topic Re: Seller limit in Selling

Seller limit

pcwhizard — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 07:42:15 GMT

I've been an ebay member since 2000, and haven been selling on and off since 2002. I pay the fees and have pretty good feedback. I have gone to list an item and I get the following message -

You can not submit your listing due to the following problems

Alert

At this time, you can't list any more items with this account. We're sorry for the inconvenience.

eBay occasionally places limits on accounts in order to help keep our community safe. This limit isn't a reflection on you -- these same limits apply to many sellers.

I sold two items on 20/04/2014 and one on the 10/05/2014. In the past I have been able to sell much more without this "limit". I few months back, I tried selling a car but wasn't able to unless I started it at something like 99 cents - I wasn't able to list it for a price nor have a buy it now price.

When I queried it with ebay, they said all sellers have this limit - which is not true (I know friends who don't have any limts).

What is going on?

Re: Seller limit

harley_babes_hoard — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 08:01:17 GMT

because of price of your goods. There is a I believe $7500 limit. You would have exceeded that. Also your percentage is getting low.

Re: Seller limit

i-love-my-sheep — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 08:10:24 GMT

You have $6,980 worth listed, you have a monthly limit of $7,500. You can't list any more than $520 until the engine has ended. If the engine sells, then you only have $1,000 left in your monthly selling limit, minus what is currently listed at the time.

Re: Seller limit

davewil1964 — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:48:13 GMT

The trick is not to be on and off.

My main account has no listing restrictions, but I list and sell constantly. And I started selling in 2009, before the restrictions came in. This account has a listing restriction, but I opened it in 2011? Somewhere around there. The point is eBay introduced restrictions for newish sellers a few years ago and if you are a sporadic seller, you have probably been caught out by the new rules. Especially if you are caught years after the rule changes.

Re: Seller limit

pcwhizard — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:09:17 GMT

I see, but the limit must be 7000, as I can't even list an item for 99 cents..

Re: Seller limit

davewil1964 — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:16:15 GMT

Check your selling page. That will tell you exactly what your available listings and $$ are.

Re: Seller limit

pcwhizard — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:17:03 GMT

what is the point of the selling limit, who does it exactly protect if I am a long term ebay seller?

Re: Seller limit

pcwhizard — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:18:56 GMT

That sucks, what if I want to sell a car over $7000? Ebay won't even vary the selling limit..

Re: Seller limit

davewil1964 — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:20:18 GMT

it protects against shonky sellers. It is an automated system. You need to ring eBay and get your limits lifted if you think you have a case.

Re: Seller limit

pcwhizard — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:22:16 GMT

Yes, but nothing about a selling limit. Its also unfair some people don't have a limit and some people do. I've always paid the fees and have pretty good feedback.

Re: Seller limit

pcwhizard — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:24:13 GMT

I tried that before, but the ebay person I spoke to was reading a script over and over.. like a robot. Didn't seem really interested in helping.

Re: Seller limit

davewil1964 — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:38:08 GMT

That is the point where you ask/insist on speaking to a supervisor.

It might not be fair, but it is the way it is.

I have over 1,000 listings on my primary account, and I kicked off my fair dinkum selling with 300ish. I would have had to jump through many hoops to get that level, but I was extant (and selling) when they brought the limits in.

Re: Seller limit

*crikey*mate* — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 23:19:11 GMT

@pcwhizard wrote:
what is the point of the selling limit, who does it exactly protect if I am a long term ebay seller?

Maybe it is a security measure for hacked accounts?

If your accopunt has been inactive for a while or low activity levels and then all of a sudden has a flurry of activity, perhaps this is a red flag that something unusual is going on?

Not sure, but have seen a few cases on the boards where accounts have been hijacked.

Maybe the activity has been so sporadic that eBay considers it prudent to add limits as there have been so many changes that perhaps they feel those who may be a bit rusty need to work out the kinks so to speak before progressing to high activity.

In that case it would be as much protection for you as it would be for the buyer and eBay