Hi Dave,

Hope you are well.

What threshold would that be as under UK law there is no threshold for being a business or not, you are are or not? 

This to me looks like eBay are worried people who are breaking UK consumer law will leave so eBay are rewarding them whilst anyone who has been trading legally for years are not getting anything. You say to help them grow as a business, but if they were not registered as a business then they were trading illegally so shouldnt be given help to grow, otherwise that by definition is rewarding illegal activity. lack of knowledge on their part is no defence for trading illegally on a private account.