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Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

Hi i just started a stealth account a month a go. I am very careful i use a diferent computer for each account and always change the ip address but today by mistake i open ebay in one of the computers without changing ip i made it by mistake and closed immediatly the problem is that i have the keep me logged in option activated.
Do i have to worry?
Please help thank you

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

Only time will tell. Proceed as normal but definitely be setting up accounts in the meantime to get ready for any accounts going down. eBay does not automatically suspend just for this 1 IP linking incident. It takes in to account a lot of other factors, so there is no definite answer to your question, only time will tell.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

Welcome to the forums - 1 time is low likelihood of causing problems so, that being said, be ultrasure to avoid repeating this problem.

If you are selling risky items or other problematic sales...well then, there could be other reasons IF it goes down (hopefully not)

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

You SHOULD be fine, like fox20c mentioned it takes a few red flags to suspend your account. You should be fine, just don't do it again.

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If you are not logging your IPs with your diff user accounts, you should start. It is not hard to set-up, and it is a easy habit to get use to.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

do accounts get observed for research?

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

What do you mean?

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meaning, until the hammer comes down, are bots keeping them open for observing, studying, documenting, research, defense.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

Hi guys! Quick question. If I change MAC address for router/cable for each ebay account user, it will give me diff. IP address? Can i use this method w/ diff. window user w/o any problem? Do i still need to keep track of IPs? Your advice/input will be highly appreciated!

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ip-addr...addresses.html

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Maybe you never read the info from that thread?

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

Bots are not self learning. They only ban on the predefined rules. However all factors can matter when accounts are gone under full manual reviews.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

You will be ok in most cases.

Be careful to not do this again.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

Your account is safe ?
Because i Made the same mistake

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

eBay is unlikely to suspend you simply by sharing IP alone. BUT, combine that with other factors and you will have a problem.

Just be more careful next time.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

Are you sure ebay does not employ machine learning? They sure have the budget to do so.

EDIT- Just realized this thread is from 2014

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I logged in same ip on 3 accounts for over 4 years, never had a promblem.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

You can certainly get away with sharing the same IP on more than one account, but it's bad practice.

As I mentioned above, simply using the same IP address as other account(s) by iteself is unlikely to cause a hard link, but that combined with some other common factor will cause problems for you.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

LOL, You giving Ebay way too much credit here. Now Amazon, they are more likely to use machine learning.

Re: Accidentally used the same IP for two accounts
 

better to be safe than sorry

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From what I have gathered, Ebay wont link two accounts just because they were from the same IP. But if those two accounts have a lot of similarities ( type of listings, etc) then there is a possibility of them getting linked.