Account limits Category limits Item limits Increasing your limits

Many members have limits placed on their account or on certain categories and items until they confirm certain information or establish a positive selling history. These limits help you become a successful seller, in addition to ensuring a safer experience for all eBay customers.

We have 3 types of limits:

• Account limits

• Category limits

• Item limits

Read below to find out how these limits are applied, how to increase your limits, and how to improve your selling performance.

There may be other limits that may apply to your account. Also, keep in mind that registering new accounts or buying and selling with other existing accounts to avoid buying and selling limits or other policy consequences is a violation of eBay polices. Learn more about the proper use of multiple accounts.

Note: Selling limits also apply if you have an eBay Store.

Account limits

Account limits allow us to review account activity and confirm certain information from the seller. These limits vary by seller and may be increased based on your overall selling activity.

How overall account limits work

You have a limit on sold items (active items for sale plus sold items) and gross merchandise volume. If an item sells, it counts toward the limit, but if a listing ends without any sold items, it no longer counts against the limit.

You may be able to request a higher account limit by confirming your information, linking your new account to an established account, or contacting us. When you reach a selling limit you'll be given the option to request a limit increase. We may also evaluate your selling activity on a monthly basis and grant a new limit on your account if you qualify.

You may also review the seller performance standards. These standards provide sellers an opportunity to examine their selling practices to focus on improving performance.

Going over your limits

If you find that you currently have more items (active items for sale and sold items) this month  than your limits allow, you should revise your current inventory. Any listings that place you over your current limits may be automatically ended.

Category limits 

How limits on certain categories work

In certain categories, for certain sellers, we limit the number of items that can be listed in a calendar month. These limits may apply to your account if:

• You registered your account less than 90 days ago

• You haven't listed multiple items in this category before

• You haven't sold in this category in over a year

• You have had eBay Buyer Protection cases opened for more than 3% of your total transactions in the last year

• You have buyer complaints in the form of negative or neutral feedback or low DSR score ratings (1 or 2) for more than 3% of your total transactions in the last year

You need to establish a positive selling history in the category you're listing in and show that you're able to meet the needs of your customers before you are permitted to list higher quantities.

Starting out small also gives you a chance to become familiar with eBay and to make sure you're following our selling practices policy.

Once you've reached the selling limit for an item with limits, you'll get a message explaining that you'll need to wait a calendar month to list that item. There are limits on the number of items you can list in some categories:

Important: Don't try to get around these limits, for example, by listing your items in another (potentially wrong) category. Listing items in the wrong category is a violation of our Categorisation of Listings Policy.

Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including limits of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.

Item limits

For a safer buying and selling experience on eBay, some items may be subject to additional limits. For example, we don't allow listings for counterfeit items, fakes, replicas, or unauthorized copies. Such items may infringe on someone's copyright or trademark and are harmful to legitimate sellers, buyers, and eBay.

Some of these limits will be lifted after you've established a good selling history, but other types of limits will always remain in place. Sellers who have good detailed seller ratings and are confident in the authenticity and origin of their items may be eligible to have the selling limit increased.

Note: These are item-based limits, as opposed to account limits or category limits.

Increasing your limits

When you list an item, you may see a message letting you know that you have met, or are close to, one of your monthly account limits. If you can't wait until the next month to continue listing, you can click the link in the message to request higher selling limits. Some sellers may also find this link in the All Selling section of My eBay in the Monthly Limits section.

From time to time, we ask members to verify contact information and business practices before they're allowed to list more items on our website. We also sometimes ask members to confirm some information.

We may send you an email with more information on what you need to do next. You can find the email in the Messages section of My eBay. Once we can verify your information, we'll review your account to see if we can allow you to list more items.

If you have a history of selling authentic items

Sellers who have been a seller for at least 90 days with good detailed seller ratings and are confident in the authenticity and origin of their items may be eligible to have their selling limit increased. We'll consider the following when we determine whether to change selling limits:

• Positive buyer Feedback

• No unresolved eBay Buyer Protection cases with buyers

• Selling history (minimum 3 months) and activity as a seller on the site

• Absence of Feedback questioning the authenticity of the item(s)

• PayPal verification

• History of following eBay policies

• General good standing of the account

If your account meets the above factors, contact us and we'll be happy to review your account.

If you don't qualify to have these limits increased at this time, please check back in 30 days. You may be able to list more items of this category or type at that time. These selling limits only apply to certain categories or types of items, so you can usually continue listing other types of items as long as they also follow our policies. Find out more about our rules for sellers.

You can also learn more about our replicas, counterfeit, and unauthorized copies policy.