how to achieve eBay "Top rated seller rating"

eBay is one of the top players in online shopping industry with over 164m active users. along with this huge user base, there are over 25m sellers on eBay. not all of them are in your category and with your competition but some percent are sure.



what is eBay's top rated seller program?

TRS is the promotion program by eBay for sellers who are providing some standard service with selling. eBay manually verify it and award sellers who are delivering consistently outstanding customer services on eBay.

Requirements for becoming a top rated seller

account age:

your account must need at least 90 days active.

sales requirements

in recent 12 month period you will need a minimum of 100 transactions and $1000 or more in sales with US buyers.

tracking requirements:

you need to upload valid shipment tracking to my ebay within the time for minimum 90% of transactions with  US buyers in last 3 months.

transaction defect rate:

you will need a maximum of 0.5% defect rate of transactions.  defect rate is calculated as the percentage of transactions that eBay money back guarantee and PayPal protection cased closed under seller resolution or seller initiated transaction cancellation.
if any seller has 400 or more transaction over past 3 months then it is evaluated by past 3 months if lesser than 400 then it will evaluate based on the past 12 months.
you also need to maintain less than 3% of transactions with late shipping.

return policy:

to qualify for top rated plus benefits, first you need to be a top rated seller and then if you are providing 14-days or longer money-back guarantee and same or 1 business day handling time then you will become a top rated plus seller.

Benefits of becoming  a top rated seller

you will get some benefits by becoming a top rated seller in eBay .. some of them are.

top rated plus seal:  eBay will post a seal on your store listing. a visual sign that encourages users to buy from a legit source.

increased visibility:  there are hundreds of seller listings for same products, top rated seller will get increased visibility on the list.

reduced fees: you will get 20% discount on final value fees.


by becoming the top rated seller you will defiantly increase the selling by providing value to the users. eBay wants to increase the number of trusted sellers to provide the best shopping service and it is only possible by sellers will reward trusted sellers. its a win-win for eBay,  sellers, and customers.