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[infinity_goods]

Hi, I have an important question that I need to ask. Am I allowed to sell Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee Drills. I see that fellow eBay sellers are selling  the drills and are not getting banned. However, I previously used to post them and got banned so I say that to say is there any way around posting the drills without getting banned. 

Thank you in advance. 

[tobiasd4]

You are a private seller with lots of new items, 

Looks suspicious that items are fake.

Brand owners will report accounts like yours to ebay. 

Correctly upgrade to business seller and you should be OK. 

Assuming you are buying from genuine sources. 

[*vyolla*]

You've overlooked changing your account to an eBay business account, that's likely why.

A private seller is one who is just selling off their own personal items such as clothes from their wardrobe, bits from their loft/garage etc.

A Business seller is someone who buys or makes items to sell on.  They need to be registered as a business to meet the requirements of UK law. They need to declare income to HMRC once they reach £1,000 worth of sales (eBay will be providing HMRC with your details anyway so it's vital to keep correct accounts for your tax return). You can obviously offset more expenses as a business seller, but can't offset any at all as a private one.  

To correctly register as a business seller simply go to your Personal Information in your account and to the right of Account Type, which will be showing as 'Individual'  you'll see an Edit option.

https://accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/profile

This doesn't affect your feedback profile or any current listings, it merely upgrades your account so that you're compliant with current consumer and eBay policy.

If you're also selling your own item