Selling limits - running out of items to top up my items :(

[clickabletech]

I've been fortunate enough to sell quite a few items on ebay since increasing my limits from 500 to 1000. Since then I've sold approximately 950 items to date and with 7 days to go, it is not looking good that I will be able to make it to the end of the month.

All my products have been reduced to only 3 available and with an average of 30 products selling on a daily basis, the item limits are becoming unsustainable! 

I have called ebay multiple times only to be told that there is nothing to be done and that I have to wait until the 2nd of next month to get a refresh... 

Is there any other alternative for me? I'm at a loss as to what to do with my business now - it will basically go to a standstill in 1-2 days due to the limits.

Any help/guidance would be much appreciated!

[gtautospares]

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@clarry100 wrote:

Yes.....

Unless you opened your ebay account before the days of such selling limits were imposed (about 2006 from memory) then all of us have had to deal with and work your way thru these selling limits.

When we opened up our most recent accounts for the first 12-months we had to persistently call them each month to have the limits revised and increased until they reached a workable level for us.

They do it, but you have to persist to get the limits increased.

Then suddenly, about a year ago now, we got a message out of the blue that said our selling limits had been increased to 500,000. Which to us is virtually unlimited. So we dont need to call them any more.

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This used to be the case but eBay have recently started imposing limits on old accounts. We have been registered since 1998 and have never had any limits but last month eBay emailed us stating we now had a limit of combined sale and active inventory value of $2,000,000 per month. Followed by a warning we were nearly at our limits!

Quick phone call and we actually got a nice manager who doubled our limits on the spot.

So all pre 2006 accounts will soon be enforced with limits.

[harley_babes_hoard]

Of corse if your standards drop on any account regardless of when you registered you will have limits and restrictions. That's a different thing altogether.

[clarry100]

That's interesting jdmspares....

Our original account (this posting account actually) was opened in 2004 and at this stage has no selling limits at all and never has done.

So far we have not received the notification you have but seems from what you say that is now possible.

Depends on what limit they set us as to if/not it will affects us I guess.

[davewil1964]

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@jdmspares wrote:

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@clarry100 wrote:

Yes.....

Unless you opened your ebay account before the days of such selling limits were imposed (about 2006 from memory) then all of us have had to deal with and work your way thru these selling limits.

When we opened up our most recent accounts for the first 12-months we had to persistently call them each month to have the limits revised and increased until they reached a workable level for us.

They do it, but you have to persist to get the limits increased.

Then suddenly, about a year ago now, we got a message out of the blue that said our selling limits had been increased to 500,000. Which to us is virtually unlimited. So we dont need to call them any more.

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This used to be the case but eBay have recently started imposing limits on old accounts. We have been registered since 1998 and have never had any limits but last month eBay emailed us stating we now had a limit of combined sale and active inventory value of $2,000,000 per month. Followed by a warning we were nearly at our limits!

Quick phone call and we actually got a nice manager who doubled our limits on the spot.

So all pre 2006 accounts will soon be enforced with limits.

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I guess I'm lucky. I can only dream of being restricted to $2 million a month. And if I had that level of turnover, I doubt eBay would be my primary selling venue.

I have NO restrictions on my primary selling account. It was opened in November 2008, so the 2006 reference seems somewhat pessimistic.

[misterforgetfulsbooks]

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@saarzi wrote:

I am curious... this doesnt have anything to do with your question, thats already been answered... So feel free to tell youre not going to elaborate, and thats ok....

I have been directly involved for a long time in financial analysis for large businesses, and I just dont see how MANY micro businesses on Ebay make it (and some hobby sellers).  30 items a day with an average sell of $3 doesnt make profit (unless youre dropshipping?) - this isnt opinion, its a formula. Many sellers would be in the red and thinking that because they have money left over after Ebay and paypal take their fees and you minus the item cost, that they are making profit.

So either...

1. often very small sellers on Ebay are often not caculating cost properly. Cost is more than Ebay / Paypal fees and item cost, and theres a lot of people calling themselves small sellers or hobby sellers driving themselve broke for fun.

OR

2. Im missing something, and I really want to know what it is lol

When I first started selling stuff in the local market, there was a group of sellers who you would label as hobby sellers. The Sunday morning outing to the market was a socializing ocasion for them. They had everything they needed except outside social interactions so that's where the market came into being for them. I wouldn't say that about hobby sellers on ebay, but it does get them out of the home and into the Post Office, Garage Sales and Opp Shops.