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USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

I've been digging on here a lot but I still need someone to hold my hand because I'm honestly terrified to get my Et.sy shop taken down.

I had a very successful etsy store doing about 150k a year and I got shut down for some copy right infringement by "affiliation"

I've since tried to open several shops all getting shut down. So I've done the preparations to go stealth but I don't want to screw up because I'm running out of resources.

Here's what I have:

Vpn
new checking account
new gmail added to my paypal
$300 prepaid card
image cleaner

here's where I'm stuck and by reading I don't see any clear answers. For the SSN, do I put a family members or no? some say yes, some say no. Others say to put my vpn showing im over seas where it doesnt ask for ssn, others say don't do that because I'm shipping from usa.

The bank information won't match someone else's ssn obviously because the new bank acct is under my name.

Gladiator seems to be a beast on here and a few other names but if someone can message me directly and help me that'd be awesome. I already sell through my website, amazon, and ebay, but losing etsy has hurt me financially on all platforms because of their advertising reach.

I'm extremely competent, I just need some direction.

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

No, dont ruin their credit for your business

Get an EIN

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

i have an ein. it was on the banned account. will they not see that the ein is linked to me? seems like a dead giveaway

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

The ONLY way to bypass the ssn is to open a shop in a place like Mexico. Shipping from USA would not be a problem.

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

ok. so just place my vpn from canada for example because it won't ask for a social. I read the time zone needs to be the same too but it was very vague. are you familiar with that?

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

Welcome to the forum - all the best as you master stealth :thumb:

@gains, be careful of VPN use - which service?

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

i use nord vpn

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

Canada is not a paypal payout country so you would have to have a Canadian Bank for etsy.

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

ah ok. so canada is out then. Mexico mentioned by Kajunrook uses paypal?

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

Yes, Mexico = Pay.pal

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

if creating a new account with an EIN do you avoid the SSN verification?

Re: USA help getting etsy setup properly
 

I dont think its possible to just use ein now