| Not a day goes past when I here of some seller | | | | certain selling features (Buy-It-Now, Featured Plus) to |
| frustrated that eBay have pulled their auction listing. | | | | be used until your feedback is at a certain level - |
| It is very easy to violate an eBay listing guideline | | | | normally 10 for the most widely used features. It |
| without knowing, the first you'll learn about it is when | | | | may be worth buying a few low priced items to get |
| you receive an email from eBay.If it's a serious | | | | your feedback to the required level.If you are |
| violation or a number of smaller repeated violated | | | | suspended from selling eBay guidelines states the |
| eBay can & will close down or suspend your account. | | | | following:"Members who are suspended are prohibited |
| Don't be fooled into thinking they need your revenue | | | | from registering new accounts with eBay, or bidding |
| as a seller, I know of one eBay power seller who | | | | or selling on eBay using any existing accounts. eBay |
| paid close to £25,000 per year to eBay in sellers | | | | reserves the right to suspend existing accounts as |
| fees & had his account closed overnight.Firstly and | | | | well as new accounts opened by anyone in the same |
| most importantly familiarize yourself with all the selling | | | | household of a suspended user or by any other |
| guidelines on eBay. By doing things right first time, | | | | associates of a suspended user."Now I'm sure that |
| you'll be less likely to have your auctions cancelled by | | | | 99% of eBay sellers, especially serious sellers (like |
| eBay's safe harbour team.But let's image the worse | | | | yourself) reading this would not violate rules to a |
| case scenario, you're an eBay trading assistant or a | | | | degree where your account was suspended. And I'm |
| professional seller dependant on eBay and overnight | | | | not recommending you to continue selling on eBay |
| eBay close your account, pulling all your listings in the | | | | even though your were suspended.BUT, what I will |
| process. Overnight your business will disappear.Don't | | | | say is in the unlikely event this did happen what |
| fool yourself that by sticking strictly to eBay | | | | would you do?You have an obligation to your clients, |
| guidelines you'll avoid the hassle. You'll have many | | | | yourself and your business to get things back on |
| competitors on eBay who will try and report you at | | | | track as soon as possible. Having an eBay account |
| some point, even if their accusation is false your | | | | registered in the name of a distantly located friend |
| listing may be pulled by an overzealous eBay | | | | which you can use discreetly may allow you to keep |
| employee.Leaving eBay listing violations alone there | | | | your business long enough to sort out your original |
| are still potential hazards that may jeopardize your | | | | problem with eBay.Some situations can be sorted out |
| account or account status. Negative feedback, your | | | | within hours, while others carry an automatic |
| account being hi-jacked, even forgetting your | | | | suspension for 30 days. Now, no business can afford |
| account password could cause massive delays to | | | | to stop trading for 30 days & expect to carry on |
| your business. If you get too much negative | | | | when the suspension is lifted as if nothing has |
| feedback, you may want to abandon the account | | | | happened. You'll lose credibility, you'll lose money and |
| altogether and start afresh.eBay does allow you to | | | | most importantly you will have lost a lot of |
| have more than one registered account as long as it | | | | clients.Mark Kenny, runs the AuctionCUT forum. The |
| using another email address, so it is essential to have | | | | forum is for any eBay or related auction subject. You |
| at least one backup account for emergency use. | | | | can also read a number of Marks other articles about |
| Keep one registered for a spare account and also | | | | Turnkey Website Opportunities here. |
| remember to consider that eBay does not use allow | | | | |