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[alimak2.5]

Hello,

  I have 21 transaction for selling (all positive) and was wondering how many transactions you have to do before you get automatic payment to your Paypal account for your sales? My transactions are over a couple of years, and not all within the last 12 months. I can't seem to find any info on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

[reallynicestamps]

The timeline is important, because eBay and Paypal have restrictions on both new and occasional sellers.

[alimak2.5]

Thanks for your reply. Do you know how many transaction you would need, and in what timeline?

[momcqueen]

That is a paypal decision, not one that ebay makes.

When I began to sell, I remember that it seemed to take forever for the 21-day hold on funds to drop off. Maybe four months? It seemed longer. And, you're right, I cannot find any specific information on how long it takes for them to decide you have accumulated enough tenure as a seller to pass their reliability test. https://www.paypal.com/selfhelp/article/FAQ1265/2

I guess this is kept deliberately vague due to extenuating circumstances. Like of you issue a lot of refunds (even if just for shipping overpayment due to an ebay cart error) paypal will look at that suspiciously and think you are creating problems for your buyers. There, it may take you longer to build that tenure. Or if you sell 12 things and two cases of INR (Items Not Received) come to them, it will also take you longer to reach that trust level.

It would be nice if they were upfront about the goals they expected one to achieve but maybe they even factor in things that would be deemed unseemly, like a person's postal code into how much of a troublesome seller you may be. Or credit history check. Can they do that? I don't even know. 

[aubreyclay56]

I may be wrong But im thinking it was based on number of sales in three months,i may have been 20 sales or more per month,,was a long time ago and not sure if anything has changed ,it may have even been more than 20 sales per month???

[alimak2.5]

It would be good if there was info somewhere where you could get info on this matter. All my transactions thus far have been 100% positive with no issues. So, the is no concern for INR or the like. If I don't meet the criteria for immediate payment to my Paypal and have to wait the 3 week hold, so be it. Was more curious about it than anything else. 🙂

[momcqueen]

I agree. It would be good to know. The link I shared pointed to a number of different variables. You may need to call PayPal to speak to someone directly about your own account profile. I'm trying to remember how long it was for me and don't recall the answer other than that it was longer than I had hoped. It was a relief when payments finally stopped being held automatically, and I could use them at least to pay postage for the orders which I had been unable to do until that probationary period of time had passed.