Will this get me banned?

complexmachine123 · #1 12-31-2023

Hi there, about 2 years back eBay hit me with a ban. I was a full time reseller and I thought it was BS, but eBay does not care as we know.

Back midway through 2022 my girlfriend setup an account under set SSN, address, etc. We've been doing extremely well, but it's through her information. I've made sure to not touch a bit of my info so we don't get banned, but because of me getting banned I technically do not have an income, it's all through her.

We have now setup a bank account at Chase and formed an LLC with both of us as the owners for our resell business and we have an EIN. As long as I still follow the rules of not using my IP, address, etc. will I be good to convert to a business account that I am 50% owner of? Is there anything I am missing here?

I'm personally thinking I am good to go as I don't think eBay can see the business owners through the EIN and I do not have my address linked, but I would like to make sure before going through with this. We currently have nearly 2000 items on the account and it's not something I am willing to just throw away.

murdered_by_ebay · #2 12-31-2023

you just open personal accounts and upgrade to business later down the line when they are established

if you use business from the start you may get suspended randomly as most accounts get taken down in early stages without any particular reason

complexmachine123 · #3 12-31-2023

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Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

you just open personal accounts and upgrade to business later down the line when they are established

if you use business from the start you may get suspended randomly as most accounts get taken down in early stages without any particular reason

Right, that's what we've done so far. She has the account in her name, but we're looking to move it to a business account. The LLC we've created is in both of our names, however. I'm basically asking to make sure there isn't a way for eBay to look at the owners of the business as I am technically suspended.

murdered_by_ebay · #4 12-31-2023

if there is trust there you can use her details as main contact on ebay

I am not from the US but I know people use SSN and EAN so that it should be sufficient to use her SSN if you are afraid of providing yours

I doubt someone would be looking that deeply , they should just verify the details on file which would be the corporation and the main contact person

deep investigation of all owners is more an amazon thing

complexmachine123 · #5 12-31-2023

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Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay

if there is trust there you can use her details as main contact on ebay

I am not from the US but I know people use SSN and EAN so that it should be sufficient to use her SSN if you are afraid of providing yours

I doubt someone would be looking that deeply , they should just verify the details on file which would be the corporation and the main contact person

deep investigation of all owners is more an amazon thing

Gotcha, this helps. So far thats what we've done, its under her SSN and we've been good for probably about a year and a half now with about 3k things sold, a few hundred thousand $.

I've made sure to not even have my address on file for my contact within the business, instead its a registered agent.

Thank you.

murdered_by_ebay · #6 12-31-2023

I think with such turnover you should just do a bunch of personal accounts and later a bunch of LLC's where you are not present as owner

later you upgrade and if needed you change ownership structure with the state once account is completely up and running

rsot · #7 01-01-2024

Welcome to the forum OP - all the best as you master stealth method

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