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alright! so far im closing in on 4 months on ebay stealth! i have passed over 90 days of selling via stealth and so far..this is the longest i have been on ebay after a suspended account!

gratz!
did your limits get lifted? if so, how much and was it on the 90 day mark of first item listed?

Act1 - July 2010 - hundreds feedback - ratings 5,5,4.9,4.9
Act2 - August 2010 - hundred plus feedback - ratings 4.9,4.8,5.5.
Act3 - September 2010 - under 100 feedback - ratings 5.5.4.8,4.9.
Act4 - May2011 - No feedback - no ratings

No VERO, No ⊗⊗⊗⊗
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If stealth accounts are constantly getting limited in a relatively short time surely we have to ask ourselves if Ebay are in fact beating us?
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Isn't the aim to get back trading and to have longevity? It strikes me that running an account for 2 or 3 months just to lose it is a complete waste of time.

It is my view that in view of the limitations being placed upon us the only way for stealth to work in the future will be to go deep deep stealth and spend a lot of money - something most people who find their way here are not in a position to do.

It is striking that many people who find their way here are incapable of following the most basic of advise - no matter how many ways it is spelt out to them. How will they cope with deep deep stealth?

My two longest accounts were set up by the deep deep stealth method and have a complete corporate identity that is totally seperate from me. They cannot link back to me in any way whatsoever - but it was expensive. Account 1 cost me over £700 to get up and running properly - and that was in the time before new seller limits. It got cheaper as I learnt - and then I found this place - but I do believe that in order for any account to last it has to be approached as a business with initial business investment.

It follows that if you are prepared to make this investment you are not going to risk it by selling VERO or ⊗⊗⊗⊗.

In order to make a living out of VERO and ⊗⊗⊗⊗ you need to be able to constantly open new accounts at a relatively low cost - I question whether this is going to be possible in the near future.

The use of electoral roles and other public information means that many people will have to go into illegal methods in order to achieve their aims. How many are prepared to risk jail time to trade on Ebay? I know I'm not - but then trading on the internet is only part of my life.

The question I have to ask is what is the point of opening a stealth account if it is just going to go down within a 2 or 3 month period?
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Yeah but these aren't stealth accounts though are they!

Yes - I no longer have any accounts in my own details - mine got burnt when I was ill and couldn't keep up with them last year. All my accounts are stealth
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^ So you have been using stealth since July 2010!!?? But you have only been on the forums a few months....I never realised.

I have been using stealth in a very poor and childish way since 2008, it was only when I found this forum that I really got educated. You helped a lot with technical stuff, and everyone else helped me loads with other stuff.

That's why I try to put back in, as a way of 'paying my dues' so to speak.

Without doubt the games getting harder.

I am currently running my first 'personal account' as opposed to corporate account to see if I have got it right.

I recently tried to open a second personal account but failed (that was in another thread)

I will be going again this week but the electoral role issue bothers me. As soon as I've got my ID in place I'm ready to go

Feel free to PM me any advise

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I'm on my 60 days as well, 30+ feedback and doing good. I will say it's was hard at first to space my selling activity out. I already hit my 10 limit for May first week in May. I hope the lift comes end of June.

^ 30 selling feedback in 60 days is a good result. Keep going :thumb:

1- I think that ebay has its own tools to detect us easily.. like preparing detailed info. about the stealth addresses and names you placed in your account and then asking you on phone to verify that you live in that place, and when you can't answer properly, then account is gone.

2- No one would risk it even if he/she is making his living from ebay

3- I find it very silly and taking alot of hrad work preparing Ips, using other machine, finding a business mailbox..etc which will cost fees and waste the time too while in 2-3 months you can't make enough sales and then you find it banned!

Whats your opinion?

@moustafa, nobody is demanding you follow stealth, it is just a solution to your problem. To me it is not "silly" but very rewarding to see it work.

@grannytranny...

90 days of selling and went from selling 10 items a month to 20

ill take it..but ebay is annoying with their rules!

^ 6 months of selling is the holy grail.

^ Boooom! Congrats on that mate! :thumb:

Stealth rocks!

indeed!! 6 months! im almost at 4..

Well done - that's the way to do it!!

Damn you are my hero man!!,i Think i find out why ebay is give 10 items per month or $1,000 in sales.

Try to make one stealth account from a person you know who have lived in that place for years and you will see you start with $5,000 or 100 items.

Unfurtunaly is illegal and too risky.:suspicious:

:clap:Love reading these stories... im goin on 2-3 months with SEVERAL accounts
funny my very very first COMPLETE stealth account had NO limits, back in march, but then got suspended a little while back.
But after that, been having pretty good luck none has gone down whatso ever..
and all have about 30+ feedbacks
Key is to NOT take any short cuts.. its no point. If your goin to do something, DO IT RIGHT, OR DONT DO IT AT ALL!
And spread your sales
Not to mention.. have fun like Lil' Wayne says "How come getting money never gets boring?"
:D

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Congrats man thats aweSome! Keep it up...

For me I do not have a choice to change my broadband IP so I have to use dialup.

^ Ok, that's fair enough.