stealth etsy account go deactivated after 10 days

[benyamine]

I made an Etsy stealth account, and I have made 5 sales. everything was fine until today my account got deactivated.

I used a private proxy and everything new VCC, address, name ...


I have no idea why my account deactivated :/

[lukas1001]

When was your first sale? Because they usually check account after 1st sale (takes about 4-12 hours) and if it gets through the check usually account is safe. Having that said one of my account got deactivated (I can not sign in account) after 2 months of opening and many sales, hit it randomly and I have no idea why.

[bavm3]

What are they checking upon the first sale typically? Is it a check of valid ID (i.e. confirm answers to past loans, addresses, streets you've lived on, etc), a check of your name/address/IP in their system anywhere or something else?

How serious is Etsy compared to Ebay when it comes to creating new accounts, anything in particular to watch out for or make sure to do to avoid getting suspended? What's the best choice for payout (and what bank acct info you use, your real one or like an online one only?

[benyamine]

Originally Posted by lukas1001

When was your first sale? Because they usually check account after 1st sale (takes about 4-12 hours) and if it gets through the check usually account is safe. Having that said one of my account got deactivated (I can not sign in account) after 2 months of opening and many sales, hit it randomly and I have no idea why.

my first sale was, Jul 26, 2019. and I got deactivated Jul 30, 2019

[benyamine]

and my shop proxy was based in Israel and my Etsy shop based in Israel. I was using only Paypal

[yangleizxm]

so why you not use self country account?

[benyamine]

I'm from morocco, I bought the proxy from proxy-n-VPN they have only Europe and USA and Israel they don't have my country

[yangleizxm]

the shipping info display your item send from different country. maybe this is the reason.

[benyamine]

Originally Posted by yangleizxm

the shipping info display your item send from different country. maybe this is the reason.

noo, I'm doing Print On Demand, i sell shirts and etsy allow that, my shop partner PRINTFUL are based in the usa.

i used to work like that on my first store everything was fine

[yangleizxm]

so you sell same product as your first shop on this shop?

[benyamine]

new designs but some description I changed just a little bit on it and the mockup is a little bit the same

[yangleizxm]

So what do you think the reason cause your account deactivated ?

[bavm3]

Are you uploading the files from the same location/drive on your computer?

i.e.
c:\artfiles\artfile1.png

or are you using a new user and moving all of your files over to a fresh new folder and filenames each time?

I ask b/c I just had my account susp. after uploading one single listing. I've been hella careful about the new identity (and previous experience) but either the PIA VNP IP got this one; OR, they saw I didn't do what I mentioned above.

[benyamine]

I have made the pics using photoshop on the Original user account, and I copy them to the new user name account, and there I delete the data from the pics. that's what i did

[drBoB]

Originally Posted by benyamine

noo, I'm doing Print On Demand, i sell shirts and etsy allow that, my shop partner PRINTFUL are based in the usa.

i used to work like that on my first store everything was fine

Do you use new Printful account or connect old?
Do you use TM stuff in your designs or tags?

[benyamine]

i had a new printful store, i'm not using a tm stuff in my designs. and I don't think Etsy will close the account for that, until the TM owner report u to Etsy and they will give u a warning

[drBoB]

Originally Posted by benyamine

i had a new printful store, i'm not using a tm stuff in my designs. and I don't think Etsy will close the account for that, until the TM owner report u to Etsy and they will give u a warning

why your first store was banned?

[benyamine]

Originally Posted by drBoB

why your first store was banned?

i think for copyrights infringement

[hatim7811]

what kind of virtual credit card you've used?

[amanxy]

I’m also from Morocco my store was banned please help me create a new one

[Duab]

Originally Posted by amanxy

I’m also from Morocco my store was banned please help me create a new one

Hi mate,

You'll need:

1) New user/laptop
2) Fresh and dedicated VPN
3) New VCC
4) New bank account
5) 100% new personal info (name, surname, address, number)
6) Docs to verify your account
7) New listing photos or with EXIF data removed if there's any

[Rom Tittenhouse]

Originally Posted by bavm3

Are you uploading the files from the same location/drive on your computer?

i.e.
c:\artfiles\artfile1.png

or are you using a new user and moving all of your files over to a fresh new folder and filenames each time?

I ask b/c I just had my account susp. after uploading one single listing. I've been hella careful about the new identity (and previous experience) but either the PIA VNP IP got this one; OR, they saw I didn't do what I mentioned above.

That's an interesting theory and might be the answer to why my stealth accounts did not live. I removed metadata, and in some cases even changed the picture completely, but the file names always remained the same (different folder in new VM though). I'm sure I did everything else right regarding identity, ip and all that.