POWER SELLERS ARE BECOMING A DYING BREED

[jersey..authentix]

I don't know if anyone has noticed but its getting real hard to remain a power seller or returning to a power seller again. I used to be a power for some time. I have only now realized that I am not anymore.

Got me looking around, and I have found quite a bit of an absence of power sellers.

Ebay bosting that they are helping sellers by implementing changes like the recent GTC , need to think again. It seems we are going in the wrong direction.

[fern*wood]

How do you know whether a seller is a power seller or not?

[tunicaslot]

 I look at a seller's feedback - I don't look for the power seller badge.

[dhbookds]

Power sellers bages haven't be shown for years..........all the requirement is for the bottom tranche, is $1000 and 100 items sold in a year............

[nobody*s_perfect]

IIRC, the Powerseller threshold is still $3K but the TRS threshold is $1000. As you mentioned, the seller's feedback package doesn't reveal this status.

[dhbookds]

@nobody*s_perfect 

is it $3000?  I can't find it anywhere ..........and not worth wasting time on, but  I remember Charlie on the PS board crying when they let "everyone" in and thought it was the $1000 level...........

[dhbookds]

Thinking about it some more........I'm pretty sure originally to be a TRS, you had to first be a powerseller.......

And by the way, if you can see the Powerseller boards under Buying Selling up at the top, you are a Power seller..........

[southern*sweet*tea]

All it takes to be a bronze PS is 100 transactions(I think)/$3k in sales yearly.  Powerseller no longer is visible. In fact, I can't even get the PS dashboard anymore. (not sure if it's me or not)  https://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SDPowerSeller&ssPageName=PageSDPowerSeller

The PS board is still there...

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

IIRC the PS status disappeared from the dashboard around the time they brought in the Hub

[mr_lincoln]

@jersey..authentix   The PS Bronze level is extremely easy to attain and to be honest, the $$ amount should probably be raised to give it more credence.  100 US Sales and $ 3000 in US sales in the previous 12 consecutive months and one attains Bronze Level Power Seller.  That 3K equates to on average less the $ 58 in sales per week ... I think 10K might be better equating to about $ 193 per week.  The next level is what, 36K in (International?) sales?

I am surprised Home office hasn't created a hoop to jump through to allow Sellers to have the PS rating displayed on their listings like the TRS Plus Badge ... oops, better  keep my electronic mouth shut, huh?!?

[berserkerplanet]

https://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SDPowerSeller

still works fine for me, and I lost PS (and TRS) a while back

[innovatilife]

I don't think the powerseller requirements have ever changed. So if you were a powerseller prior, it should not be any more difficult to continue being a powerseller as long as your sales and sales amount remains relatively the same. A lot of people say sales are dropping or too slow now on eBay, but I haven't noticed a big difference in sales at all. The threshold is low for Bronze, anyway.

I have no problem maintaining bronze powerseller (which is all I ever need) for solely the 7 day protection against neutral/negative feedback. Heck, I stopped selling entirely for 1.5 years and I became a powerseller again after coming back after a month or two. Getting TRS is way more difficult due to all the tracking and shipping requirements.

[escuintla]

I understood that to be a power seller you had to jump the hoops, run a triathlon, become a pugilist, a wrestler, a police officer, and an actor like in that movie The silence of the lambs. 

[nobody*s_perfect]

Nope, just sell  a lot and not have terrible feedback.

[magicjohnsonsvariety]

When I click on my Powerseller icon badge, it takes me to the Top rated program page.??

I don't even remember what it's good for...