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Is it worth it to buy accounts?
 

Hi, I've seen many people selling verified Ebay and Paypal accounts on these forums. What I would like to know is what are the pros and cons of purchasing these accounts instead of following guides and creating your own stealth accounts? Except saving time :doh:

If you are lazy, and don't know what you are doing then you buy. If you are not lazy and

know what you are doing then you make your own (save $$$). :)

A definite pro is that if you buy an account, you can purchase one that has been created 1, 2, 3 or more months ago w/ some feedback already. It can help you stay under radar (depending on what your selling). I have bought several months old accounts with feedback and started listing items immediately with no problems.

To be honest I don't see how buying an account made online would work anyway. Under my experience I firmly do believe a lot of trust is shown from the IP address you CREATE the account under. Paying someone in New York to create an account for you to use in California seems strange to me. I was told years ago when I first started doing this that they compare your original confirmed address to the ORIGINAL IP address location the account was created under. As people travel and whatnot it is obvious you won't be under the same IP forever, but when an account is created under an IP in Maine and it is primarily used and items are sold on it in Nevada, it raises flags. My advice is to learn how to do it yourself and create them on your own.

Thanks for all the useful information guys :)

The IP address of the person who I will buy an account from will be different from mine and yes that would raise suspicion, that's one of my main concerns because of which I have created this thread.

From I've read so far, having an old account doesn't really matter nowadays because they will limit you just as fast for suspicious activity.

Yes I was having problems accessing both paypal and ebay since I've moved to Pakistan but all that has been sorted out and no problems whatsoever now :) And no I didn't have to use any VPS/VPN for this, just a bit of logical talk with the paypal supervisor.

best answer is to do whatever works best for a proposed selling future on ebay :juggle: