Thanks melina, that photo came from our smaller store tonight. This one still turns over a four figure sum each month, both 12 months ago and now so its not like I sold two things twelve months ago and four this month.  It is a genuine increase.

Call me suspicous, but I do wonder if things on ebay are generally slow and so the company may have reduced the restrictions it places on some stores just to try to generate some sales. If this is the case the stores may be operating in more of a open market at the moment. The flip side of this is that if things improve on ebay next month, the sales could become more regulated again and I could be back to my " normal ' numbers.