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Avoiding limitation
 

i have seen TONS of sellers on ebay (pretty sure all stealths) sell thousands of products within like a couple days.

how do they avoid limitation getting in 2-3k weekly?

Re: Avoiding limitation
 

Accounts might be aged. That would be my suggestion.

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Go on their profiles where it says "member since XXXX" and see when those sellers joined. Chances are the accounts are aged. It's common practice to sell 10-15 items on a new stealth account very slowly to get rid of payment holds, then let it sit for a few months waiting for Christmas sales. This is the time of year all the shadow stealth accounts start popping up with things for sale lol.

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What I've done in the past is open a business account from the beginning and when eBay/PayPal asks for a "estimated monthly sales amount" give an amount larger than what you'll actually make. Worked for me

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so aged accounts can help towards avoiding limitation? i never made business accounts because i don't want anything led back to me.

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so aged accounts can help towards avoiding limitation?

Aged selling accounts, yes. Letting a fresh account sit for 2 years before selling won't help. But making 10 good sales in January will make your account stronger in November, because you will already have a sale history and you'll look more like a "normal user".

Business accounts can't be called stealth accounts since they lose "stealth" status when you put an EIN on file. Established business accounts are given more leeway but a brand new business account is scrutinized just like a brand new personal account.

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so would you recommend making an acc, browsing on it, not listing after 2 weeks?

what about name changes?

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I browse and bid on stuff 2-4 weeks before doing sales but that's my style. Name changes are still a big flag

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when is an appropriate time to name change?

i've had accounts where i name changed the same day as creation and things went smooth. just now learning that is causes some sort of attention to the account