How To Start From Scratch And Be a EBay Power Seller
eBay has always been a great place with which to expose, test and sell a product, especially if it’s new and unique. More and more people are becoming entrepreneurs and turning to eBay to facilitate their venture. It’s fast, easy and convenient and there’s very little investment to deal with. If you want to be a ebay power seller, here are some things you can do.
Becoming a Power Seller
Go to eBay.com to sign up as a member. And are offering ebay power sellers memberships free of cost. You can actively seek membership or you can join eBay as a seller and aim for consistently high sales volume. You can qualify as a ebay power seller, when you are already regular seller.
To attract eBay’s attention, there are certain qualifications you have to meet:
- Be an active member for at least 90 days and sell consistently.
- Have an average of at least four monthly listings within the last 90 days or so.
- Have a minimum sales volume of at least $1,000 a month (to qualify for the first Power Seller tier).
- Sell consistently for at least 3 consecutive months on eBay, eBay Motors, eBay Express and Half.com.
- Have a feedback rating of 100, 98% of which should be positive.
- Have no violation of eBay policies and prevailing standards.
eBay reviews the eligibility of each Power Seller each month, so it’s important to ensure you deliver consistent service and sales volume to remain qualified and maintain your status.
Power Seller levels
Depending on their average sales performance each month, eBay Power Sellers can qualify for different tiers, each with a different set of corresponding services and benefits. These tiers come with a different sales criteria a month: Bronze - ,000, Silver - ,000, Gold - ,000, Platinum - ,000 and Titanium - 0,000. Qualification for each tier is calculated monthly and Power Sellers are notified through e-mail.
There are also certain violation settings for each tier that Power Sellers must comply with within a 60-day period. For Titanium, 7 violations, Silver and Gold, 5 violations, Platinum 6 violations and Bronze: 4 violations. You can lose your Power Seller status if your violations reach the limit.
How to become an eBay Power Seller
There are certain things you can do to become and remain a Power Seller on eBay. Here are some tips:
Go for high volume consistently. eBay Power Sellers are called that because of their consistent performance as sellers on eBay. Power Sellers are serious sellers who can provide dependable goods and quality service. The more items you sell at good prices, the more chances you can become a Power Seller.
Provide the best customer service
Allows eBay auction bidders to leave feedback for sellers. Easy for eBay members as a seller to be banned when they have earned more bad feedback and cannot supply quality.
eBay requires Power Sellers to have a positive feedback with at least 98% rating. This is not the same as the rating you’ll find on your member profile page or the seller information page. The rating is based on the feedback that unique users provide.
The score is calculated as the number of positive customer feedbacks you have received divided by the number of total feedbacks, regardless of whether they are good or bad. The score that appears as your Power Seller rating indicates how many repeat buyers you have who are satisfied with your service.