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Selling linit

mountainherbs-123 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:42:57 GMT

As a new seller I have this selling limit.

I have got only one store. My products have a relatively high postage and it would be better sending several together.

The problem is if I am not allowed to increase my lisitings there is no choice, hence people will not buy because the postage will double the price of the product. I have to charge the postage otherwise I am giving my products away!

The buttom "increase your seller limit" clearly states that you need another ebay store to increase your limit - is there a way around?

If I simply wait, how much will I be able to sell the next month and the following? My products are approx. $6.50 each and I make them myself.

Re: Selling linit

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:54:17 GMT

No You do not need another store, you need to improve your standing as a reliable seller. If you have another ID in good standing with plenty of feedback, that would perhaps increase you limits as they can see you are a good seller. If you don't have another account then you will just have to plug along trying to increase your feedback on the new account.

Re: Selling linit

clarry100 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:27:35 GMT

This comment does not address the selling limit problem...

Will your items fit into a large letter envelope?

To do this the main criteria is that they need to be 20mm (or under) thickness when they are sealed in their envelope.

This will help keep your postage costs down but the disadvantage is that you will have no tracking and that can bring other problems.

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kopenhagen5 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:53:01 GMT

All new sellers have limits and you simply need to get some runs on the board to prove yourself as a seller.

No way around it.

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davidc4430 — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:59:21 GMT

i just looked at one of your items, perhaps in the item description in highlighted text offer reduced postage on multiple buys. like buy one get a second one free post.

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mbselections00 — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:29:14 GMT

The selling limits are frustrating, but once you've made a few sales, they will increase. As the listings increase, undoubtedly so will the sales & again in turn you'll be allowed more listings.

One advantage I see is that if you not very familiar with selling on eBay it gives you time to learn as you grow. By memory, linking a Credit Card to your paypal account if you haven't already done so also increases your limit. I could be wrong on that score, and if I am, I'm sure someone will come along and correct me.

Just one other thing, off topic sorry - I looked at your listings also and notice you allow Pick Up, but you also have COD listed as a payment option - do you mean Pay on Pick UP ? Just thought you might want to change that if you do.

Cheers and good luck - happy selling

Re: Selling linit

mountainherbs-123 — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:43:05 GMT

Thanks for the input - yes I will write that several items have reduced postage fees - probably most people know that. I cannot send in padded envelopes, my items must be packed very carefully.

If people pick up I expect to be paid cash - isn't that the normal way to go?

Re: Selling linit

imastawka — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:46:40 GMT

COD is not cash on pick-up.

It is a very expensive Aus Post service

Re: Selling linit

digital*ghost — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:48:36 GMT

@mountainherbs-123 wrote:
As a new seller I have this selling limit.
I have got only one store. My products have a relatively high postage and it would be better sending several together.
The problem is if I am not allowed to increase my lisitings there is no choice, hence people will not buy because the postage will double the price of the product. I have to charge the postage otherwise I am giving my products away!

Try a combination of listings - if some people won't buy because P&H is higher than item cost, create a listing for 3 items instead of one and see how it goes.

If your items have variations, you can invite people to request different colours (or what have you) via message or the 'message to seller' function that's available at checkout (unless you disable it).

Re: Selling linit

mountainherbs-123 — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 23:20:29 GMT

That is as such a brilliant idea, but I sell plants and people are very specific about what they want. I have a lot of variety and cannot offer that so far. But maybe I think of a good combination. With the seller limit I almost feel bad because the postage is so high, but I cannot give the postage for free.

I linked a credit card to my seller paypal - is that what they mean linking a card to ebay or is there something in ebay were you have to link it? (I find ebays structure a bit cumbersome).

Let's say I sell 3 out of ten items the first month, and then get three positive feedbacks, how many items could I list next month? And the month thereafter? Is there a table were I could look this up?

The next thing is that Isold some items and can't top up my items to ten.

Re: Selling linit

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 23:45:41 GMT

@mountainherbs-123 wrote:
That is as such a brilliant idea, but I sell plants and people are very specific about what they want. I have a lot of variety and cannot offer that so far. But maybe I think of a good combination. With the seller limit I almost feel bad because the postage is so high, but I cannot give the postage for free.
I linked a credit card to my seller paypal - is that what they mean linking a card to ebay or is there something in ebay were you have to link it? (I find ebays structure a bit cumbersome).
Let's say I sell 3 out of ten items the first month, and then get three positive feedbacks, how many items could I list next month? And the month thereafter? Is there a table were I could look this up?
The next thing is that Isold some items and can't top up my items to ten.

Selling limits can be confusing at first! If you're allowed to list 10 items a month and you sell 3 this month, meaning 7 carry over into next month, you can only list 3 new items next month. The limit includes items sold. If you sell 9 this month, and have 1 carry over, you can list 9 new ones next month. If your limit is increased to 30, you list 30 and sell 10, you can list 10 new items next month. If you look down your selling page in My eBay, there will be a box that tells you what your selling limits are, both in number and dollar value. It will tell you what your limit is, how many you have listed, how many have sold and how many more you can list that month. If you reach your limit, you will get an alert message when you try to list another item.

I don't think linking a credit card gets your limit increased these days. It used to. The only reason my new account got a limit increase was because I linked it to an establised account. Even then, my limit only increased to 30. There have been a few members come through here that have RUNG eBay to request a limit increase and with some persistance, their limit was increased to 100. Might be worth making a call on Tuesday.

I noticed in your listings you have specified that you don't post to WA, Tas or NT (because you can't!), have you blocked those states from buying? Sadly, even though you have it stated in the description, you will still get buyers in those states, who will then get narky when you refuse the send the items.

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digital*ghost — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 01:48:57 GMT

@mountainherbs-123 wrote:
That is as such a brilliant idea, but I sell plants and people are very specific about what they want. I have a lot of variety and cannot offer that so far. But maybe I think of a good combination. With the seller limit I almost feel bad because the postage is so high, but I cannot give the postage for free.

I think it could still work - the main purpose of a combination listing in this case would be to show people a better value deal in search results. If you have a lot of plants around the same price range, you won't have to pick specific ones, just say something like any 3 (or however many) plants for $x

If you have several different price points, you could indicate which plants people can choose from by that, eg any 3 $6.50 plants for $X, or you can refine it a bit more and have any 3 succulents (or whatever group type you have :D) for $X, (then have a list in the description to show which group of plants people can choose from).

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247newdeals — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 01:51:10 GMT

@mountainherbs-123 wrote:
As a new seller I have this selling limit.
I have got only one store. My products have a relatively high postage and it would be better sending several together.
The problem is if I am not allowed to increase my lisitings there is no choice, hence people will not buy because the postage will double the price of the product. I have to charge the postage otherwise I am giving my products away!

The buttom "increase your seller limit" clearly states that you need another ebay store to increase your limit - is there a way around?

If I simply wait, how much will I be able to sell the next month and the following? My products are approx. $6.50 each and I make them myself.

I got my limit increase in my first week by phoning EBay and asking if it was possible to get it increased it took about another week to get down but I had to send them copies of ulity bills and my driving license and my limit was increased to 100 once I had given them proff of who I was. Worth a try

The other thing be very careful with you postage cost you have $7.45 I AM Assuming you are posting as a parcel if the postage cost you $7.45 with Ebay and paypal fees it is actually going to gost you about $8.80 so you will be losing an extra $1.35 out of your profit. As you lose about $1, in fees, out of the $6.50 you are in fact selling each plant for about $4.15 currently make sure you are ok with that

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mountainherbs-123 — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:33:41 GMT

Thanks for the excellent replies!

I even din't know that I can block states! I must do that with future listings, because I would get into trouble eithere with ebay or with quarataine.

I cannot list anything at the moment, but the combination idea with choice seems to be a very good idea.

Lastly: you are true with the postage, but how should I do that otherwise? Not taking the ebay postage? For me it seems that postage rate to product rate are not very good.

I will phone ebay btw.