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Mass suspension/bans
 

Anyone got their stealths accounts destroyed yesterday?

I think i lost like... 6 accounts?

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Yes, lost 12 accounts yesterday [at the same time].
Super weird, I'm used to accounts getting suspended [1 every several days, I hav emany accounts],
But not so many at the same time.

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My guess is:

A. Accounts got linked
B. VCC
C. Ip address

I suspect the trouble is one of these.
That is a lot of account to lose in a year, let alone one day.

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A) Dont think its linked cuz ebay would inform it
B) Could be
C) i use vpn

the thing is i have 6 other accounts that are fine, 5 of thoose was made 2 days ago and they are fine.

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If accounts are suspended at the same time, they are probably linked.

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Rough to hear OP - are you reusing listings across the accounts that went down?

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I had one dead account and then be reinstated after chatting with eBay support.

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If they are suspended at the same time, there is strong links between these accounts.

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They all had similar listings, could that be a reason?

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ebay sweeps

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That doesn't sound good... losing 1 account every several days sounds like either the creation or the activity is bad.

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which VPN did you use? Fresh dedicated or residential IP when yo create the account?

This can make a big difference

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That would definitely be a contributing factor.

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Quite likely a factor - should not be having similar listings across accounts

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Yeah they had similiar listings and they were all created the same day waited for (10 days before listing on them) but i listed on all the same day aswell. I use SurfShark VPN. I get a fresh IP adress everytime i log into one of my accounts but they are all in the area (Sweden).

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Lesson learned - don't list the same items across multiple accounts (and definitely not at the same price).

You're login patterns start to show after a while and if your accounts act similar to one another, they most likely will get linked.

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Lesson learned for sure <3

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Your VPN cost £1.49 per month. Are you sure you're getting a fresh IP every time you log on?
I think you're getting heavily abused/recycled IPs.
Unless you're buying wholesale, you won't be getting 'fresh IPs' that cheap.

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Pandoras_box's comment about possibility of compromised VPN is valid due to the cheap IP used

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The system was changed a while ago, some older accounts which would have been fine before are detected now under this new system. Most likely had to do with the account creation.

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Has been happening to me since few weeks ago. Massive purges of accounts. And what I do is I keep them as simple buyer accounts for longer periods. I use VPS, new operating system for every account, email. I definitely get clean, fresh IPs. Something has changed and I am yet to find out...

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I have has zero problems

For me, its actually working better than always

Zero bans or problems

If you are experiencing issues, its to do with you account creation/ip/phone numbers/address/vcc etc