Be aware that selling an eBay business has special risks – eBay makes it difficult for sellers to transfer their eBay User ID to another owner. eBay spokesperson Johnna Hoff explained, “As a general rule, we do not allow users to transfer eBay user IDs. It’s important to understand that this helps protect the reputation a seller has built and the integrity of our feedback system. In
relatively rare situations that involve the sale of an entire business, we may give consent to a seller to transfer the user ID connected to that business. We consider these requests on a case-by-case basis and work with the requestor on the specific requirements of the transfer process.” - See more at:
http://neilwaterhouse.com/buying-and-selling-ebay-businesses/#sthash.2ux1ogBl.dpuf
Gawd some massive porky pies in that statement made a few years ago now by eBay "spokesperson" Johnna Hoff
Small to medium size businesses are sold lock stock and barrel ALL THE TIME - what planet do these "spokespeople" you hail from ??? LOL
The sale of a business has nothing to do with eBay - as much as they would like it to be their beeswax - it is not.
Contact details such as individuals names for businesses change all the time.
To change the contact name for a business ID you update the details and submit - if it is accepted by the system, it is accepted - just like we all complete our acceptance of the Terms and Conditions - it is an online operation - fill in details submit.
I have changed name contact for some of my IDs on a few occasions over the years, no hassles for me. But then again I was not trying to sell an eBay ID to someone else. I was just changing business contact name details only.
That being said, I also imagine if you changed a whole lot of details at once, a flag would go up and you may be restricted.
