Hey folks! We recently got an MC011 restriction on my eBay account and are seeing the horror stories of folks doing some... interesting... things to get this restriction, and just wanted to get some feedback from the community on their experience with the MC011 restriction (What brought on the restriction? Did you get the restriction lifted, and if so, how long did it take? etc) as well as any eyes the eBay selling community might be able to put on my Sold Listings to get some opinions here on whether they think we have a shot at getting the restriction lifted or if it's just sayonara to selling on eBay. We are resellers of high demand items like video game consoles, sneakers, clothing and collectibles, with a massive emphasis on sneaker reselling. We don't attempt to hide our business model -- we are resellers through and through, and we know there are varying opinions on this business model on eBay, which we can totally understand (no hard feelings, promise!) -- but so far as we can tell through the policies, our selling performance and feedback as well as the handling of the few and far between disputes and claims/requests we receive from buyers, we have always tried to do our business on eBay with transparency, as much accuracy as possible, and we do our taxes honestly and completely just like any brick-and-mortar or ecommerce business would do on their own website or another platform.
So yeah, we'd love any and all feedback and insight/opinions on this! As openly honest resellers of mostly sneakers, is MC011 restrictions and ensuing account bans just part of the gig here on eBay, with nothing to be done about it though the policies don't seem to prohibit buying retail items and selling them for a profit? To be clear, we do not dropship -- everything comes to one of two locations for us on the east coast of the US and are all sold on eBay as either confirmed preorders or in hand listings. Selling on eBay is 100% of our business, we do not use other platforms or sell locally, only through our eBay store, so this is a restriction we are taking very seriously and want to do whatever is required and necessary (as we have already been working with eBay to do), but would love any community feedback or stories where you were able to get your restriction lifted, if you were able to do so, or any additional advice on how we can conduct our reselling business on eBay above board in ways that maybe we have missed or were not aware of over the last 4 years of selling (store selling anniversary coming up in May!)
Thanks everyone and happy selling!
