I am new to this board but I have read eBay Stealth top to bottom a few times and I am getting a bead on how to set up a new eBay account after being suspended for life - for basically no reason except I was selling "high risk" items - that were 100% genuine! I know, you've all heard this before. Anyway, since eBay and PAYPAL are so closely linked -and eBay requires all new sellers to have PAYPAL - I don't want to get tripped up here. I was going to open my new eBay and PAYPAL accounts as Business accounts and use a made up name as the contact. The problem is that I cannot provide a SS# with a made up name if problems come up with PAYPAL. Should I use one of my kids names instead as the Business contact so I can produce a SS# if necessary? I will have my bank account also under this same Business umbrella (and under my kids name if necessary) - so I will be able to produce a piece of mail with the info on it if I get limited too. ( Been there, done that.) The only thing I will not be able to produce is a photo ID for the Business contact because my children are minors. I cannot find a link here that discusses the option of setting all this up as Business accounts. Is this a bad idea? I am getting ready to go to the bank to set up this new account but I want to do it right before I link it to a new PAYPAL account - which I will set up next. I think that I have everything else covered but with bank accounts - I will have to provide real, verifiable info - and if PAYPAL ever gets suspicious - I will have to provide verifiable info to them. How do they do this with a Business account? (I am going to open a Merchant account too - but I am under the impression that you have to have 100+ feedback before you can accept any other forms of payment than PAYPAL.) eBay is closing the gap.
cK
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