Can I sell my ebay store?

[unbearablebears]

Does anybody know if I can sell my ebay store?

I have tried ringing customer service and the twit on the other end of the phone says he "thinks" I can.

Has anybody done this?

or enquired about doing this?

[gec2002]

[thecatspjs]

[gec2002]

[gec2002]

[thecatspjs]

[thecatspjs]

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@thecatspjs wrote:

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Legally a business (depending on its structure) is the user - not an individual.  Makes a signficant difference to so many things including business responsibiilties under Australian consumer law.

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But that still doesn't address the issue of an individual's personal information.

If I own a business, and I get myself an ABN and register that business in my name, I can't just go to ASIC and say, guess what, the person running the business has changed, so here's the new info. Things are - legally - much more formal than that (or bureaucratic, take your pick),  it requires an application, not a submission. That is a business responsibility. 

I still see no solid argument yet for such circumstances to be different on eBay. 

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I find the comparison of imagined eBay processes to actual ASIC processes very amusing

If only eBay did have some robust verification processes in place ... however we both know it does not.

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

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I find the comparison of imagined eBay processes to actual ASIC processes very amusing

If only eBay did have some robust verification processes in place ... however we both know it does not.

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-_-

If nothing else, I admire your persistant refusal to either pay attention to what I'm saying, or respond to the actual points I make. 

I would actually enjoy the challenges of some of these discussions if you would at least do one or the other more often than neither, but if you are happy to take one small aspect of a post and assume there was a point to it that I didn't even make, I don't even understand why you bother.

I never suggested ebay and ASIC's processes were identical, by the way, I was trying to illustrate that registering something in one person's name and wanting it to be registered to a different person, is never just a simple process of changing the name. I used a business situation because I thought it the most relevant and that you would understand the significance. 

For heaven's sake, I have the option to update my personal details on just about every online account I've opened. Transfering ownership of something is not the same as changing personal details, and it is the latter which eBay provide the option for, as do all the other accounts I have. 

[thecatspjs]

Information regarding the actual ownership of a business entity may or may not be reflected in the original registration details, simply depending on the information given by the person opening the account, as eBay simply do not require these details to subscribe to its services.

The current eBay business account holder details are not currently set up to ascertain anything much at all about the business entity, nor does the online form seek to equire who actually "owns" or runs a business entity, or even what type of business or company or coporation structure an  entity has.

Indeed, a business may change hands, and the registered contact, email address and other details of the account remain the same.   What then ?

[digital*ghost]

These are all failueres on eBay's part to provide adequate facilities for business (and/or account) owners (holders) to carry out standard procedures that are necessary when a business changes hands.

I shouldn't have used 'transfer of ownership' in reference to an eBay account because as account holders, we don't own our accounts, eBay maintains ownership of them. 

I maintain that if a business account is registered to an individual (which has thus far been neither confiirmed or denied), then the account information, as it is collected and stands, is "my name is ____ ____, and I am currently operating this account as the business ______", 

and not "this is the business ______, and the person known as ____ ____ is our current contact".

I think there is a significant difference between the two, they are not interchangeable, and I still don't think eBay provides for the latter scenario, unless someone can confirm that a business account is not registered to an individual. Edit: Or, at the very least, that eBay provides an option for a business account to be registered to an individual or a company. 

[thecatspjs]

I can not concede that the underpinning meaning of completing a business registration means as you propose is - "my name is ____ ____, and I am currently operating this account as the business ______", 

lol - maybe for a small sole trader business DG, but not for a larger business partnership or company - just not appropriate, by any measure, and certainly not legally, as it would seek to negate the legal protections that are afforded to an individual under a number of business structures.