Question for larger sellers with more than one seller account

[patriot_bearing_supply]

I have one active seller account, Top Rated Seller, all that jazz. I've been selling on a commercial level for a little over 4 years now. I've hit the "hidden limits" for the last couple years, if I had a super month it would push the hidden limit up some, and they have crept up slowly. This summer I believe I have hit a yearly limit, as the monthly sales dropped quite a bit for a few months with no real reason. I'm giving no concrete numbers because of course it's a competitive business, but 4 figures per month, and 5 figures per year. The question for those that have multiple selling accounts, would I reasonably expect a second selling account to get me a second hidden selling limit? I do have a "backup" account that I've had for a couple years, it has maybe 20 listings, I sell something every once in a while. Thanks!

[luckythewinner]

 if I had a super month it would push the hidden limit up some

If you can exceed it, then it is not a limit. 

[1tuna]

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I am having a had time with the logic,if you are a commercial seller thar would make you a larger seller but if you are only doing 4 figures a month that is a small level as far as sales go. I like to thnk that active sellers can sell 10 percent of what they have listed a month,in your case it would be about 200 sales a month.

I do nt by into that limit stuff. I can increase my sales any time I want by just listing more or better stuff.I sell 200 pieces a month and have been doing it for a long time.If I want to sell 300 pices a month no one is stopping me,certainly not ebay.All I have to do is to list more.

I go with lots of auction and no reserves

[a_c_green]

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@patriot_bearing_supply wrote:

I have one active seller account, Top Rated Seller, all that jazz. I've been selling on a commercial level for a little over 4 years now. I've hit the "hidden limits" for the last couple years, if I had a super month it would push the hidden limit up some, and they have crept up slowly.

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You have 3,293 listings as of a few minutes ago, so if someone is out there looking for a bearing, they'll probably find yours. Your description of "hidden limits" sounds like kind of a perceptual thing. I get the sense that you expected to hit the ground running with a ton of sales, when in fact it's more realistic to sell a few at first, then more as your reputation for quality spreads. I'm selling four digits a month and five a year, but I certainly didn't start out that high. 

Putting it another way, if you sell a bit more this month than you did last month, it's not because there was some kind of hidden limit last month; it's because you sold more this month. Your dip in sales over the summer isn't due to a hidden limit; it's because the whole world got sick and businesses were closing down all over.

[jbjbj_7]

4 figures per month isn't much at all. mid 4 figures a day they might start asking questions. 

[reallynicestamps]

Obviously eBay doesn't want sellers to sell anything because they want to reduce their profits from fees until they go broke.

I don't know if those figures are for number of sales or value of sales, but one criterion for Best Match seems to be recent sales.

If you have sales, you will be higher in Search. If your item is not selling, it will be below similar items which have sold for the other seller.

The pandemic surge in sales that most of us got from March to early July seems to have gone back to normal.

How do your sales compare  with last year at this time? With 2o18? With 2017? What is the rhythm of sales in your accounts.

FWIW I opened a new account a couple of years ago to try out some ideas. Not only does it sell much less than an older account with very similar products, but eBay has a Hold on cleared payments still. 

One account with high feedback and a 100% rating is better. And of course using lots of Item Specifics (for Google as much as for the buyer) and attractive keyword-heavy Titles.
I had good results from Promoted Listings from Nov /19 to March/20 when I stopped comparing because the pandemic sales surge skewed any results.

FWIW- based only on FB Recieved, you get about 42-43 positive feedback a month, and you leave more than three times that, which is discouragingly normal.
But that number seems to be consistent.

I wonder if you have had a couple of days in a row with no sales and are mistaking that for something more important than coincidence.

[reallynicestamps]

Why would you have "private listings" on things as innocuous as bearings and cones.

That and a No Returns policy may be making customers move on.

No Returns does NOT mean No Refunds.