So now being a powerseller will be as hard as a TRS…

Liz — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:44:42 +0000

Come on eBay, the hardest and most abused part of the Top rated seller system is the DSR minimums.

So to become a Powerseller in short your DSR’s need to be 4.6 or above and your DSR ‘lows’ to be as follows:

Service requirements for PowerSellers	Above Standard		eBay Top-rated
*Max. number of low star ratings (meet only one criteria to qualify)**	Rate or	Count	Rate or	Count
Item as described	Max: 1%	Max: 3	Max: 0.5%	Max: 2
Communication	Max: 2%	Max: 3	Max: 0.5%	Max: 2
Dispatch time	Max: 2%	Max: 3	Max: 0.5%	Max: 2
P&P charge	Max: 2%	Max: 3	Max: 0.5%	Max: 2

But as the volume of sales needed to qualify has lowered creating the impression that more will qualify, it means that one transaction that goes a little wonky, can cost a seller their discount and powerseller status.

The minimum is only £170 per month to qualify or 100 transactions, so sellers with low prices and high volume should be quite safe but those who sell a lower volume of higher prices items?

Well we all know WHY eBay is putting this in place, because for the first instance, all its outlets can’t get or keep TRS as well as most other sellers, you have it one month and you loose it the next because of the snow.

The powerseller programme worked. This system of minimum ‘low’ DSR’s is the most abused and fickle condition and should be scrapped.

Hairfreax only needs 32 more transactions per 12 months to become a bronze powerseller, and only does it for fun anyway!

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So now being a powerseller will be as hard as a TRS…