@Anonymous wrote:
How many days for handling time? I was told better up to 3 days. If 5 days not good for searching capability, is that true?
Yes, anything over 5 days is going to reduce your items' visibility in search, but in an emergency situation, does that really matter?
In a personal health emergency, I think we sellers have two reasonable options:
1) Hide our listings -- easy to do in a couple of clicks, if not immediately, then a few days later when you're able -- if you have a store. With no store, you can still end your listings. It's better than getting potentially several late marks. Or:
2) Temporarily increase the handling time on all listings. As 'mj' mentioned, this can be done in a few minutes using bulk edit.
Either can be done using an Iphone (even a borrowed one for a few moments) once you're able to deal with it.
However, I do think all of us sellers need to have an emergency plan to save our businesses in the event of an unforeseen emergency. If you have a spouse or close relative, training them about exactly what to do is the obvious choice. Even setting up a "buddy" system with a trusted friend or fellow seller would be better than allowing havoc to run wild, then returning to find your seller status destroyed. Having a back-up is always wise, and would remove the need to be worrying about business during a personal emergency.
Realistically, even in a serious emergency, there is probably a window of a few days to have your stand-in take some action to protect your seller status. My DH knows nothing about my eBay business except how to shut it down (on "vacation", with items hidden) if I'm suddenly incapacitated. Even if it were to take him a few days to get to it, that would be a better outcome than no plan at all.
