mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
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It appears you may have some misinformation or you misunderstood something.
What "new tax changes" are you referring to @angel4ever2b ?
What are "earning scores"?
Changing from a personal to a business account does not remove ANY information from your account. It all remains the same.
I operate as a Sole Proprietorship, so my Business Name is my name.
You do not have to have a Store of any level to be a Business account.
"I do wish to change my current 'Personal' name (Seller's name?) but will this remove all scores?" NOTHING changes on your account that is visible to anyone viewing your listings. Your feedback remains the same as does your selling history.
" Or Two, change my Seller's (Personal Name) name now before switching over to 'Business' account without going back to '0' scores. "
You do not have to change your Seller ID at all. You don't have to change your bank account or anything else. It can all remain exactly like you have it now before changing to a Business account.
You mean you want to register as a business seller?
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/registering-seller?id=4792
It appears you may have some misinformation or you misunderstood something.
What "new tax changes" are you referring to @angel4ever2b ?
What are "earning scores"?
Changing from a personal to a business account does not remove ANY information from your account. It all remains the same.
I operate as a Sole Proprietorship, so my Business Name is my name.
You do not have to have a Store of any level to be a Business account.
"I do wish to change my current 'Personal' name (Seller's name?) but will this remove all scores?" NOTHING changes on your account that is visible to anyone viewing your listings. Your feedback remains the same as does your selling history.
" Or Two, change my Seller's (Personal Name) name now before switching over to 'Business' account without going back to '0' scores. "
You do not have to change your Seller ID at all. You don't have to change your bank account or anything else. It can all remain exactly like you have it now before changing to a Business account.
@angel4ever2b wrote:Yes, I'm very confused. Sorry if I'm confusing everyone.
Earning scores... Feedback Scores. I don't have a lot because I don't sell a lot but now, as years have gone by and the possibility of moving, I have lots more to sell and need to get started on posting.
I have 250 FREE listings every month and beyond that, I'll be charged a listing fee. I do have many more items I wish to sell so with having a Store, I can list more items for minimal fee. And, I currently have been buying a lot of packaging materials.
The tax thing is about selling $600+ on gross sales on Ebay and all other platforms (which I don't have) and they'll send the 1099 Form? Will that change next year?
NOTHING changes on your account when you switch from Personal to a Business account. NOTHING will change. You are way over thinking this.
Changing your account from personal to Business will NOT affect your taxes.
The 1099K is merely a FORM and nothing more than a FORM. With or without it, sellers should be claiming their sales here and anywhere else on their income tax forms.
Myth: If taxpayers didn't receive a Form 1099-K, they don't have to report income.
Fact: According to federal law, all income is taxable unless it is specifically excluded by tax law. Taxpayers should report any profits from selling goods or services, regardless of if they receive a Form 1099-K.
Just change your account to Business. It will not harm you or make you lose anything in any way.
PLEASE come back and tell us how things go for you after changing your account to Business. We will be here for you.
You don't need a Store of any level until you are sure you will consistently have 300+ listings running each month. When ready, start with a Basic Store, it will give you plenty of listings.
A Basic store has 1,000 free listings and another 10,000 in specific categories which you sell in plenty of them.
Watch this tile in your Seller Hub. It tells you all you need to know about available listings.
@angel4ever2b wrote:I should stop researching and listen to you. I read an article that said Free Listings October 1st went up to 300 for Private Sellers. Mine is still at 250. I definitely have more to sell and definitely was considering the Basic Store.
Considering changing my Username. It was my dog's Title name but she passed away 2007. And/or a Store name. The Username edit is not allowing me to have spaces between words. Will the Store name allow me to have spaces? Jus wonderin.
"Private sellers" is not a term used on the USA site, but I think it is on the UK site. So you may just be getting yourself confused.
If you do a Basic store, you want to run 300+ listings ALL the time to make it worth the money for the store.
Why change your user name? I've often considered it over the years. When I set mine up it was commonly recommended to use your initials and zip code. Which clearly I did. Unfortunately my initials suggest that I might be a rather formal type person, which I'm not remotely close to that. But I never changed my ID because I have a long history under this name. While I wouldn't lose any of that history changing my ID, my repeat customers may not recognize me.
My avatar is my two dogs, I always called them my Puppies. We lost Suka, our boy about 5 years ago and our beautiful girl Ohana a couple years ago this week. They will forever be my puppies.
What do you mean by more spaces if you have a store. Could you be more specific please.
