eBay

booksnstuff_8 · ‎10-07-2017

Ebay has a 50 item per month listing limit, how do I list more merchandise per month?

jonathankirkland · ‎10-07-2017

You must first establish a track record of responsible selling with ebay before you are entitled to increased limits.

You need to show that you can process a smaller amount of orders with on time shipping and no problems before you are given the privilege to increase your listing numbers.

I'm uncertain as to the exact numbers, and I'm sure someone will come along and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you must spend at least a few months establishing yourself.

postingid2017 · ‎10-07-2017

I think the OP's issue is listing more than 50, a few of their completed items have been removed.

@booksnstuff_8 - I think that you would need to speak with eBay as to why your items were removed.

retrose1 · ‎10-07-2017

OP, if ebay has put a limit on the amount that you can list and/or sell, then I think that now is the time for you to seriously evaluate what you are listing and how weill it is doing and what you can do to do better at it. That should be what you are concentrating on rather than finding out ways to list more.

From what I can see, you listed around 100 items and sold 8 to make a total of under $35 in sales. You are selling jeans, many are decent name brands, and can't move them for more than $5. That is a problem you need to seriously look at. Especially since ebay usually gives newbie sellers a boost in search/sales the first 4 months they start listing to get them thinking about making ebay a secondary income by spending money on things like a store and paying for listings.

ebay gives all sellers 50 free listings, occasionally hands out some listing specials. Most sellers don't have limits and are allowed as many listings as they want - all they have to do is pay for them. You list and ebay will charge you for the listing fees and collect at the end of the month.

So that means that you have to do the accounting to see if what you are doing is worth paying for. You get around 250 listings if you pay something bucks for a store, so factor that into the $35 you made in a month and the final value fees, the ship fees, the paypal fees and that has seriously eaten into what you made. And once you factor in what it cost you to aquire the merchandise you are listing and whatever shipping supplies you are using and I will bet that you now owe ebay and have made nothing for profit.

By the way - look into the padded Flat Rate envelopes to ship your jeans in. One price and less than what you are charging, buyers don't like to pay more for shipping than for the item.

I sell clothing and to be honest, I carved most jeans out of my inventory a long time ago and am concentrating on other areas of clothing to list because they sell consistantly better than jeans do for me. If you analyze what sold for you, you can see a pattern emerging and can narrow what you aquire and make the most out of the listings you have.

(*Bleep*)

thatsallfolks · ‎10-07-2017

@postingid2017 wrote:
I think the OP's issue is listing more than 50, a few of their completed items have been removed.

@booksnstuff_8 - I think that you would need to speak with eBay as to why your items were removed.

How did you determine that listings were removed? They wouldn’t be visible.

thatsallfolks · ‎10-07-2017

@mpsenterprises81 wrote:
Ebay has a 50 item per month listing limit, how do I list more merchandise per month?

eBay doesn’t have a 50-item limit. That may be YOUR limit. You can call eBay and ask to have your limit increased.

goodluckselling · ‎10-07-2017

@mpsenterprises81 wrote:
Ebay has a 50 item per month listing limit, how do I list more merchandise per month?

Welcome to selling on eBay - Your user name indicates you are a new seller.

Both eBay and Paypal have limits and payment holds on new accounts and users who have not been active recently. These are in place I think for 90 days which give eBay a chance to vett you as a seller. Your performance during this probation period lets ebay know how you handle all any any issues that might come up as well as review your feedback for and from other users.

Paypal holds your money at the beginning because in the past users would open a paypal account, then come to ebay and list lots of expensive items at stupid low prices to creates lot of transactions in a very short time frame then empty out there paypal account and not ship any products, so Paypal also has this vetting process in place as well.

These changes are welcome to long time users as it has created a better venue for both sellers and buyers to sell and shop with more confidence.

You can learn more about seller limits from this link - Click Here

Good Luck Selling!

geotouloupos · ‎10-07-2017

You can list 50 items for free each month on ebay.com but if you want to list more you will have to pay a small fee for each new listing over 50. If you paln to list a large amount of items then you will need to open a store paying a monthly or yearly fee. Do not rush to open a store if you can't sale an acceptable quantity of items each month.

odditiesandantiquities1 · ‎10-07-2017

@mpsenterprises81 wrote:
Ebay has a 50 item per month listing limit, how do I list more merchandise per month?

I see you are a new seller since August this year. Are you referring to the item limit and dollar limit that you are allowed to sell by eBay until you have proven your performance?

If so, to increase the amount you can sell, you have to contact CS and check and see if they will give you an increase. I had to do that when I first started.

Regards,