Using My Dad's Account
I sold on ebay from 2002 to 2016. From 2002 to 2011 I lived with my parents in house A. Both my dad and I had ebay accounts. He may have sold something in the very early days of ebay but not while I was selling. I moved out in 2011 moved to house B, then in 2015 moved to house C where I was banned in 2016.
I am forming an LLC and I am wondering if I can either
1. Use my dad's account to sell -- use my new EIN or
2. create a new account with him as the owner --like an officer of my company -- using my LLC's EIN so he won't be taxed. I'm assuming eBay will ask for identification, so I would have him use license.
Do you think they'll ban this account because I lived at that address at one point as an eBay seller? We have the same last name.
And yes, I know it's not advisable to trust a family member in business. I honestly wouldn't even try with anyone else. My dad is trustworthy. He helps me for free in my amazon business. I don't want to go stealth, I did that for awhile and I don't feel comfortable with it.
In all of the scenarios I know I'll have to use a VPN, new PC, never login to my existing ebay account, and all the rest of the stealth stuff.
I can use his address, my commercial address (never linked to ebay) or a UPS mailbox (never linked to ebay). I'm assuming his address or the commercial ones are the way to go.
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