PROXY servers (proxies) and VPN , TOR - Hiding your IP

[make0moneyonebay]

ok. Thank you for all the great advices.

[temps425]

What is the purpose of a proxy? Why not just reset your IP in the fashion mentioned in the tutorial? I turned off my modem, disconnected my network, did a direct link to my comp from the modem, release/renew IP, Rebooted the whole system and it is a different IP all together. All except the first 2 numbers. Am I missing something?

[CPUGEEK]

Will Hide-My-IP.Com - Hide Your IP Address, Surf Anonymously, Protect Your Identify, Guard Against Hackers work with ebay? Or will they give youthe boot quickly? Have anyone tried it?

[Jonas]

eBay ****lists accounts with proxies.

First makes you enter captchas at login, to view your feedback and all over the place.

Then they delete your password and secret key, making you need a new password again. Sometimes they email sellers saying the account was comprimised.

Sometimes making new accounts even just sleeper ones that never do anything if made on a proxy will get them a NARU in a few days.

For some reason eBay seemed to removed the ****listing of things using Tor Anonymity Network although Tor is horribly slow and the right proxy if it's transparent is fast.

[CPUGEEK]

Does any use hidemyip to access ebay. Heres the link to it. I think I might give it a try...?

Hide-My-IP.Com - Hide Your IP Address, Surf Anonymously, Protect Your Identify, Guard Against Hackers

[jamesy]

has anybody tried this? I'm thinking about giving it a go too

[EbayHater]

I have a broadband connection, and now i use AOL for broadband. You get a new IP address everytime you sign on, and still have a high speed connection. You get the best of both worlds. Even though I hate AOL. I have tested it with ip-address.com and i get a different ip. I have also changed the ip address on my cable modem and router just in case I forget to sign into AOL before I goto ebay.

[Jonas]

Originally Posted by EbayHater

I have a broadband connection, and now i use AOL for broadband. You get a new IP address everytime you sign on, and still have a high speed connection. You get the best of both worlds. Even though I hate AOL. I have tested it with ip-address.com and i get a different ip. I have also changed the ip address on my cable modem and router just in case I forget to sign into AOL before I goto ebay.

I remember AOL back when I was a minor in 95 - 97 I used to phish for accounts there, was into the warez scene, etc.

AOL liked to boot people easily like eBay... AOL would ban for cussing or if TOSAdvisor entered even a public room, TOSAdvisor liked to term people for no reason. Also, AOL kept billing past cancellation, which is something eBay really likes to do more than anything else.

[EbayHater]

I know all about AO HELL. But for now it gets the job done as added security right now. besides I dont use chat rooms. I only log into ebay and get off.

[Jack]

Not sure where this belongs but this looks as good a place as any...

Has anyone ever tried to create an account in a different country before? I think there were at least a couple members who were looking into it last I heard. Since ebay has the new rules about requiring new sellers to have a paypal account to accept payment right off the bat, would this cause problems with having your account based somewhere else? Also, what about your IP information? Would you be very likely to be banned almost immediately with your IP being a totally different country from what you registered the ebay account with? Lastly, would you have to have a card (gift or whichever) based in that country to get away with it? I'm considering it as I think it would help my sales considerably as well as help get around some of ebay's more ludicrous rulings. I suppose I could always dive in, but I thought it best to ask here first before trying.

Any thoughts out there?

[Jack]

So...why does my post belong here in the proxy thread exactly? Can a proxy make the account look like it's in another country? Would you even need to do this if you have a different IP each time you log on regardless of where in the world you tell ebay your address is? I guess what I'm asking is...would a proxy have anything to do with helping this to work or not?

[CPUGEEK]

A proxy will not help you . It will only make things worse.

[Jack]

In that case, how would one go about creating an account somewhere else? As long as you don't get into questionable sales tactics and vero goods, will ebay pretty well leave you alone, or will you likely be banned almost immediately (if it lets you at all)?

[Modee]

Even the most basic IP locator indicates whether the IP is via proxy. There is no way I know of to appear to be in another country and not be detected.

Example:
IP Address Locator - Enter an IP address to find its location - Lookup Country Region City etc

the line that indicates whether "is proxy" - True of False.

[Jack]

I'm not catching your meaning. Are you saying that a proxy won't help disguise the location being elsewhere than where you say it is on your registration information? Without the proxy are you sure to be caught and suspended by registering in that manner, or will the system leave you alone until questionable activity occurs? If you play it straight in any other matter, will you be safe? I see a lot of accounts where the location of the actual item is different from the location where the account was created. Just curious how they would get away with that, if it's likely from doing what I'm suggesting, or if they use drop shippers.

[CPUGEEK]

Originally Posted by Jack

I'm not catching your meaning. Are you saying that a proxy won't help disguise the location being elsewhere than where you say it is on your registration information? Without the proxy are you sure to be caught and suspended by registering in that manner, or will the system leave you alone until questionable activity occurs? If you play it straight in any other matter, will you be safe? I see a lot of accounts where the location of the actual item is different from the location where the account was created. Just curious how they would get away with that, if it's likely from doing what I'm suggesting, or if they use drop shippers.

When you sell an item you can specify the location of the item, thats why you some location of items on ebay different from where the seller is..

And with the proxies, just leave them alone. It's too risky. ebay hates proxies

[Jack]

CPU, that's helpful information, but it still leaves the main question of whether or not you can register the account wherever you please and not be suspended for it. I understand that you can pick where the item is located, just wondering if that's how they can get away with registering somewhere but actually BEING somewhere else.

For example if a user was in Canada but registered their account in the U.S. Or vice versa. Or say the user was somewhere in the UK and registered a U.S. based account. Or vice versa. Or Japan. Or Korea, South America, Australia, China, Or wherever really. These are just examples.

Would the ebay server kick you out for that, or red flag and monitor you, or would that happen only when your account was reported, called into question due to selling behaviour or the like? And would you REALLY find it being a problem when it came to placing a credit card on file? I suppose you would pretty much HAVE to use a virtual card in that case? Or are these things that Ebay will dismiss/ignore until you start doing and selling things they don't like?

[CPUGEEK]

Why would you want to do all that.?? Just register a the account for the city you are in and you wont have no problems..

See, it is not 1 thing you do to get kicked off ebay, it is a combination of things....

Ebay base your account on brownie points..

[Modee]

Well I know of someone registered in U.S. who moved abroad and continues to use her same account overseas with impunity.

Could you right off the bat register an overseas address and be here? Maybe but the account would obviously get flagged.

[Jack]

For a lot of reasons. Reasons of account limitation, reasons of being eligible for certain things, what Modee just said living in another country after registering. Many other personal reasons I'd rather not air out in the open.

Modee, would you be able to successfully do that with a regular card, or would it be necessary to get a virtual Simon (or other) card to avoid being suspended? How long had the OP's account been open/how established was it when she moved?