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Hi there.Thank you for your respones to many answers.I have a situation with ebayI want to sell fake sunglasses on ebay,i tried but they banned me(probably competitor did it),so i received a letter,i think you are familiar with this letter-TRADEMARK VIOLATION-UNAUTHORAIZED ITEMSo what to do next?Maybe i can write to ebay that i have a invoice/receipt for this item?Becouse i did not mention in listing that i can provide a receipt/invoiceAs far as i have understand ebay the i can say if someone reports me ebay removes listings automaticly without analizing the listing,am i right?I just see hundreds of ^ORIGINAL^ sunglasses on ebay.co.uk and they still sellAny information would be usefullThanks
 
Hi! Can a seller improve his product ranking upon search of keywords?

In my experience it doesn't help that much because eBay sorts search by your sales and sellthrough before keywords become a factor.


Can you tweak and link your product on "people are also watching" of other popular products?

Thanks!

yes, but kind of pointless because artificially increasing your watchers reduce your sellthrough rate and kills your search placement if your product doesn't sell. If your product sells it will get good placement anyways.
 
I need ebay watchers and ebay feedback, to improve my search ranking.
I sell wedding invites but nobody find me.:(
 
I have a new Dutch ebay seller account, what is the limitation for it? How many items can I list at the beginning?
 
I am sorry if this question is asked already but I saw an thread about dropshippping and i reallly like it. But I wont understand why dropshipping doesnt work for people out of US? Can you explain me? Thanks
 
I am sorry if this question is asked already but I saw an thread about dropshippping and i reallly like it. But I wont understand why dropshipping doesnt work for people out of US? Can you explain me? Thanks

1. drop shipping is riddled with fakes which get your account shut down

2. drop shipping means that the seller doesn't have control

3. if you do well, drop shippers attract hordes of competitors because it has low barrier of entry
 
Hi, I'm interested only in "affiliate" style selling for others advertising on ebay - I think I have a good opportunity in this space. I'd imagine [maybe I'm wrong] that limits don't impact NON direct sellers ie, those only marketing others items? Also, I'm looking at a tool like "easy bay pro" - to help streamline things, can you suggest any others I could look at please? Thanks for any feedback/advice offered.
 
Do you know of anywhere safe to buy eBay accounts from? I've never been banned or done anything sketch but I'm looking for accounts with higher selling limits
 
Hello, I have had trouble finding the right products to sell on eBay. I use Alibaba to supply, but any suggestions on what specifically to buy that appeals to eBay buyers?
 
How do I fix a restricted account on ebay? I've recently just made an account and I've reached my monthly selling limits. So I decided to make another account and link it with my paypal and both accounts for restricted. I also tried to take a third account using a different pay pal and it still got restricted. I didn't know this was going to happen as this is my first time using ebay. I called them and they said that its dangerous making two accounts on the same address or linked in the same pay pal...etc etc and they said that I can not ever sell. Well their customer service was no help. If you can help me out with this problem that would be great! thanks!

Hi - I've made hundreds of EBay accounts in the past so I can help you with this one.

1. If your EBay / PP account got restricted before listing any item, most likely eBay flagged your IP address. You should forget about this account and move on.

2. If you sold something on eBay and then got flagged, it was flagged bec you sold something high risk (or something eBay doesn't like)

3. By creating a new account on the same IP you are just asking for trouble.

4. By linking a new PP account to a restricted eBay account or vice versa you are asking for a big headache

The best thing is to start from scratch. Get a new IP / VPN and create a fresh (stealth) eBay account. Avoid mistakes 1-4.

Thanks
 
Hi

Thanks for offering your time and knowledge to us.

I've a quick question regarding stock levels.

If I create more than one fixed price listing that contains the same stock item, is there anyway they can be linked so any sales in one listing will update the quantity available on the other listings. Otherwise keeping an eye on stock levels is a nightmare. The reason for this question is that I would like to create variation listings but then also offer individual items at the same time.

We'll get to cross platform syncing some other time.

Thanks

Jeff
 
is there any automated dropshipping software out there? i have the list and products but just dont get the time to process all the orders myself. i would prefer finding more products and compare prices etc.
 
How do certain long term sellers of ie: apple/Samsung/Canon & Nikon to name a few, sell some of the items so damn cheap, pay for the crazy fee's on selling a $500-$2000 product and still turn a profit, even if low profit margin, doesn't add up to me. I have searched for months for some of these products from HK to the manufacturer and everywhere in between & I can maybe buy for what they are selling for on ebay if I'm lucky!! Many of these sellers are not major retailers, just regular John/Jane Doe, so no big buying power... They are not clone products as feedback would get them unstuck if fake. I'm talking ebay Australia in particular... Got me stumped & pissed as I could not come close to competing... TIA
 
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How do certain long term sellers of ie: apple/Samsung/Canon & Nikon to name a few, sell some of the items so damn cheap, pay for the crazy fee's on selling a $500-$2000 product and still turn a profit, even if low profit margin, doesn't add up to me.
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You're assuming that those people get their products from approved channels; you're also assuming that those accounts are regular John Doe's and not some company operating under another name.
 
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