together.

The simple solution is multiple stealth accounts and spread the items across them, not regular linked accounts as the restriction limit would apply to all accounts

because this was the thing to do i believe like 18 months ago?

I know this sounds a bit backward now but if i want to start another stealth account how do i sort a new paypal account? i got my new one as i luckily had just changed address so just registered with that and a new bank account. If i open a separate one how do i add a new bank card and all the rest, do i need to find a new address somehow and open a new bank account with those details??

BEST ADVICE: Buy the guide, read it, read it again and make sure you fully understand all the principles it explains before doing anything.

Then search these pages for further advice and any clarification you might need.

Then meticulously plan everything you are going to do to set up new accounts and then review what you've planned and look for anything that will link you to any other accounts. If there is nothing that will link you then go ahead and set them up.

FAIL TO PLAN AND YOUR PLAN WILL FAIL

Good luck

That's correct.

Variables have changed.


You said in another thread your listings got pulled.

Dont be risking accounts like you propose.

Fings aint right with your ebay at this moment.:deadhorse:

Re-work that business plan

Not true. I have several pairs of EB each linked to a separate PP (2EB per PP each). The selling limit is 100 each (200 per 1 PP). You're either wrong or EB treats everyone individually!

Arshavin,
3EB linked to 1PP ???
You obviously haven't read the 'Bible' yet! Read it first, and then come back. You'll find out you know the answers of most questions asked here! Good luck

Think things have changed recently according to recent reports.

If your accounts are more established then that may be why you are able to have higher limits

Sometimes limits get lowered if you have too many eb accounts all linked - as a precautionary measure.

I was banned once on ebay.

In last December I opened another account. I was doing great!!!

I reached to my seller limit within a month. I rang ebay to request higher seller allowance. As my feedbacks were good as well no neg feedback at all.

Guess what happened they said you need to be atleast 3months old user. And the next morning paypal and ebay removed my account and left me with lots of customer calling me back of being vanished and hold on my money for 180 days giving me no reason.

SO, i suggest never call ebay for requested anything.

" And here endeth the lesson"

Paranoia!!!
 

OMG..can't believe there is so much paranoia about contacting EB to raise limits, if you don't ask you don't get..SIMPLES!! no they will not ask for business documentation, they will simply ask for your name..your log in details and poss address details..that's it..they will ask you to put forward why your limits should be increased and also will ask you what you're selling..with regards to selling designer clothes for which they have really clamped down on, you will need to show good feedback from items(designer clothes) already sold, otherwise you're limited to 5 per 30 days..I have phoned them twice to up limits and now i'm upto 600 items which could all be designer branded clothes if i chose to list, that has come off the back of selling only 4 designer items and getting good feedback, they have also said they will increase the limit further in April...(just need my PP account back now lol)..

My advice is just remember who you are when you phone them!!! hehe

^ Incorrect - ebay now often ask to send a pin to your address to verify its a real address in use by yourself now when you go to lift limits. Therefore make sure its accessible if possible when ever possible :violin:

Two words: ORGANIC GROWTH.

Why risk scrutiny on your account when there is no need when you can run multiple accounts. Organic growth will bring long term accounts..... SIMPLES.

e/b may well ok you for higher limits but you can bet p/p will be having a close look if your selling lots on 'BRANDED' items. RISK, that's all they look at. Get just one VERO complaint through p/p and your toast, no matter how many e/b will let you list.

600 items a month!!! way to many for one account. Rather have 3 @ 200 or even 6 @ 100

Not paranoia but FACT.

Hey everyone here has there own story to tell...how they do it or don't do it..how they have survived..the point i'm making is that whenever someone asks for help the general response i've viewed is one of paranoia of all things EB & PP..why advise against listing 600 branded items?, if you're getting good feedback then why does this have to be a problem? i have encountered several VERO complaints on items i have sold in the past, my items were removed and my PP account was fine, as far as i see it(IMHO) the main problem we as traders/sellers have is the people we sell to, the ones who expected more and if we're not jumping through hoops for, hold us to ransom by threatening to open cases or the threat of un-warranted neg feedback, this is when most flags will get raised..maybe i'm just thinking far too small fry for most of you guys i couldn't be bothered with the hassle of having 6 different accounts i'm just hoping i can lift the limit off one PP account!! whilst it seems i have gone off track, if the original poster of the thread wants my opinion it is to contact them and ask them to raise the limits, just remember who you are pretending to be when you do it, i phoned up twice in the space of 3 weeks and never once did they mention sending a pin to me & last time i phoned was 3 weeks ago...

If it's working for you the carry on as you are, but trust me if you get a VERO complaint through p/p (justified or otherwise) and not e/b as you have been so far then your account will be history. That is a fact, they will close you down immediately with no appeal. Where would your 600 listing limit be then?

There are people here who have lost accounts that were years and years old, TRS, 1000s of +ve FB. The more successful you are the higher the risk you pose to e/b and p/p. That is a fact and eventually they will not accept that risk any further. None of this is overstatement or paranoia but fact. If you choose not to take measure to protect your business and income then all I can say is good luck.

The reason posters here recommend multiple accounts is founded on years of accumulated experience of dealing with e/b & p/p. Your call of course if you choose not to follow that advice but it is what the majority of new posters will be advised because it is undoubtedly the best advice.

I have to say i agree with Noneother, It does not make any sense to put your
account under ''the limelight'' so to speak.
We all work so hard on our seller accounts, and it is just not worth the risk at the end of the day.

I think after reading this whole thread through, the responsible thing would be to open multiple accounts, and let the limits increase on there own.
Then if one day you do get one account shut down, you already have back up accounts
so it would not affect you as much as if you only had the one account.

It is nothing to do with being paranoid, its about being safe.

You have learned well young Skywalker. May the Force be with you!

Well Guys,

I did a name variation on my account. And when i did click to increase limits. The questions that came up was my true history. Such as my last 5 digits, address, places i have lived before etc. I hit none of the above. But perhaps its to late. This was weeks ago. My limits did not increase. If i called eBay i would more than likely get hit.

If this account did close, it wouldn't hurt me as there is no money tied up. Still pushing the account and its getting very close to being 90 days old. Will see what happens.

interesting thread

Hey everyone,

I ahve the same problem. I own two ebay accounts (both started in the year 2005 with a good feedback of 350 en 130) and I have a limit on selling clothes. The limit is ridicolously low: only 30/40 items!!! I registered one account as a business account but the limit stays at 40.

I haven't been active for a while on both accounts, maybe that is the problem? Is it true that after 3 months the limit will be increased?

Limits are a numbers game. Excuse the pun.

I've been applying the stealth principles for about 1.5 years and have a pretty decent amount of accounts. Some accounts that are a year old have 2,000+ item/month limits and others that were created at the same time are stuck on 40.

The best way to have higher limits is to create more accounts. I only wish I had of created more accounts last year, because it's getting tougher and tougher every day.

Put your head down and get to work.

Confirming all the accounts...?
 

Thanks for your advice!

Are all your ebay accounts linked to one paypal account? I don't understand how I can open for example 20 new accounts because they all have to be confirmed..? Weren't you facing any problems because of opening the accounts from the same IP address?

All your advice will be very much appreciated!

You have to use different IP address for each account - one of the fundamentals of stealth. All new info for each account.

Also, good practice is 1 eB to 1 pp account.

Stealth guide has this all nicely clarified.

Anyone created a PERSONAL eby in the last 6-8 months where sellers limits have gone passed 3,500.00 ? in the u.k,,, Without ringing in

Was a good job I created 10 stealth accounts the day after I first saw someone post about 25/750 limits. I dont mind have nearly 20 accounts with good limits and having another 5-10 with smaller that I can build on....

TizWoz - does it matter if you declare yourself as a business OR personal in the long run?

Anyone else start off with 10/£650, then requested confirmation letter code, have their limits increase to 100/£3500 (skipping the 25/£750 limit)??

Mine didn't even let me do the confirmation PIN thing :s

not that im aware of....

there might be a problem with the final limits of the account if its an eby personal account unless you ring in or upgrade to business.

i seem to be getting limited at 100/3.5 k PCM on eby perosnal account latley.

PP does not matter what you have .



Can anyone answer my Question Above ???