Abdul Aleem Shah

07/07/2026

Most dropshippers list over 500+ products and still struggle to cross two or three 5k pounds a month in sales. They spend every day hunting new products, listing them, running ads, watching them fail, removing them, then hunting again. Months pass and the account still cannot break past five thousand pounds. This is not a business, this is a treadmill.

I am sharing a video from one of our managed eBay accounts. This store runs on 18 products and 30 SKUs, nothing more. Last month it did over 9k pounds in sales, with over thirty percent ROI. No daily listing, no daily hunting, no daily ad panic. Just proper product research done once, proper listing done right, and proper inventory backed by real invoices, so there is never a compliance risk behind the numbers.

This is the difference between running a store and building an asset. If your account cannot grow past five thousand pounds a month no matter how many products you throw at it, the problem is not effort, it is the model.

10/06/2026

Europe is not chasing Amazon. Europe is building something Amazon cannot copy.

While the world obsesses over one platform, six European marketplaces are quietly dominating their categories with a completely different model. Zalando crossed 10.7 billion euros in GMV by owning fashion and lifestyle at depth. Allegro became the undisputed king of Central and Eastern Europe with 8.7 billion euros in GMV and its own smart ecosystem. Vinted built a 2.8 billion euro business around recommerce and community before most brands even took secondhand seriously. OTTO leveraged decades of German retail infrastructure into a multi-channel operation no foreign player can replicate overnight. ManoMano owns the DIY and home improvement vertical across Europe with 1.28 billion euros in GMV. Bol.com has embedded itself so deeply into Benelux that omnichannel is not a strategy there, it is just how people shop.

The pattern is the same across all six. Specialized vertical depth, integrated local logistics, strong brand trust, and data-driven personalization. None of them won by having more traffic. They won by being more relevant than anyone else in a specific category or geography.

This is exactly the model we apply at EXPORTAX for our clients. We do not spread accounts thin across every platform hoping something sticks. We identify where a product has genuine category authority and we build from there, with the right marketplace, the right positioning, and the right infrastructure behind it.

The brands winning globally in the next decade will not be the ones with the biggest ad budgets. They will be the ones who understood localization, vertical focus, and marketplace infrastructure before their competitors did.

If you are building a brand that deserves to win on the right platforms, you know where to find us.

09/06/2026

The 2026 e-commerce battle is not about who sells the most. It is about who captures the right shopper at the right moment.

eBay and TikTok Shop are not competitors in the traditional sense. They serve two completely different versions of the same person.

On eBay, the buyer already knows what they want. They are searching with purpose, comparing options, and looking for trust signals before they commit. Your job there is to be findable, credible, and specific.

On TikTok Shop, the buyer does not know they are shopping yet. The content finds them. The decision happens in seconds, driven by emotion and creator influence rather than logic or search intent.

Most sellers pick one and ignore the other. That is the mistake.

The brands building real leverage in 2026 are the ones treating these as two separate strategies for two separate buyer states, then running both simultaneously. One captures demand that already exists. The other creates demand that did not exist yet.

If you are only optimising listings, you are invisible on TikTok. If you are only creating content, you are leaving high-intent buyers to your competitors on eBay.

The question worth asking is not which platform you should be on. It is whether your current strategy is built to capture a shopper in both states, or only one.

What does your current setup look like across both platforms? Drop it in the comments.

24/05/2026

A few days ago I onboarded a new client who came to us in a desperate situation. He had been working with another team before us and was not happy with how they managed his account.

When we got access, the account feedback rating was sitting at around 86 percent. That alone was not ideal, but it was still recoverable with time and the right approach.

But what I discovered next was far worse than a low rating.

Out of 300 plus total feedbacks on the account, eBay had already closed a large number of cases in favour of the buyer without any seller resolution. The previous team had simply not responded to customers, had not processed refunds, and had left cases open until eBay stepped in and decided automatically.

eBay tracks all of this. And when the pattern becomes clear, eBay acts.

The selling limits were reduced to zero. The account was effectively frozen.

On top of that, the negative feedbacks had passed the 90 day window, which meant removal was no longer possible. We called eBay multiple times and made the case to allow selling to resume. They did not agree.

This account, which should have been generating income every single day, is now sitting idle. Not because of a bad product. Not because of bad demand. Because of poor account management.

In e-commerce, suppliers make mistakes. That is normal. Orders go wrong. That is normal too. But leaving a customer without a response and letting eBay resolve a case against you is a choice. And that choice has consequences.

An eBay account is an asset. It has value, history, and standing that took time to build. And it can be destroyed in weeks by a team that does not understand what they are managing.

This is exactly why EXPORTAX exists.

18/05/2026

MC011 came and you appealed immediately?
That’s a big mistake.

MC011 is not a simple suspension.
It is a verification stage where eBay decides whether you are a legitimate seller or not.

This is not a basic documentation process.

During MC011, eBay manually reviews your entire account, including:

Your name
Your address
Your government-issued ID
Whether your supplier is genuine or not
Whether your shipping model is realistic and compliant
Your overall business consistency

Simply attaching documents is not enough.

Every document must:

Clearly show its purpose
Be relevant to your business model
Be explained in detail, step by step

The biggest problem we see:
👉 Sellers do not resolve all issues first and appeal directly.

As a result:

The appeal gets rejected
Trust score drops
Recovery becomes much harder with eBay

MC011 requires practice, preparation, and clarity.
Once you understand the process properly, you can handle it on your own.

We recently successfully reinstated an MC011 suspension on one of our accounts — because everything was prepared correctly before appealing.

MC011 is about trust.
Handle it carefully.

16/05/2026

Most eBay sellers do not even know this is possible.

Yesterday, we removed 4 negative feedbacks from one of our client stores in a single day. Not over a week.
Not through a lengthy appeals process. One day.
Feedback removal on eBay is not luck.
It is a skill.
You need to know exactly which cases qualify, how to approach eBay, what language to use, and when to push.
Most sellers either accept the damage or waste time doing it wrong.

At EXPORTAX, this is standard.
Protecting our clients stores and their seller metrics is part of what we do, and we do it at a level most individual sellers simply cannot replicate on their own.
If your eBay store is carrying negative feedback that is dragging your rating down, it may not be as permanent as you think.

11/05/2026

11/05/2026

Is dropshipping dead ??
Really 🤔
Over 1000 orders in 2026 so far

10/05/2026

I was about to go to sleep.
Checked my messages out of habit and saw the payout notification on one of the eBay accounts we manage for a client.
Over 7500 dollars.
Just sitting there.
No alarm.
No grind post.
No hustle culture moment. I was literally heading to bed.
This is what a properly built eBay store does. It does not need you to be awake.
It does not need you to be online. It runs, it sells, it pays out.

08/05/2026

Most people think MC011 means their eBay career is over. It does not.

MC011 is a temporary suspension, not a permanent ban. eBay sends it when trust has been broken, and trust can be rebuilt.
But only if you understand why it happened in the first place.

Here are the real reasons MC011 lands on your account.

Account setup errors.
When registering, some sellers use incorrect documents, fake details, or information that does not match their identity. eBay cross-checks everything.
If something does not align, the flag goes up.
Linked accounts.
If your phone number, email address, bank account, or device has been used on another eBay account before, the system connects the dots.
Even if the previous account was clean, the association alone can trigger a suspension.
Sudden sales spikes. eBay’s algorithm monitors growth patterns.
If your store does one thousand dollars one month and ten thousand the next with no account history to support that jump, it looks suspicious. Gradual, consistent growth is what the platform trusts.
Counterfeit violations.
Selling branded or trademarked products without proper authorisation is one of the fastest ways to attract MC011. Replica goods, unverified branded items, and ambiguous product listings all fall under this.
No tracking provided. Sellers who take payment and do not upload tracking details create risk in eBay’s eyes. It mirrors what bad actors do. Consistent tracking submission is a basic trust signal that many sellers underestimate.
High defect rates or unresolved cases. Repeated item not received cases, unresolved disputes, and poor customer outcomes damage your seller metrics and make eBay’s trust and safety team take notice.
If you are running a legitimate operation, MC011 is manageable. You respond to eBay’s appeal process with the right documentation, address the root cause, and get reinstated.
If you are cutting corners, MC011 is a warning before something permanent arrives.
Run your store the right way from day one. The platform rewards sellers who take the process seriously.