eBay managed paymts w/stealth does EIN need to match fictitious stealth info?
I have a 2 year old eBay + PayPal stealth account w/fictitious name & address. No problems until eBay demanded that I sign up for eBay managed payments.
1.) Will my stealth account's fictitious name & address be a problem if I register for eBay payments by providing a real EIN? Using my SSN isn't an option it looks like since I added my SSN to a PayPal account that was formerly tied to a banned eBay account*
2.) When registering for eBay payments can I change the fictitious info to a real address that hasn't been linked to eBay? What about the fictitious name? Does that address need to registered to the LLC associated with the EIN?
3.) I don't have an LLC or business bank account so is my only option here to go through the headache of registering an LLC, business bank account and renting a UPS box to have an address registered to my business on public record or does eBay not check that?
I'm just an individual selling on eBay belongings on eBay before I move next year, very low volume.
*My original non-stealth eBay account was banned nearly a decade ago, a couple years later I naively added my SSN to the PayPal account that was tied to this eBay account in order to setup a business account. Dumb move..I know, but now PayPal has my SSN even though I transacted <$1000 in volume through that PayPal account per year. Correct me if I'm wrong but even if I closed my original PayPal account, PayPal would still hang onto my SSN forever? Even in 10 years? Atleast I didn't give them my driver's license or passport, thank god .
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