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shmc_51 · ‎04-05-2019

I am really confused on limits. I have a starter store and reached my 100 listings with only 94 showing. How are listing and selling limits counted? If I sell an item that counts as one. If I list an item that counts as one. So would a sold item count as 2? Idk if I'm explaining my issue correctly but I saw I had 94 listed items, some unsold like... 25 I think. And 33 sold items. Where did the exact number of 100 come from? Thanks in advance

jeannicho22 · ‎04-05-2019

@shmc_51 wrote:
I am really confused on limits. I have a starter store and reached my 100 listings with only 94 showing. How are listing and selling limits counted? If I sell an item that counts as one. If I list an item that counts as one. So would a sold item count as 2? Idk if I'm explaining my issue correctly but I saw I had 94 listed items, some unsold like... 25 I think. And 33 sold items. Where did the exact number of 100 come from? Thanks in advance

I THINK I understand what you are saying. The answer is it depends on when everything was listed. If you listed 60 items and sold 5 items, ended the remaining 55 before the reset date and then went to relist them... you would be over limit. Solds count against your limit, CANCELLATIONS count against your limit, ended count against your limit and actives count against your limit.

I will admit to not knowing when the reset date happens, whether it is at the month end or whether it is at the end of your monthly billing period. Some folk's end of billing period is the 15th and some is actually the end of the month.

nobody*s_perfect · ‎04-05-2019

Listing limits have nothing to do with whether you have a store. They are based on factors like feedback history and total sales volume history. Signing up for a Store subscription has no effect on your listing limits.

The 100 free insertions that you get with a Starter store are free basic insertions. It doesn't matter when a listing ends or whether an item has sold; your counter for free insertions only looks at what date the listing began (or what date it was relisted or when a Good Until Canceled listing rolls over).

jeannicho22 · ‎04-05-2019

@nobody*s_perfect wrote:
Listing limits have nothing to do with whether you have a store. They are based on factors like feedback history and total sales volume history. Signing up for a Store subscription has no effect on your listing limits.

The 100 free insertions that you get with a Starter store are free basic insertions. It doesn't matter when a listing ends or whether an item has sold; your counter for free insertions only looks at what date the listing began (or what date it was relisted or when a Good Until Canceled listing rolls over).

I think I breezed over the OP equating her 100 free insertions with her seller listing limits... No, they are not the same at all. But the OP should be able to see what her selling limits are on her my eBay page. The 100 free insertions reset at the beginning of each month. I still do not know if the seller listing limits reset at the end of the billing period or the end of the month. The free insertions do not matter at which point in the month they are used, there are 100 of them PERIOD. The selling limits DO take into consideration listed, cancelled, sold and ended. And if you hit your seller limit before you hit your free (included) insertions, you forfeit them.

Free (included) insertions do not equal selling limits. Also you can call eBay I believe once a month and request they raise your seller limits

bigdeals.etc · ‎04-05-2019

@shmc_51 wrote:
I am really confused on limits. I have a starter store and reached my 100 listings with only 94 showing. How are listing and selling limits counted? If I sell an item that counts as one. If I list an item that counts as one. So would a sold item count as 2? Idk if I'm explaining my issue correctly but I saw I had 94 listed items, some unsold like... 25 I think. And 33 sold items. Where did the exact number of 100 come from? Thanks in advance

Some of the replies are creating confusion. OP, I hope you are actually talking about "selling limits" and not "free insertion listings". Those are two totally different and independent things.

Assuming you are correctly asking about selling limit, in order for you to know exactly how you hit the number 100, you have to know exactly the number of your solds, and listed. Rather than look at your numbers, let me give you a scenario.

On April 1, you created 10 listings (1 item per listing). So you currently hit 10 out of your limit.

On April 2, you sold 5 items. You still hit 10 out of your limit since 5 listings converted themselves to sold.

On April 3, you listed 6 more items and sold 3. You currently hit 16 of your limit.

On April 4, you didn't sell anything but 1 person filed a return to refund. You still currently hit 16 of your limit.

On April 5, three of your listings ended without a sale. You now currently hit 13 of your limit.

On April 6, you sold an item but the buyer filed a cancellation. You still currently hit 13 of your limit.

If nothing else happens and it's now May 1, you currently hit 4 of your limit (since your items sold in April don't count anymore... 5 on April 2... 3 on April 3... 1 on April 6.

That pretty much covers all scenarios in regards to selling limit. And yes, I realize April 6 is in the future... I have a time machine

shmc_51 · ‎05-01-2019

Thanks everyone. I just upgraded to another level with plenty of listings so Im safe lol

luckythewinner · ‎05-01-2019

@shmc_51 wrote:
Thanks everyone. I just upgraded to another level with plenty of listings so Im safe lol

If you upgraded your store subscription thinking this would eliminate listing limits, don't be so sure you are safe ... you may have simply wasted money.

The number of free insertions you receive with a store subscription has nothing to do with listing limits:

"All existing selling limits on your account (as well as category and item limits) may prevent you from creating the maximum number of listings associated with your particular eBay Store subscription."

https://pages.ebay.com/stores/subscriptionterms.html

bigdeals.etc · ‎05-01-2019

@luckythewinner wrote:
@shmc_51 wrote:
Thanks everyone. I just upgraded to another level with plenty of listings so Im safe lol
If you upgraded your store subscription thinking this would eliminate listing limits, don't be so sure you are safe ... you may have simply wasted money.

The number of free insertions you receive with a store subscription has nothing to do with listing limits:

"All existing selling limits on your account (as well as category and item limits) may prevent you from creating the maximum number of listings associated with your particular eBay Store subscription."
https://pages.ebay.com/stores/subscriptionterms.html

According to the OPs response here, I'm guessing she is actually talking about free insertion fee listings and NOT listing limit. So my entire reply earlier is irrelevant.

shmc_51 · ‎05-01-2019

Yea I only have a 300 monthly limit but having that wiggle room for the part Im still confused about helps for now til my brain clicks and I ACTUALLY get it lol. TY