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so far i have passed the 2 month mark on stealth...
 

so far iv been on ebay stealth for 2 months of selling.
i have been using 3 stealth accounts, nothing linking me to any past accounts.

is 2 being on ebay stealth for 2 months a good or is it to early to tell if im going to be 'linked'?

Hanging on to a stealth account for 2-3 months is pretty good, alot of users get booted within days to weeks.

yeah iv seen!

before the stealth, i used to created new accoutns and sell...no stealth..i would last about 2 months.

this tiem everything is pure stealth..so lets see what happens...

Good Luck, make your money Mr. Chevy Man, and ride those chrome rims, with the candy paint. LOL

Thanks RedX!! will do!

Go easy still. I lasted 3 months using a linked paypal account before they spammed my inbox with a suspension notice.

It is really hard to tell because people go easy for the first 90 days, then they increase items but as soon as they list a load of items or a few VERO...bam eBay finds them other accounts.

It is all down to how good you executed them stealth steps I suppose. How much details and effort you have put in.

so far i have....

used a separate windows account
dial up to go on ebay only
stealth number
stealth address
stealth info
even the pictures and items i used have been altered

^

I think nothing beats executing stealth precisely other than understanding its principles.

If you fully understand the reason behind each step, carrying them out is then like driving a car, it become natural...

...I do not fully understand Stealth myself but I have applied this theory to everything I have done thus far and this is the reason I joined the forum. To learn.

I bet just like me and the other members on the forum, you wish you would have put this sort of effort into eBay when you first registered (before suspension), you may still be on their as yourself ;)

I want to be nosy and ask what you are selling. But GreenBean will edit my post I have to remember to be keep stuff private :doh:.

Congrats!

You are proof if you go slow and pay close attention to the details that things will and can work.

I have several stealths that are more then a year old and still working well.

Patience and details!!!

1st congrats, 2nd separate windows accounts 3rd listing slowly 4th caring of tiny details 5th & last good luck :amen:

@2000chevyman, how you dealing with slowness of dial-up?

thanks guys!

it is patience..thats all it is....

dial-up does suck,...but its faster than it was when it first came out...i only use it for ebay...it takes a minute for a page to load up...but once u visted that page...it reloads faster the next time around. basically, any time i list i know it will be a 20 minute process per account. and this is after i have my templates and pics ready.

How come you are using dial up then, I must have missed this one on my travels.

Does it give you a new IP everytime you dial up or something? :confused:

Or do you live in a cave? :lol:

In most cases we use dialup because it does give you a different IP most of the time.

Go over and read the section on IP's etc.

Chevy- Are you using dialup to answer questions and print postage etc then using auctiva on high speed to list?

If you are not, I use dialup for these things and list on high speed from auctiva.

Hope this helps.

I kinda new the answer to be honest, I wanted to know more why you use dial up as opposed to broadband with a dynamic ip (if you have a choice of your ISP that is)?

I just posted to get a thanks from GB. :D


But seriously... We're happy for 2 months in business? It's gotten that rough out there? I haven't been booted in over a year.

Tis a very encouraging thread.
OP has done a lot of work and deserves credit.

It's what we hope to happen for stealthers, IDK :pop2:

hi 2000chevyman

so would you please tell us your detail?

how many items you listed. how much the price each item.and the total sell one month thank you!

Yeah I agree, could you just give us some more generic information to back your claim to 2 months even more. :thumb:

2 months isn't really that long but if it is one of your first stealth accounts then that is good because a lot of people make mistakes with their first :lol:

:hail:

Anyone beat that? :fight:

Dial-up is nice, true in spite of long load-up times and occasionally Pa yp al failing to load completely.

When i go on dial up..i do anything ebay and everythign ebay related there including listing items and uploading pics and using paypal

so far im only listing 10 items per month and can re-list the saame items if i dont sell them.

im mostly selling books and paperbacks, and they are low-priced items

the items are about $5-$20 at the most, so there is not much attention drawn there
2 months is early, but so far its good,slowly selling. iwill wait until the 3rd month

im basically doing everything the in the same pattern.

1st off i dont go on ebay everyday to list items, i only sign on when its time to list and when i do so, i restart the comp ,disconnect my modem and go to my 2nd windows account and dial up, and sign on. then i list or re-list my item, however long it takes and sign off.
2nd i dont save any internet info like cookies or history and it clears every time i close firefox
i disconnect from dial-up and switch back to my regular internet
as for dial-up, you get a different ip adress every time you sign on


i also have a new ebay account which i use on my regular internet to buy items and it has links to my old accounts but i only buy items from there only.

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?
:eek:
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?
:shocked:

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
:pop2:

^ 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

:pop2:

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: