I was wondering if anyone else has experienced slower sales this month, particularly over the past week. I am new to flipping, so maybe this is normal. I usually get at least 1 sale per day, and on good days, maybe 2-3, but I haven't gotten a sale in the past week. This is through 3 channels (eBay, Poshmark, and Mercari), total of 600 listed.

Hi. Whatever I mail typically gets scanned 2 days after I mail it. It is messing up my eBay metrics and eBay thinks I’m late in shipping when I mail next day or same day. What do I do? I moved from Connecticut where everything was scanned by usps same day. Now in Florida they are lazy with the scans!!

A few hours ago I received an email from ebay saying that my account got "permanently suspended" because my activity has "raised serious security concerns". The account is fairly new mind you, about a week old, and pretty much the only thing I've done with this account was buy an item (a graphics card if I have to specify). The seller has over 2500 reviews, of which 100% are positive, and I paid for it in full, both the stated value of the item and the shipping fees. I paid for it using paypal, and I also have the tracking number. I have no idea what kind of activity caused the ban as I haven't really used my account other than buying (and again, paying for) the item I ended up buying. On top of that, there seems to be no actual way to reach out to an actual agent, since every help & support link is pointing towards a chatting bot, which was barely helpful. Guess my account is forever gone, but I thought I'd post here anyways in case I'm not the only one with such an issue (or there are others with similar cases).

TL:DR: I bought an item from ebay a couple days ago and now I've received a notification from ebay saying my account is permanently suspended stating a pretty vague description

• The seller I bought my item from has 100% positive feedback and a lot of reviews (over 2500). He's also sold many other items before the one I got
• I paid for the item IN FULL, both the asking price of it and the shipping fees, using paypal
• I do have the tracking number for the parcel
• My ebay account is about a week old
• The only kind of help & support channel available through ebay regarding the topic is a chat bot, which isn't helpful as it doesn't help me reach an actual human to at least get an idea of what did I do wrong

The only thing I can currently thing of as being remotely suspicious is the email account linked to my ebay one, which is from proton. I've seen another case before where proton emails are not accepted for some reason, and that's vrchat.

Either way, I think my account is gone for good, but here are a couple of screenshots of my suspension messages from the ebay inbox (yes, I already checked that, the notifications came from ebay itself, they're sadly legit) showing the actual emails I received from them

Like there’s some consoles that I’ve played and I just don’t know if I’d risk selling them on eBay like a PS3 for example I bought a PS3 once and it seemed to work fine when I tested that the guy’s house but after I got home and put like destiny it loaded really slow and then I bought a brand new PS3 and it worked fine

So it’s like the one console I don’t know if I’d sell.. are there any consoles that you think have maybe too many issues to test out that you wouldn’t put on eBay?

I also prob wouldn’t sell a ps5 or switch 2

I sold this item on 9/23 and the buyer received delivery on 9/28. They then reached out on 10/15 stating there was a potential issue with the item. I offer a refund on the item if returned, to which they replied asking for troubleshooting. I am just starting out in flipping items and not looking to play repair technician. There was no reply to the refund offer. The buyer reached out again 11 days later requesting a refund.

My question is on best practice for handling this issue. I feel I did the right thing by offering and immediate refund. We are now 29 days past him receiving the item. He offered to return or discard. I absolutely will have him return and pay the shipping before refunding. Should I just ignore this and let him go through eBay after the 30 day mark of him receiving? Or, is it better to issue the refund than risk poor feedback?

Since I am new at this and trying to build some side income, is it worth keeping the ~$60 or just issue the refund and keep my rating?

***EDIT***

This was one of the first items I purchased for flipping. Was trying to get an idea of what sells and doesn't and navigate my way through flipping. Lesson learned in purchasing items I can verify more easily.

Would appreciate help on the issue stated above, opposed to opinions on what I should and shouldn't be selling. Thanks for the help.

has anyone been able to land any of these new tcg tins?

For people who have been doing liquidation for a while, do you still think full truckloads are worth getting into? I keep seeing people talk about pallets and bin stores, but I am more interested in the actual wholesale side of it. The part that makes me hesitate is that it seems like you need a pretty solid operation before a truckload makes sense. Storage, sorting, testing, freight, listing everything and then actually moving the inventory. Would you recommend starting with truckloads, or building up from smaller quantities first?

I’ve tried or looked into a bunch of these tools like Marketplace Monitor, Swoopa, IVY Flip, and MarketFlip/Flipify, but none of them list pricing upfront and most are way too expensive. I found one I actually like, but before I drop $100 on a subscription I want to make sure I’m not missing anything. All I really care about is getting instant alerts as soon as an item is listed matching my price criteria, whether it's an app or a site. Are there any other good ones worth testing before I pay up, or what are you guys using right now?

Hey guys,

Over the last few days, I've noticed that nearly every item I list is getting 5-7 views within seconds of being listed.

That's weird for me because I specialize in rare books, and most of my items are super-niche titles. I've never had views that quickly on anything until this started. And now it's every item I list...

Basically, wondering if anyone else is seeing this or has heard anything about it...

What would you like help selling? What is it? What are you trying to get for it? What have you tried so far? What will you try next? Hopefully we can help you out a bit.

Once the thread has been up for a while, please try to sort by New so you can try to help latecomers. The more helpful we are in this thread, the less often people will make their own threads for individual items.

I've been an ebay seller since 2020 but my sales have dried up to the point that I need to go back to work after 6 years of self employment. For the sake of the discussion I have only worked low skill labor jobs prior to this. I definitely did a lot to build up and maintain my business but I don't know exactly how those skills would translate to employment qualifications. I feel like I've learned a lot of random things like inventory management, tech repair, shoe cleaning, product research, photography, etc.

Hi, fairly new to reselling (started in May). I've recently got a haul of some valuable items that include testing equipment, some pricey Hot Toys marvel figurines, new in box 2021 mac computer, and additional items. Before this the most expensive items I sold were $300 plumbing fixtures. Any advice for selling items that are $1000+ ?

Do I need to worry about ebay flagging my account if my small store (100 items) suddenly posts 10 items worth over $1000?