PayPal Permanently Limits Account

[supdawg1985]

Out of the blue, I get an email telling me my PayPal account is toast. I apparently had items listed that violated the Acceptable Use policy. They claimed I was selling something counterfeit, which is impossible as I dropship directly from Amazon. I also apparently had some other products listed on Ebay that were non-compliant such as medical drugs (melatonin) and pepper spray.

I never got so much as a warning with Paypal and the suddenly I cannot use my account. How should I proceed? My Ebay account might as well be suspended too since I cannot just link a new Paypal account to it.

I do not see anything in the message about appealing the decision but am thinking about calling them. The main problem with that though is I am leery about them looking further into the situation and discovering other PayPal accounts I am using which could jeopardize my whole network.

Really unbelievable that Paypal can just pull the rug from under a business like that. It's a damning thought even if I can recover from this.

[JamesNorth101]

Calling them isn't going to do much good at this stage and the downside far outweighs any potential benefits.

I would just start 2 new accounts

If you have any money in the PP account just wait 180 days for it to be releases

[supdawg1985]

Yeah it's too bad but this is going to prompt me to just be more aggressive. I have 5 Ebay accounts right now (4 after this), but I will ratchet it up to 10 now.

I have been creating legitimate PayPal accounts for businesses I started up. What should I enter for the personal information when I make the PayPal account? They ask for the SSN even with an EIN.