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I recommend you be very careful with what you list first, here are some guidelines:

You have to look like a new ebay member, the first listing you upload must be something like this:

- Auction style, not buy it now.
- Opening price should be $3.00, a lower price or higher price would trigger ebay - opening the auction in 0.01 cent or 0.99 cent will get you banned.
- List something a new member woud list, not anything dropshipped from China/USA - something low risk that might be found on your house (like a book).
- Do not upload more than 1 listing.
- Make sure you receive feedback from your first buyer before uploading more listings. This is very important.

That is a very good advice but what if no one buys my item?

Get a friend to buy it

I have no friends :(

To be honest it will not even be an issue if nobody buys it; you will still have benefited. Just getting past the first listing without suspension is a significant milestone for any account and worth celebrating because the chances of being suspended (the MC067, MC081, MC141 and so on...) are significantly lower after the first listing. Just don't get too carried away after that and you should be fine...

I personally throw a small party in honour of my accounts once they have got past the first listing. It means that they have a very, very bright future ahead.

That means if I successfully list one item and get past it without suspension can I start listing more items even if the first item didn't sell?

Yes, indeed. That is why it is reason to celebrate. The first listing is the most important since it is like their system is more stringent on the first listing than subsequent ones... for example, when I make a listing for the first time, it is often not visible for up to 12 hours or so. But once it does appear, I will list more items and often they will be visible immediately. It's like they "quarantine" the first listing and if all looks to be good, they give you a "listing pass" to list more items. I would wait until your item is visible before listing any others as once it appears, you can be sure that you have been cleared of the "quarantine".

I have had many MC notices after listing the first item, but if the account is still alive after 12 hours or so, I can be sure that I have passed the test and am free to list more; I never get the MC notices (as long as I don't do anything strange/stupid) when I list on an account where it has been 12 hours or more since listing first item without suspension.

if you sell an item worth $10 for $3 with free shipping, there is little chance it won't sell

if my item gets a lot of views then obviously it will sell but what if it's not even getting any views because it's not a popular item and no one even search for it

Yes but what if ........ and what if .......... and what if .......... and what if .........

And what if I never do anything what will happen then?

If I don't list anything will my account be safe?

If I just talk about it can I make a decent living on Ebay?

Does just talking about it put my account at risk?

Is Ebay for me?

:ranger:

Keep things simple and operate well - stop looking for ways around PP`s setup rules.

I listed one auction item @ 3.00
what's next?

Suspension in 10 minutes. http://st.slickdealz.net/images/smilies/emot-LMAO.gif

Aw dont scare the poor thing.


Just wait and find out. =) If it gets sold ship it out wait a while (few days) then list some more and keep building on it.

If you get limited then make another acc and try again. And this time adjust a few things and see what happens. You can even make 5 accounts at once to get more accounts started. Don't be afraid. Your account is new whats the worst thing that can happen? Get banned then try again and again and again till you get it right. Seems to be working for TowelKing and he's from Isreal too, go learn more from him. =)

That was pretty funny

yes TowelKing is my best source of information she helped me with everything and knew to answer all my questions but so far I did everything by the book so I hope there is no surprise

If my item hasn't sold and 3 days are past since I started the account can I list more items? can I list 3-5 at once or just 1 at a time?

We are NOT going to run your account.

Make your own choices. You will blame us for troubles.

I don not want that to happen

no I won't blame you
I just don't want to mess up after all my effort to set up the stealth account
12 hours are past and they didn't suspend me can I list more items now

Rinse and repeat

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I just don't want to mess up after all my effort to set up the stealth account

Be confident and go about your business - if you mess up, you restart. IT`s part of the learning curve.

Go ahead and list lightly - be wise.

Here's another tip:

You can use entropay on Israeli PayPal and it will not get your account limited (you shouldn't withdraw money to it however - that will get you limited).

In that way I was able to make as many accounts as I want with very little cost, I tried a lot of different ways to upload listings until I found one that worked and kept making accounts like that.

I thought ebay banned entropay are you sure I can use it?

This is what it cost me to set up the account:
- SIM card 40 NIS ($10)
- Prepaid reloadable credit card - 40 NIS ($10)

Is this what it costs you to set up a stealth account?

do you use a different address for each of your accounts or you just misspelled your real address differently with every account you opened? or you just use a P.O. box?