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Is it just me or do "regular" eBay seller accounts almost never get suspended?
 

I used to sell "questionable" (f.ke) items for years on eBay and have had accounts suspended almost every week. I have over 100 accounts now and have almost a year ago switched to all legit and unbranded items. Since then, I've never had an account suspended and suddenly find myself with more accounts than I can ever sell on.

Is anyone in the same boat here? Not that I'm complaining that I don't get suspended, but ...:shocked:

if you want to offload some of those spare accounts to me then all donations gladly accepted

regular accounts do stay alive if operated correctly more than foo foo item accounts

What were the old accounts suspended for? If it was mainly from customer complaints, then there's your answer.

I used to have a 20.000+ feedback account, gold powerseller, 99.9% and all legit.
I got suspended for unknown reason... and I landed here.

So no, I'm not in the same boat as you

Re: Is it just me or do "regular" eBay seller accounts almost never get suspended?
 

That's the thing. Its only 1 year. While that is a long time its also not a long time. I thought I was in the clear after 2 years and a magical flag got set off and screwed me. Never sleep

I dont lose accounts and never sold risky items ever.

I have 400 sellers accounts and rotate them around to keep them active.

The one account you let sit for a year and got the limits drop scares me to death, now I find myself double checking to make sure I at list list 10 items or so on each account in rotation. Others I list far more but if you have accounts sitting I would toss a few things on them once in a while myself.

400 seller accounts??? how???

Read the Sandy D story yourself by using SEARCH. Sandy has gone to great lengths to describe her methods.



you will learn heaps.

:pop2:

The same way you make your first stealth account, multiplied by 400 times.

Once you get used to it, it's really not that big of a deal. I've made 30 accounts this month. I try to make an account a day if I can, and sometimes 2.

will do...thanks

Do you think maybe alot of this has to do with the advancement of your skills as a stealther. That at this point you are such a pro at staying under the radar, that your accounts aren't even slightest priority on ebay's list of accounts to suspend.

Thanks GB awful nice of you.

Ateep-

As a person who loves to succeed and will work very hard to accomplish something I can tell you I have spent countless hours working hard, learning and spending time on this board.

When I first came to this board I was lost and spent no less then 4 hours and sometimes 6-8 hours per day every day here reading, taking notes etc.

If you want to succeed in anything you have to be willing to learn, listen and put in the time and effort.

My big thing is what I was taught as a young kid, follow those who have been successful, tweak it to your ways and give the effort. Good things will come.

I have a goal of having 1000 accounts some day, I had the goal of 500 and reached it and I will reach it.

Now I have the opportunity to give back to others in more ways then one. I have learned so much from others here and constantly wish success on others if they are willing to put in the time.

Sure I work long hours every day and the money is great but more importantly I went from a confused, scared of eb and pp, non techie person to where I am today and I owe it to many people.

Now it is your turn, read, post, learn, participate, give back and set a goal.

It will be well worth it I promise you!

By the way

I learned so much from the OP of this thread and always appreciated their input on almost every issue you can think of.

IMJUSTME

:hail:

It seems to me one can never have enough accounts. Yes, so far you have done well to stay under the radar but who knows what new policies, techniques, etc eb will dream up in the future. When I signed up for eb back in 1998 I thought for sure that one account would last me a lifetime. If I knew then what I know now how evil eb would become I would have thousand accounts by now.

How about this,,,I agree with the OP,,,However, I have a different take,,,I Believe that Ebay has Lightened up on Sellers,,,Amazon is eating their Lunch, Thats NO seceret, Look at some of the things that they have done, Introduced "Report The Buyer" feature, in my opinion this is sort of "Undoing" taking away of the ability for sellers to leave feedback.

I recently started seeing a NEW MC999, where Ebay Suspends a Buyer who has recently Purchased/Bid on on of YOUR Items, When the F*CK did that ever happen before?,, and I have seen a BUNCH of these since the begining of the year,,which tells me that they are cracking down on Buyers,,,Ebay Cracking down on Buyers NOT Sellers???WoW thats a First

I cannot remember the last time I got one of those MC999 refering to "Community Members" concerns, (Usually a competitor Reporting a Listing),,,How about all the money Ebay is spending to attract New SELLERS,,,NOT Buyers, a LOT has changed in the Sellers favor over at Ebay, only No One Here posts about it,,,After all we are all here to COMPLAIN as sellers about Ebay not to talk about what they are doing that is Positive for sellers.

There are a LOT of Subtle little things either Happening or NOT happening anymore on Ebay, I just think that they are trying to hold their Market share, which is getting Smaller Every year

Too little, too late.

I read all this stuff about people have hundreds of eBay accounts. But my question is: are they FULLY verified eBay accounts, or just accounts with no VCC, VBA, or Paypal attached?

Sure you can have 100 eBay accounts, but having 100 eBay accounts w/ fully verified Paypals has to be very time consuming.

Why? Make one a day, after a year you have 300+

thx sandy...i am pretty new to the game,. i have no stealths.
i just have my personal for now, but i am learning and participating

Hopefully i will go from the confused person i am today to somebody like yourself...thanks!

You are away to a good start.....

reading

preparation

learning.

Then the piece de resistance, beating ebay and paypal.

:thumb:

I only ask because if you add up how much money it cost to buy 300 VBA and VCC, it can get pretty expensive. Getting 300 of them at once won't work because there's a short window in which you can use them.

nice edit admin lol

If you are not willing to put in the time then you will not reap the rewards.

I have currently 400 fully verified accounts and sometimes make 30-35 accounts in a day.

I have worked 24 straight hours before on ebay/amazon/etsy stuff and take care of 2 teenagers and a hubby.

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/a...ppa/m8390y.gif

That's ridiculous.

Re: Is it just me or do "regular" eBay seller accounts almost never get suspended?
 

@Hrad

Lol great movie

Probably. I do most actions without even thinking. They're like a routine. Change IPs at the router, save the IP address in a text file, search the file if the IP was used previously, log in, do what I need to do, log out. Change user accounts, etc.

But the only reasons I ever got suspended on eBay was due to foo foo items. Copyright and trademark removals mainly. After moving on to other items, I don't get limited PayPal accounts anymore and neither even calls from eBay or suspensions.

Re: Is it just me or do "regular" eBay seller accounts almost never get suspended?
 

Maybe it also had to do with the passing of kim jong? He forgot to tell his son to keep chasing you

Notice the picture on the wall?

I cannot keep myself private anymore!!!!

:doh:

I think you kind of missed my point, pretty much because I didn't explain it fully. It's not the TIME I was questioning the most, but the amount of MONEY it takes to fully verify 30-35 accounts a day. Wow, I really really respect your work ethic and progress. Salute :-)

If I wanted to go full cheap mode, I could have a ebay and paypal up and running with a listed item for $4.00. That's with phone verification and credit card.

It's not really that expensive. I don't go that route, as I like a prepaid phone not a fwding service, so I spend about 13.00 on my accounts.

Only after I hit my sending limits do I usually add a bank account.

how does one create a stealth ebay/pp account for $13...

Prepaid tracfone for 7.99
Vanillavisa 3.95

With tax, little less than 13.00

What does it cost you?

You can go all out with VBA's if you want, but not necessary to sell. If you really want a strong account, you can eventually add a savings account to it, and that doesn't cost anything as well.

You can add a po box or mailbox if you want, but I don't ever. I use stealth return addresses(real addresses, but I do not occupy them), so if a package ever gets refused, I'm SOL, but I prefer to keep my identity stealth. I have a method I use for returns if I care enough to want it back(sometimes I just refund and let them keep it, it really depends on their attitude and reason for return).

Couldnt agree more... though I have been burned by a sweet-talking scammer - rare though.

If that is the case, why did my first accounts never have issues?

OK, I do wear a tin hat. But I can say that I have followed aspkin's guide past the dotted line and not had ebay suspensions.

Issues have been buyer stupidity most of the time.

Heck, I never updated FireFox after 3.1. LOL. It was reported as buggy. So I left it.

Also, very very very early on, I changed to MAC for main accounts.
That MAC system thrives on stealth in my workings with it.

It's in the user handling. So I guess getting more proficient would come into play.

Now, if I could tame paypal :eek:

It is called re investment.

Take a portion of your profits and set them aside to insure your future.

With eb and pp changing something all the time I want to be prepared for any changes that come.

I value my accounts in several thousands of dollars worth and have a 2003, several 2007, 08, 09 accounts that are worth a ton of money just sitting there.

One person sold a 2007 account with 1200 feedback for 15,000 not too long ago so I have several to match that.

Invest in yourself and your future, build an arsenal of accounts as back up.

Actually wish I had made more in 09-10.

Money makes money.

You have spend from the start to bring money to you.

You work in increments to get going.

It's hardly an overnight thing. But careful steady work to get to whatever your goal is.

What is $50 to get an account up and running if you are going to make 10K off of it. If you can't make a profit off of opening another account, stick to what you have. Think of each Ebay account as new locations for your business.

On a side note Shottas is the Jamaican Scarface. Awesome movie

With 400 seller accounts, how many addresses do you have, what would you say is the most or safe amount of addresses you can use per account, and # of seller accounts you can link to a paypal account?

My guess is that the greater majority of your accounts are "sleepers" with no feedback.

How is this possible when Vanilla visas cost minimum of $20?