So there I was, selling eBooks on eBay, along with the other items of stock that I still had. The difference with eBook sales was that there wasn’t a need to post them, as it was all automated through emails and download links. Because there were no postal charges it enabled me to list items on eBay.com as opposed to eBay.co.uk, which is a much bigger market place, as the sales are world wide.

Within a few short months of selling on eBay.com I was selling enough items each month to become a Powerseller, which I did. Then in April 2008 eBay changed the policy on the sales of digital items. As they thought it may lead to feedback manipulation. I withdrew all my adverts that would’ve ended after their deadline, so as to comply with the new policy. However, one of my auction items had had a couple of bids on it so I sent the losing bidder a second chance offer, after the policy change. What a costly mistake that was. Within an hour of sending that 2^nd chance offer eBay suspended my account for 30 days, for feedback manipulation. I phoned their help desk only to be informed that because I was suspended for a policy breech I would have to wait the 30 days before any communications would be allowed.

So I waited, and waited and waited. Sure enough after the 30 days I was allowed to apply for my account to be activated again, which it was.

I was back on eBay and still a Powerseller, however with the 30 day gap in sales, and the fact that I couldn’t sell digitally dispatched items (eBooks) any more I found it hard to maintain enough monthly sales to hold on to my Powerseller status. Sadly after a couple of months of being back on eBay I still wasn’t able to make up the amount of sales needed to stay a Powerseller and so I lost that status, for now…..  

Until next time, Barry Wells 

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