Keep your ebay account running strong!

Now more than ever as ebay starts verifying new and old accounts including with ID requests, you need to do what it takes to keep your account in good status. Don’t wait until it’s too late! Get expert advice on how to keep your ebay in good status.

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eBay reinstatements remain your best bet

As eBay works harder to force you to identify yourself fully in order to process – by new IRS guidelines – over a mere $600 per year, it will become more and more difficult to maintain or create stealth accounts. Holding on to your old eBay accounts will become critical to continued eBay success. This […]

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Ebay escrow for high end items

eBay has had escrow on and off for years, but recently it has started to impose mandatory escrow where eBay itself examines the item being sold for authenticity. The eBay program for luxury watches over $2000. https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-launches-authentication-on-all-watches-sold-for-2-000-or-more-in-the-us-with-new-service-authenticity-guarantee/ was started in September 2020, and is based on prior similar programs that have come and gone at […]

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eBay Managed Payments

The great new game! The way to step away from nosy always limiting you for no good reason PayPal, and having eBay handle all your payments. All credit cards accepted. Currently for the U.S. only. https://www.modeeworld.com/forums/forum/everything-ebay-in-the-u-s/ebay-discussions/85800-ebay-managed-payments-transition-away-from-paypal-transition-away-from-integrated-credit-card-payments-march-1-2019

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EBay And PayPal Moving Further Apart

We already know that eBay and PayPal separated in 2014 https://www.modeeworld.com/forums/forum/everything-paypal-in-the-u-s/paypal-discussions/1449-ebay-is-selling-off-paypal-ebay-and-paypal-will-be-separate-companies-once-more eBay has already also declared that they will no longer be allowing PayPal on its site as its official payment processor https://www.modeeworld.com/forums/forum/everything-paypal-in-the-u-s/paypal-discussions/79540-ebay-moves-away-from-paypal The new choice is a Dutch company, Adyen https://www.modeeworld.com/forums/forum/everything-ebay-in-the-u-s/ebay-discussions/79548-ebay-to-intermediate-payments-on-its-marketplace-platform-via-adyen-and-not-paypal Let’s hope that Adyen is a better processor for sellers than PayPal has […]

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EBay Desperate To Sue For Trademark Infringement

Even though eBay isn’t always in the right, they seem to have a software robot that scours domain registrations for any that include the word ebay.  Register a domain with the name ebay in it, and you may receive an email from [email protected] that looks like this: We are writing concerning your registration of ebayXXXX.com which contains […]

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PayPal’s User Agreement from June 25, 2016

Periodically PayPal updates its user agreement. The one took effect June 25, 2016.  There are just a few changes of note: REVISED SECTION 11.5 We’re making a clarifying change to Section 11.5 and adding a new item that will be excluded from PayPal Seller Protection.  The new item that will not be eligible for Seller […]

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Amazon Chargebacks

If you are seller at Amazon, and a buyer initiates a chargeback against you, you must try to make that seller happy, because Amazon will usually side with the buyer on chargebacks. However, if the basis of the chargeback is an unauthorized transaction (fraud), Amazon will cover you.  Amazon screens all purchases for fraud and […]

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VERO Cease And Desist Letters – Johnson And Pham

Many people who are happily selling products receive Cease and Desist letters from outfits like Johnson & Pham.  When this happens, instead of giving in and just paying these bloodsuckers, contact Modee at Modeeworld, he will advise you on what to do to avoid paying them anything.  Not one client of Modee’s has ever ended […]

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How To Create An Ebay Or PayPal Account From Scratch

These are the basics: TO CREATE A BRAND NEW UNTRACEABLE EBAY + PAYPAL ACCOUNT Be sure follow these Steps to avoid being linked back to an old EBAY account of yours: 1. ALL New email address 2. New name (different name) 3. New address (not used before with Ebay) 4. New telephone number (check for various VOIP sources) […]

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