Ebay forcing me to go to business account?

[stevebills]

I just went to put a listing on my eBay and it told me to upgrade to business account
or I wont be able to list anyone what happening is this normal?

[Ebayorbust]

Doesn't look like you have a choice then.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by stevebills

I just went to put a listing on my eBay and it told me to upgrade to business account
or I wont be able to list anyone what happening is this normal?

Yeah, 'cos you are special

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by stevebills

I just went to put a listing on my eBay and it told me to upgrade to business account
or I wont be able to list anyone what happening is this normal?

How much have you been listing & how old is the account?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by stevebills

I just went to put a listing on my eBay and it told me to upgrade to business account
or I wont be able to list anyone what happening is this normal?

Are you trying to sidestep your limits or perhaps trying to list in different category to get around category limit? Just pondering...

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

How much have you been listing & how old is the account?

I have been listing 100 items a month and the account is about 4 months old

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by rsot

Are you trying to sidestep your limits or perhaps trying to list in different category to get around category limit? Just pondering...

The oly thing I can remember doing was sell an item for £30
and putting postage at £30 to lower selling fees
and some buyer moaned to ebay about it and I got told off on a message

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by stevebills

I have been listing 100 items a month and the account is about 4 months old

So you been acting like a 'pro'..... they sprung you, Lid.

[Stigger]

im sure these days the max for personal accounts is 100/3500

after that they want you to upgrade, seen it on quite a few accounts now.

the limit does not get raised unless you upgrade and RING IN to discuss your business plan and such like.

[GreenBean]

Take notice of the two dirty words.... ring in.

think carefully about this.

Very

[Ebayorbust]

Originally Posted by TizWoz

im sure these days the max for personal accounts is 100/3500

after that they want you to upgrade, seen it on quite a few accounts now.

the limit does not get raised unless you upgrade and RING IN to discuss your business plan and such like.

Disagree Tiz, sorry.

I've got personal accounts with 400 / 11500 and another with 800 / £9000. I've never phoned in or requested higher limit. These are both newish accounts (under 6 months old).

[stevebills]

I will keep you all posted as i go Business and see what happens

[Stigger]

Originally Posted by Ebayorbust

Disagree Tiz, sorry.

I've got personal accounts with 400 / 11500 and another with 800 / £9000. I've never phoned in or requested higher limit. These are both newish accounts (under 6 months old).

Disagree then.... see if i care, so there.....tut's

im simply saying what ive seen and experienced

i asked a few time before on the forum about 6-12 months ago, since around that time all perosnal ebay account i have seen have been limited to 100/3500.

it would be nice to hear feedback from others who have created personal accounts recently (last 3-6 months) and have gone passed the 100/3500

[Ebayorbust]

Didn't make the post to get a rise out of you. Just stating my own experience.

I've also got an account move to 130 / £3800 after just three days of selling. The account has two feedback and the paypal at the time was also unverified.

[desikanjar]

if one wants to change account to business account ,what is involved,is it a good idea,do they request docs

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by desikanjar

if one wants to change account to business account ,what is involved

You need to tell them stuff & sometimes they ask for a business plan.

,is it a good idea,

Maybe. Maybe not.

do they request docs

Maybe. Maybe not.

Dont forget if you are going to sell to the anti-money laundering limits, documents are needed.

There may also be a chance of a rolling reserve being put on your paypal. Can your plan handle that?

If this is a new account you can decide your best choices early.

[rsot]

What GB is saying is that nothing is 100% with pp - what works for one person can be a miserable failure for others

[GreenBean]

Correct there rsot

Nothing is 100% with ebay/paypal.

Oh, for those days.

[Stigger]

Originally Posted by Ebayorbust

Didn't make the post to get a rise out of you. Just stating my own experience.

I've also got an account move to 130 / £3800 after just three days of selling. The account has two feedback and the paypal at the time was also unverified.

this morning i wake up and one of my accounts have 100/3800.

to get a rise out of me you would defently have to be female

[Stigger]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

Dont forget if you are going to sell to the anti-money laundering limits, documents are needed.

Not always....Anymore.

[johnnyleeds]

Yeah Tizwoz today my account had its selling limits increased to 130 items or £3800 per month and they arent asking me to change it to a business account, although I guess it remains to be seen what happens when they catch me selling over 50 items per month which is double what my limit was until today...

[john456]

You can go to a business account without a LTD correct?

For US accounts, pp puts a rolling reserve once you reach a high volume of sales. As GB puts it, make sure your business plan takes that into account. Otherwise, you can be locked out of any profits until the rolling reserve starts releasing funds.