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[Rattyry]

Hi,

I've had an online business for a while and have mostly been paid via stripe. Since COVID I had decided to take this to ebay. Sales of gym equipment are massively in demand and my business Paypal account went from £100-£200 a month to about £5k in a few weeks.

Paypal did checks are 3 different points. The first check was identify, the second was for the business documents. A day after the limitations were removed for the second check they asked for invoices, proof of fulfilment etc. I sent all the requested documents expecting there to be no issues as it's a legit selling of gym equipment business. Then to my horror I got an email stating that I was high risk and they were closing my account!?!

How is this even possible? I have no idea what else you could do other than just selling stuff you have. How is that high risk?!

Anyway, I now have loads of gym equipment that I have ordered due to the demand and I need to get them back on Ebay. I have resorted to my personal account which has quickly got up just past the £1800 mark and I've been asked for ID docs. I had another family paypal account which I also used which was limited after a few £100 asking for fulfilment, invoices, purpose of selling the item etc.

So being a newbie to this and just wanting to get back to selling the gym equipment in stock what are my options? Can I continue to sell on my personal account? Is there a limit I should be aware of before they close that to?

Or do I need to go stealth with new Paypals? My ebay is fine and I have just swapped the paypal payment to the different paypal address. Is this ok?

Thanks