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Increasing seller allowance for a stealth account
 

Hi guys

im using a few stealth accounts and on one of them I can sell 100 items or 3500 whichever comes first I was granted this 22 Oct however i want to increase it more but whenever I ask ebay they said to set up a business account or wait until the system automatically grants me more allowance. On my other account i can sell 230 items or 12000. Is there anyway i can get this done quicker I dont wanna set up a business account as i dont get the free listings on weekends and also last time i did i got banned.

Thanks

Re: Increasing seller allowance for a stealth account
 

They don't increase private sellers allowance over 100 because what 'private seller' would sell over 100 items a month.

If you're selling as a business, you should register as a business. Simple as that.

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Who on earth told you this? As a verified merchant I would have thought you would have been much better informed.

I have high personal accounts including 500/10000 and one just risen last month to 270/18000. Just keep selling until you approach or hit your limits and gently increase the average monthly turnover and you will get these automatic, within as short a time as 4 or 5 months if you execute good stealth. Absolutely no need to ever call in.

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realdeals - you've missed the point.

eBay DO NOT grant you an increase in selling allowance over 100 items when you speak to them. The OP has openly stated;

Which just_smile is right.

You get automatic increases by the system but you will never be granted over 100 items manually.

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I have not missed the point, that was not what was said:

'They (ebay) don't increase private sellers allowance over 100 because what 'private seller' would sell over 100 items a month. '

If just_smile was referring to purely contacting ebay then they should have stated that more clearly, but that was not certainly not said.

Wouldn't expect any different than 'the merchant club' to stick together though, even when wrong. ;)

Just stating: 'what 'private seller' would sell over 100 items a month' is nonsense also, and worth of critique on its own.

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Not sticking up for anyone - making a point that they WONT increase over 100 when contacting them but yes they do go over a 100 items automatically or over time when feedback and sales are received on the account

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If you're incapable of following a conversation, that is your issue, not mine. It was clear from the OP'S original post that we were talking about contacting eBay. NOT automatic increases.

And if you feel the need, feel free to critique my comment.

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Actually it seems you are the one who can not follow, as the OP clearly mentions both calling in and automatic rises, as well as asking how to get an increase.

So yes I will feel free to critique any comment you make.

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Guys what do you suggest i do in order for me you increase it shall i keep selling or shall i contact them on a monthly basis i wanna sell more and i dont wanna sell on another account incase they click on that i may be the same person

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Sell to your limits to get higher automatic increases

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do you know of any time span or time period until the system will automatically increase the allowance

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Try and sell up to your limits by the half way point of the month and then there should be plenty of chance for a raise. Raises happen throughout the month.

Try not to crossover the months though. So if you have for example a 30 item limit and have not used any of it do not put 30 items on an auction on the 30th that would carry you over to the next month. Seems to confuse the system a bit and will have an adverse reaction.

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Easily get an increase on a personal account after listing 1 item despite the fact if it's been sold or not.

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I run 5 "main" accounts currently and they all have more than 100 limits. Every single account got limit increases before 90 day was up. I think the lowest limit account that I have is 180 items and highest is 520(I think, might be 540) and they are all private, not business accounts.

I have never called in, just sold to the limits and never had any returns, problems, neutral feedbacks or other similar things.

My suggestion to OP is that just keep maxing the limits and if you don't have any problems, they'll bump the limits.

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Haidukken - again we all know this that they do naturally increase. I think just_smile hasn't been heard right.

For the last time.... You can get higher than 100 items automatically on private accounts, easily, in fact usually get better increases on private accounts. Manual increases on private accounts above 100 items does not happen.

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I know Haidukken, I have private accounts which have been bumped over 100 items automatically too.

I meant when speaking to eBay. I thought it was obvious what I meant, but I guess not. My bad. :smash:

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You lot are confusing. For private account you could well get unlimited, 1000, 5000 limits when you create the account, however, if you get 100 or fewer item limit and call in for an increase you will never get it.

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i contacted ebay this months again via chat and they said only the system can increase my allowance.
but they said to call there specialist team and see if they can increase it, is it safe to call them as its a stealth account

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Depends how confident you are on the phone

You can call, but a few things can happen

You can be asked to upgrade to a business if doing high volume, you can be asked for invoices and you can be asked for ID. They will also look into the account, so I would only call if you are 100% certain the account is in tip top shape.

Personally I wait for limits to increase naturally

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thats weird im on live chat right now opened the account on 2nd jan and they just increased my limits to 75/2600 never had an issue with getting my limits increased every 3 weeks, got one account with 190 items that happened literally a week after getting it up to 75/2600 via chat lol.

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im more confused then ever

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What is confusing?

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what are you confused about?

If its doing it via live chat your account has to be at least 3 weeks old since opening or 3 weeks since the last increase via live chat (this is my personal experience)

So when you are through to live chat this is how i go about it:

Me: Id like to discuss about getting my selling allowance increased

Rep: blah blah we need to put you through to our team who specialises in this, would that be ok

Me: Yes, thank you

Then im through to the increase team, 9/10 i get my limit increase if i follow my rule of waiting every 3-4 weeks. You can also click the request limit increase in my ebay every 15 days.

Hope this has helped :noidea:

Re: Increasing seller allowance for a stealth account
 

Is your account a business or personal account though Mao, I think that is what hitman is referring to.

Very rare to get increases via chat for personal accounts, even more so since the New Year.

Increasing seller allowance for a stealth account
 

The most you can get by contacting ebay chat is 100/£3500 on personal accounts.

Any higher and you need to convert to business.

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Ive never had an issue live chat, if i phone its always hit and miss so i always stick to the live chat, so far this month ive had 4 accounts get up to 75/2600. These are just personal accounts, and i only have 2 business accounts that ive not logged on to now for 5 months so couldnt even tell you about getting limits on them etc, personal account is fine for me. Yes, 100/3500 is the most you can get by asking for a limits, there after you need to rely on ebay raising them for you.

This was just last night:

http://s30.postimg.org/klet42gnl/increase.jpg

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Doesn't make any odds to me whatsoever anyway, I have never bothered going on live chat to get higher limits on personal accounts. I struggle to get 10/650 as I ALWAYS get 100/3500 or higher when making personal accounts.

Out of 10 accounts I will probably get two that are 10/650 so I don't really need to bother contacting them. Ideal as then I can upgrade them to business or keep them personal.

:thumb:

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Ive tried the method getting 100/3500 straight of the bat and ended up on the phone to them etc lol was some polava in the end up. Its just personal prefrence to the personal setting up the account i suppose, each to their own. Theres obviously a correct way of doing the 100/3500 and not many people know how to do it (including me obviously from my damned attempt lol)

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I've 2 accounts which I have used regularly for over a year, mainly hit my listing and price limits each month, never been anything other than above standard and am top rated on the one which is a business one and 100% on both and still have 25/750 on both!

Was thinking of doing the live chat like mao though suppose after more than a year there must be something about the accounts thats stopping them getting increases though with ebay's inconsistencies it's pretty pointless guessing what!

Of course I have other accounts which sell the same kind of items and the limits have shot through the roof after a few weeks without doing anything! Eh....ebay!

I did actually read the business email ebay sent this week and that says that they are going to start increasing accounts limits automatically by up to 5 times the original limit which could be good news?

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It does happen sometimes

There is no harm going in live chat if you want to risk that. You may be asked to phone in instead. They can also ask for invoices, ID or (and this is rare) for a letter to be sent to your address

Most the time though, you should be fine

Its just down to you to make that calculated risk

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Yes, thanks, you hit the nail on the head there. I've never phoned or used live chat as I've never wanted to have the chance of a review or a flag as you never know what kind of customer support member is going to answer your call or chat and maybe better to have low limits than there being any chance of losing it altogether.

Do you ( or anybody else ) know if they ask any kind of security or for any account details before they will talk to you about the account on live chat?

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They will ask you to confirm all your account details sometimes

You should be logged into eBay before contacting them from live chat, generally that gives them all the information that they need

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Thanks very much for the information and I appreciate you taking the time to reply.

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ok....so here's my recent experience.

after getting shut down on 5 accounts (1 left) i opened 2 stealth accounts. one is active now...as in i'm selling on it. they gave me a 10 item limit and after 2 weeks i hit the limit with small generic items (low risk).

so.... and here's a trick we can all learn from...

i waited until 11.45pm to hit the 'request higher selling limits' button. of course the pop up said they aren't manning the phones at this time...so there's a few links to selling limits info...i clicked on one and in the top right of the page there was a 'contact us' button. i hit it and got through on live chat. the girl on the other end didn't even wait for me to answer a question before she was asking the next...i'm assuming this is because their shift ends at 12 midnight. she gave me 100 listings within 4 minutes....i was stunned!!

so....if you want an increase with little to no awkwardness...then chat just before midnight

Re: Increasing seller allowance for a stealth account
 

basically i got a account where i can sell 100 or 3500

I got this increased in october 2015

but after this point ebay haven't increased my limit

i have contact ebay several times after december to get them to increase my allowance

but they can keep saying i have reached my maximum limit and i need to wait for the system to upgrade my account or set up a business account

can you give me a few tips on how i can get the system to increase my limit

Re: Increasing seller allowance for a stealth account
 

100/3500 is the highest a personal account can get, unless the system put up your allowance.

Once I get to 100/3500 here is what I do to get a system allowance upgrade:

1. Sell to my limits
2. PAY FEES EARLY
3. ship on time and TRACKED
4. answer all messages no matter if its stupid.
5. upload all tracking info on paypal

it can be time consuming but a few of my account just got 220/3500 and 190/3500 yesterday they are only 4 month old.

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so far this month

i can only list 15 or 44 pounds

defect rate is 0.34 percent

late delivery rate is 8 percent but i offer free delivery on all items and its still above standard

and 1 out of 290 Cases closed without seller resolution

is there anything im doing wrong

Re: Increasing seller allowance for a stealth account
 

hitman have you hit the selling limit ever ?

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ive never had it when it said

you can list - items 0 / amount 0

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Its happen more and more in the UK these days

Its generally happening when people try to turn the eBay into a sellers account without adding and verifying a bank account first