Payment on hold

[ape1847]

I have been selling for 3 months with over 100 sales and 100% positive feedback and have been getting all of my payments the next day but today I made a small sale and it says payment on hold until after delivery? Does anyone know why this would happen?

[12345jamesstamps]

It usually takes about 3 months before eBay sees some irregularities in a new seller.

Are you 'drop shipping' or do you have all items you are selling at home?

Have you done any 'out of stock' sales?...That's 'the kiss of death'.

And maybe I am wrong...but are we allowing to sell 'Stanley Cups' on eBay or maybe just not type you have you are selling?...I could be wrong on this.

[ape1847]

I have all items in stock and have never done out of stock sales. And I'm not selling Stanley cups just the handle charms for them

[klhmdg]

Maybe eBay is doing some checking or will ask for more information from you.

The Stanley "charms" - You should probably not mention the brand name of the cup.

Those type of things tend to get sellers attention that they dont want.

Also you should not put the cup in your photos. Buyers can assume they get the cup and or the manufacturer may think you are selling their product.

Some manufacturers dont want you selling their product "new"-

[pikabo-icu]

@ape1847 

I'm going to post you a link on the payment hold policy. Perhaps you will find something to explain the "why" if you look through that info.

Good Luck..                    https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/getting-paid-items-youve-sold/pending-payments?id=481... 

[ape1847]

Thank you. It just doesn't make sense when mt payments have not been on hold for months and now they are. And nothing has changed 

[pikabo-icu]

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@ape1847 wrote:

Thank you. It just doesn't make sense when mt payments have not been on hold for months and now they are. And nothing has changed 

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@ape1847 

You're welcome, no worries. 

I understand the confusion..

Did you sell something particularly expensive? Like a lot higher than your previous sales?

[stephenmorgan]

Your account was activated March 12, 2025 and you prior sales show 73 items since March 19th with a total of about $788.16 in sales.  That is just over two months of sales.

I do not know the exact formula eBay uses but I had a new account and it took a year and 10 sales with a value of $1600 before the payment holds were lifted.  After a few sales I did graduate to funds released day after delivery.