mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
Why does being below standard = being banned and what is "shadow banned"? How is it going to be below standard for only a month if you don't use the account? You typically can't bring your account above standard from being below standard if you don't use the account and get more transaction so it dilutes the numbers.
@lakefor94 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:Why does being below standard = being banned and what is "shadow banned"? How is it going to be below standard for only a month if you don't use the account? You typically can't bring your account above standard from being below standard if you don't use the account and get more transaction so it dilutes the numbers.
If the OP has a defect or two drop off this month, they could be above standard next month.
True, that could happen.
@lakefor94 wrote:
@nobody*s_perfect wrote:
@theteamsetguy wrote:
Nope! It against eBay rules as it should be....
Since we have provided opposite advice here, for the sake of the OP I must ask you to provide a link to this policy. Sellers who are Below Standard are allowed to list, so why would their other IDs not be allowed to list?
I believe that sellers who have been suspended are not supposed to evade the suspension by listing under other IDs. But "below standard" status is not the same as suspension.
I agree that the OP can still list on as many accounts as they have.
My question is, "Will the additional FVF's follow to the OP's other accounts?"
No. Unless the other accounts also were found to be Below Standard as well. Each account has their own eval on the 20th of each month.
@831diego wrote:It’s only going to be below standard for a month because one of my 3 defects will fall off in a month. Which would bring me to 2 defects thus bringing my account above standard on the next evaluation. Also ebay doesn’t admit it but many people have reported going from multiple sales to 0 a day as a result of being below standard they essentially shadow ban your account meaning your listings are almost hidden you get significantly less traffic which has certainly been my experience.
Our evals are always on the 20th of each month. In the eval they use data from as of the end of the previous month and the findings are effective the 1st of the following month.
So the March 20th eval will be for the period ending February 29th and whatever they find will be effective April 1st.
Unless your defects fall off my the end of this month, it will not help your March eval.
If you take a peek at the list of different threads that people create here on the Seller Forum, there is always some that are complaining about their sales and it has nothing to do with them being Below Standard.
However when you are Below standard you do get dropped down in the Search Returns.
Hopefully whatever happened to get you in this position, you have figured out how to avoid for the future. If you are unsure, let us know why you got the defects and we can try to help you come up with a plan.
