Regards,
I thought it might a good time to shift gears and talk about the other end of the selling spectrum ... that being TOO MANY SALES. I am of the belief that there is an algorithm or some type of programming that protects Sellers against selling too much based on numerous factors and settings coupled with their selling history.
I think the APA begins collecting data on Sellers from when they first start to sell and a clue to this idea can be found at the very top of the Selling limits page as follows:
"Selling limits are designed to help you grow your business in a manageable way and to ensure you can give your buyers great service. As you get more comfortable meeting buyer demand, we’ll increase your limit."
With the advent of Seller metrics and specifically the Late shipping defect rate what could conceivably happen to a Seller is this ... let's say based on their Handling time and own limitations they can pack, label and ship 40 items within their Handling time, whatever that might be. Then they get 80 separate sales resulting in 40 Late shipping defects because they simply can't process that many transactions in the available time. They would be toast ... and they sure aren't going to cancel 40 transactions ...
For each Selling account the maximum number of items they can pack, label and ship will vary and I think Home Office keeps track of all kinds of information to help prevent an account from OVER selling. This has nothing to do with slow sales, this is ONLY to protect against TOO MANY SALES ...
For myself I know about what my limits are in processing transactions AND I know that I can process more on weekends then during the week when I have other responsibilities. I think the APA knows that too.
@ittybitnot Correct, it's a discussion and like those notifications on a smart phone that say "apps running in the background" this would be something like that, it's a safeguard for an extreme situation opposite of the slow sales end of things. I think it exists, it would make sense that it does. I might test the theory and double my Handling time ... it might take the APA time to adjust but who knows what might happen?!?
@farmalljr wrote:I do not think the algorithm limits your sales or looks at your sales to help YOU the seller. When someone gets an account smack down, it's for selling too many dollars of stuff too fast. Your seller metrics will limit you for not shipping on time, no bot needed. The smack down for the bad metrics, limits your visibility.
When eBay restricts your account for selling too much too fast, it's about eBay's liability if you scam people and walk away with the money. It has nothing to do with protecting you the seller from being overwhelmed. eBay doesn't care about your stress level, they care about making money off you. That's it.
This is how some new people and even long time sellers have gotten in trouble with eBay. They suddenly sell thousands of dollars of merchandise, and eBay will close their store in an effort to protect themselves from potential backlash. Even if they are completely wrong, they don't care. Their attitude is better to be safe, then sorry. If you watched Chris Lin have his store banned, and listened to his podcast partner (who is a million dollar seller), you would understand this thing a little better.
What you are trying to debate over, just isn't happening. eBay is not looking out for the seller, they are looking out for themselves.
@farmalljrSome good points in that post but I think the APA DOES protect accounts from being overwhelmed but it is rarely needed to be sure but is there as a safeguard, that's all ... for myself I don't recall ever reading any threads where a Seller complained about selling more than they can ship within their Handling time although mathematically it could happen every single day by millions of Sellers.
