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!

[clarry100]

That's the way the cookie crumbles with these selling limits unfortunately.

You can only request a limit increase no more often than once evey 30 calendar days.

And they are under no obligation to grant it either. Although in our experience they always did.

Good luck!

[dylan11235813]

Open a new account and request an increase in selling limit on that one.

[saarzi]

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

[*tippy*toes*]

I'm curious too because I'm not sure how someone can sustain themselves when an item costs $1 with free postage, with the item being sent registered,  which from memory is $3.50 on top of the stamp cost. I mean absolutely no disrespect to the OP, I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong! 

[saarzi]

If that was the case I'd assume dropshipping from China or somewhere else cheap. Can still make profit that way, and thats ok - although very minimal profit if youre dropshipping 30 items a day at only $3 a pop from China but living in an Australian economy.

But many people arent dropshipping.... theyre just terrible at the financial side of business, and I hate seeing people say "but im a pensioner, this is just a hobby", like making it a hobby reduces cost, which it doesnt. Those people are paying out of their own pockets for others to take their items, and they have no idea, and they are usually the people who need the money the most.

[chameleon54]

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@saarzi wrote:

If that was the case I'd assume dropshipping from China or somewhere else cheap. Can still make profit that way, and thats ok - although very minimal profit if youre dropshipping 30 items a day at only $3 a pop from China but living in an Australian economy.

But many people arent dropshipping.... theyre just terrible at the financial side of business, and I hate seeing people say "but im a pensioner, this is just a hobby", like making it a hobby reduces cost, which it doesnt. Those people are paying out of their own pockets for others to take their items, and they have no idea, and they are usually the people who need the money the most.

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The OP is offering Australian express post at extra cost and lists the items as being in Australia. I,m not sure how they do it.

Personally I have found that selling anything under $7-$8.00 even if you get it for next to nothing is a marginal proposition. By the time you list, sell, pack and address the parcel, you really need a minimum of $5-$6 PROFIT after all expenses to make even very basic wages. ( unless your buyers regularly buy multiple items and combine postage, which is a different ball game ) .  In reality a seller probably needs much higher value items with much larger item profit to actually make the business really pay. The higher the item price and wider spread from stock purchase cost to sale price ( profit after costs ) the more viable the business model. This profit %, plus sell through rates are the most important things to achieving a workable ebay business.

[wheelie-great-magazines]

I wondered how the OP did it so cheaply as well. I clicked on item number 301705977453 and chose a colour. The price went from $1 to $2.49. Still cheap. I checked out the posted next. Even though the description says "All packages are shipped via Australia Post (registered post)" the options for postage are standard delivery, express and pickup only, NOT registered. None of this helps the OP with their problem of selling limits. My solution, as others have hinted at, would be to increase your prices to a more profitable level. Sales would then decrease and the existing selling limit would be managable. Plus as a bonus you'd be profitable.

[harley_babes_hoard]

Opening a new account might work but your money will then be frozen for 21 days. As the case will all new accounts.

[clarry100]

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.