Hello All. I started the thread before that my shop got a few listing deactivated due to copyright. I remove all of the copyright items now but I still think about going stealth just in case. I used to sell 2 types of item, t-shirts and phone cases. I removed the phone cases from my main shop around last week, thinking to make a new stealth account for it. After I opened the shop and listed 2 items, my account suddenly got deactivated. I felt really shocked because I studied for it quite a lot. I read the ebay
Stealth Book and a lot of threads here. 20 minutes pass and I didn't receive any explanation email. I can't seem to figure out why.
Here is what I did
- I used only 1 computer but had separate user account for main shop and stealth shop.
- I created an account 3 days ago, opened the shop yesterday and listed the item today.
- I changed the ip address between my main shop and stealth shop every time. The first 6 digits of ip are always the same. Can it be the problem?
- I used the same paypal account but added another email since I think that Paypal and Etsy aren't linked.
- The credit card that I used are from the same bank and the first 8 digits are same with credit card that I used in my main shop. I can't get a prepaid card here. I used my bf name with his middle name for stealth account. The card is in my real name but I don't think that Etsy can know my credit card information?
- All of my images don't have Exif information.
- I changed the image background and only list the new print which I never listed in my main shop before.
- I changed the price, description and shipping cost.
- The location of my shop is in the same city but it's a pretty big city and has a few shop from here.
- Yesterday I accidentally checked 1 email address from my main shop sent from Etsy without switching the ip address. I realised after 10 seconds and restarted a router directly to change the ip. I didn't block the email tracking in that time yet (I do it now).
- Since I used my bf name (with middle name instead of last name), do you think it's a good idea to write them and ask about re-open the shop since it has different owner?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.