One ebay acct two PayPal, ok?

CSLewisJr · #1 12-21-2018

Hello folks, I was wondering if it's ok if I have one PP with my wife's personal info and another PP with my business info sharing the same ebay handle?

I haven't received any notices yet, we have live listings with money from some sales going into one PP and the other going into another PP.

Is this legit? Will they care?

I plan on setting my wife with her own ebay next year to avoid all these hassles. The reason I ask is between both PP we hit 30K and over 200 transactions.

This whole thing is a nightmare, I curse the day I started selling on eBay!

phaz0rz · #2 12-21-2018

They will allow you to do it, and it's not counted as any type of policy violation.

BUT by doing so you've forever linked your two Paypal accounts together, so if one of them ever gets into trouble and is limited, both accounts will be limited.

slokor · #3 12-21-2018

Im not so sure youre correct on that.
It can be viewed as trying to circumvent their policy which states that once you reach $20k annually you need to provide them with an EIN. If that's how they look at it both accounts will get limited.

phaz0rz · #4 12-21-2018

Wait on more members to chime in OP, but for me personally about 5 years ago it did not cause issues. Before I knew about stealth I did exactly what you described with my eBay account. Some payments went to my wife's PP and some went to mine. The eBay account did eventually get suspended but it was from too many listing takedowns and not the weird PP configuration.

I know what you're saying in regards to tax evasion and I know you have a valid point slokor, but I really can't remember it causing any issues for me. I'm not saying anyone is right or wrong though.

CSLewisJr · #5 12-21-2018

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Originally Posted by slokor

Im not so sure youre correct on that.
It can be viewed as trying to circumvent their policy which states that once you reach $20k annually you need to provide them with an EIN. If that's how they look at it both accounts will get limited.

Well one of them has my EIN and business info (I hit 16k)

The other just has my wife's name and address, and debit.

no SSN or anything.

As I said I am taking her stuff off tonight as the season is over anyways. I don't want this dragging me down next year.

Kajunrook · #6 12-21-2018

what about two ebay accounts with one paypal that has two emails attached to it?

eman350 · #7 12-23-2018

I been doin 2 ebays to one of my paypals for over 3 years now, No promblems yet sir.

rsot · #8 12-23-2018

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Originally Posted by eman350

I been doin 2 ebays to one of my paypals for over 3 years now, No promblems yet sir.

Your experience - while working for you - is not a great recommendation for most people.

CSLewisJr · #9 12-27-2018

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Originally Posted by CSLewisJr

Well one of them has my EIN and business info (I hit 16k)

The other just has my wife's name and address, and debit.

no SSN or anything.

As I said I am taking her stuff off tonight as the season is over anyways. I don't want this dragging me down next year.

Anyone have any experience with this?

I actually stopped selling altogether for now

micharon · #10 01-01-2019

Bw me and my spouse, we have 4 legit paypal accounts(2 business and 2 personal), and we juggle them around between ebay accounts , and between listings any way we want. Been doing this for 8 years with no problems. In my opinion, It is NOT a violation. It just links all your accounts (ebay, paypal) together permanently.