I've been selling online since the days of Yahoo Auctions and Amazon Z shops.
My first Amazon seller account was banned maybe 2-3 years ago for one negative in about a week of selling (buyer didn't read description or contact me). Since I was a new seller my ODR was so high I got the boot.
I then purchased
Amazon Stealth and was able to learn how to get back on. I've used the tactics learned to also create multiple eBay accounts for various product lines I sell, never any trouble with eBay linking accounts.
I've successfully created 2 stealth accounts since my original Amazon account being suspended. The 2 stealth accounts were also suspended. One was where a competitor told Amazon I was selling "illegal products" when they were selling the same thing, second was due to my employees making a mess of one holiday season to the point where we got out of control with our ODR.
Anyway, over the past month I've created about 10 Amazon accounts, all of which get banned almost immediately for linked accounts. Here is my process in creating the new accounts:
-I am using VMware, and create a new machine for each user.
-Different name (family/friends)
-Visa prepaid card
-Different bank account linked to a newly created LLC
-Change the Mac address on my router, unplug it to get a new IP
-Addresses are some of my different offices and PO Box numbers
-Different phone numbers via Google Voice, Burner, or toll free forwarding
-I am not rushing to list products, in fact I often get banned before even listing anything.
I did notice that to become a pro merchant you now must complete the tax form right off the bat rather than 200 transactions/$20k in sales. I thought that was what was getting me kicked off so last night I tried creating a non-pro merchant account to skip the tax form, still banned almost immediately.
Any ideas what can be linking my accounts? I thought that by using VMware, new IP, new info, I would be fine. Is Amazon maybe seeing something attached to my computer and linking a mac address of perhaps my printer or something?
Also, for the tax form as a pro merchant I believe that I can enter my regular information as Amazon does not see the information on the tax form they just verify it, is that correct?
I'm stumped, even went through the
stealth guide again and can't figure this one out. If anyone has some ideas it would be greatly appreciated.