Not Being Able to Request Direct Deposits With Available Funds After 24-48 Hours of Making A Sale

[mcscher301]

I have not been able to request a direct deposit of my available funds for almost 2 weeks. I made a sale on 2/22/24 and 5 days later still couldn't request a direct deposit even though it said I have the available funds. I have no holds or anything else. Ebay keeps using my available funds every day to pay for my .35 insertion fees until the funds are all used up.  In the past 5 days out of $168 I received a $10.72 payout.  In the past Ebay would take out insertion fee payment once a month. Anyone else experience excessive hold on available funds?

[12345jamesstamps]

Is this "instant payouts" you are talking about? Or just general payouts on a certain day?

[dhbookds]

can't help with the deposit thing  but with over 400 listings........why don't you have a store to avoid the insertion fees?

[mam98031]

Why are you paying insertion fees?  Not sure what level of a store you have, but it should be a Basic Store.  You would save a lot of money with changing to a Basic Store.

You may have answered your own question.  If you are racking up fees owed to Ebay so much that it eats up your available funds, that is an issue and should tell you that you need to do something about that.  You are spending too much money in listing fees and you simply do not have to do that.

[mcscher301]

I just went over having a store with an Ebay supervisor last night. The only thing I don't like about it is that I sell mostly vintage and antique jewelry. You can only list it under Collectibles and I am not happy with doing it. I mostly list under Jewelry, Vintage and Antique. I feel that Collectibles is more for objects etc. Thank you for your response.

[mcscher301]

I just went over having a store with an Ebay supervisor last night. The only thing I don't like about it is that I sell mostly vintage and antique jewelry. You can only list it under Collectibles and I am not happy with doing it. I mostly list under Jewelry, Vintage and Antique. I feel that Collectibles is more for objects etc. Thank you for your response.

[mcscher301]

It's being able to request a payout of my available funds, even if it's not the day of deposit, 24-48 after making a sale. I have been able to request an immediate payout for quite some time and Ebay always billed insertion fees monthly, Now they are taking out insertion fees from my available funds every day and not letting me request an immediate deposit. There have been no notices sent out about their policies changing on this matter.  When I look at my available funds it says they are there, they suggest I (not just me) use the funds to buy items on Ebay. Nice,huh, more money for them and none for me!

[mam98031]

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@mcscher301 wrote:

I just went over having a store with an Ebay supervisor last night. The only thing I don't like about it is that I sell mostly vintage and antique jewelry. You can only list it under Collectibles and I am not happy with doing it. I mostly list under Jewelry, Vintage and Antique. I feel that Collectibles is more for objects etc. Thank you for your response.

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You can continue to do that.  I'm unsure why you think you can't.

[mam98031]

Since Managed Payments started, fees are deducted when you have done something to have a fee charged.  

Your issue is that you are wasting money on insertion fees when you just don't have to and it is eating up the money you have sitting in Managed Payments.

[pjcdn2005]

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@mcscher301 wrote:

I just went over having a store with an Ebay supervisor last night. The only thing I don't like about it is that I sell mostly vintage and antique jewelry. You can only list it under Collectibles and I am not happy with doing it. I mostly list under Jewelry, Vintage and Antique. I feel that Collectibles is more for objects etc. Thank you for your response.

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If you have a basic store you can list up to 1000 fixed price listings in any category.

You can list up to 250 auctions in specific categories. Jewelry and watches is one of those categories.

Plus you can list up to 10,000 fixed price listings in specific categories.  Jewelry and watches is NOT one of those categories but you still have up to 1000 free listings in Jewelry.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/store-selling-fees?id=4809&st=3&pos=1&query=...

[mcscher301]

Thank you for responding to my issue. Most of my free listings, at least 80%, are vintage and antique jewelry. Are the 250 listings, I  currently have for free and listed under vintage and antique jewelry (without a store), still acceptable to continue being listed under jewelry for free, once I have a basic store? If I list over 250 in the same jewelry category I will be charged .25 per listing? Is this correct, am I being clear? I'm asking can I still keep my free 250 listings under any category if I have a basic store and then pay .25 a listing over the 250 under jewelry. Many Thanks!

[mam98031 · Accepted solution]

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@mcscher301 wrote:

Thank you for responding to my issue. Most of my free listings, at least 80%, are vintage and antique jewelry. Are the 250 listings, I  currently have for free and listed under vintage and antique jewelry (without a store), still acceptable to continue being listed under jewelry for free, once I have a basic store? If I list over 250 in the same jewelry category I will be charged .25 per listing? Is this correct, am I being clear? I'm asking can I still keep my free 250 listings under any category if I have a basic store and then pay .25 a listing over the 250 under jewelry. Many Thanks!

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NO.  With a Basic store instead of having 250 free listings like you do now, you will have 1000 free listings in the categories you are currently listing in.

Just using your current number of listings which is 435, 250 of those were free listings, 185 of them cost you .35 cents to post, which is $64.75.  Which is MORE than the cost of the store per month.  And there are other perks.  Your FVF is lower, you get a shipping supply coupon, and other stuff.

You would ONLY pay the .25 cent per listing if you went OVER your 1000 free listings.

[mcscher301]

Thank you. I was told that the free listings with a BASIC store are only 500 and I could not list under the vintage jewelry categories. A supervisor told me that last night.  She told me that I would have to list under Collectibles for free with a basic store.

[mcscher301]

Sorry, but I made a mistake, I would begin with a starter store and that changes things, doesn't it as far as the free listings?

[mam98031]

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@mcscher301 wrote:

Thank you. I was told that the free listings with a BASIC store are only 500 and I could not list under the vintage jewelry categories. A supervisor told me that last night.  She told me that I would have to list under Collectibles for free with a basic store.

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I think you just misunderstood what they said to you.  Here is a link that will tell you the benefits of having any given store level.

https://www.ebay.com/sub/subscriptions

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/store-fees?id=4809