multiple ip's at the same time / multiple EBAY accounts

[DogFacedBoy]

Right now I have mine split into 2. There are some rather specific items so I am careful not to over lap them, because if one account gets hit it might immeadiately cast suspicion on the other account. So far I have had both up and running for two month and have run a bit of volume through each. I am leaning toward weaning myself to one and establishing a third in case either one gets hit.
So far things seem to be going pretty well and after being here for a while I can't imagine how either of these could ever get linked to the NARU'd accounts.

[vers0]

I have had better success selling different brands are all accounts. I use to sell one brand on one account because if was easier to manager. I now use several accounts and also limit my selling on each account. I think spreading it all over several accounts is the way to go....I do place limits on myself on how much I sell per account in a week.

[mr burns]

Hi all

Id just like to start off by saying this site rocks!
I have spent a week reading most of the threads and have got some really good info out of you guys
and have used aspkins guide,and have started a new EB account.
But i am still a little puzzled about this ip address thing.
I need an ezy to use ip changer for multi accounts so started to use
aol browser as stated in this thread but it dont change my ip???
Do i need to set something?
Also i know that this isnt the right thread for this question but i will try to kill 2 birds with 1 stone if i may modee “As long as my ip is different everytime i log onto EB,does this show a big red flag” saying”hey this guy must have something sly going on”

[vers0]

Cheap dialup access.

[koalawash]

Originally Posted by Chris Hanson

And will using Aol proxy give you the boot off ebay because it gives you an ip address away from your home city?

It doesn't make any difference. If eBay suspends you, it will be for something else.

[aspkin]

We all know having more then one eBay account can help increase your sales. But it's tricky to manage your accounts without linking; whether you have buyer only accounts, seller accounts or just backup accounts. Hope for the best, plan for the worst. This forum is dedicated to handling multiple eBay accounts without linking! Good luck!

[ebayhateluv]

HI- I usually run an average of 7-11 accts at a time, based upon the huge inventory i have.
What i do?
a.) I dont run more than 3 on any pc at a time- that way I'm never "out of business"
b.) I keep all of my acct info on index cards/ in a file box- the ones I'm working on -are under "use now"
c.) Even when listing the SAME item on diff accts- the zipcodes are diff/ the pics are diff and the verbage is ALWAYS "out of my head"-no more copy + paste of the descriptions/titles
d.) I keep my shipping diff also- one acct may offer usps-priority for $4.75 for a can of hairspray
While the exact same item- on another acct has it for ups ground $9.95 flat rate
While another acct- does NOT sell overseas at all- and the insurance rates are all different.
** The photos are all diff-diff angles/diff shots--One acct may say the can is 12 ounces, while the other may say close to 12.5 ounces +/-.
**One acct may have the :"Item location" as Beverly Hills, CA--while another may have the same item as "USA", while another as an East Coast State.
** ONe acct may offer to accept POstal Money orders, while one ONLY accepts Paypal, while another maybe ONLY a merchant acct
**One acct may have a subtitle, while the others do not,
**One acct may have just a 1 line sentence for a descript, while the other is a long winded descript--with LOTS of Fluff...
**One acct may have a Strict pay in 24 hrs after auction checkout instruction, while another maybe please pay in 10 days
**One acct may have a 3 day auction, while others maybe 7 or 10 day
** ONe acct may have BOLD+ GIFT+ Gallery PLUS, while the others may or may not even ave a gallery pic (depends on item price/and whether Vero )
***One acct may have the Sellers address in the checkout and another may be completely blank...
**ONe acct may have Buyer Restrictions, while another may let anyone bid..
SO--- by doing all of this-- I can have 3 Sales Teams at once on any one Product....

[ytl]

How do you have time to do all of that and sell successfully?

Also wouldn't one type of listing sell for better than another type?

Why must we go to all this trouble?

Why can't we just use eBid.net? I like what they're doing, and its an excellent seller alternative, it just needs the traffic.. oh and also the ability to own all the other domains (.com .org. co.uk etc). Why can't eBay sellers make a pact or something, to direct their customers away from eBay and to eBid, as a sort of protest?

Why are eBay nasty mean heads? :(

Has anyone considered writing a program to help out with all the aspects of this sort of stuff? And if they did write a program, and more to the point, if they marketed it and sold it, would I be sued for doing so? (Notice how I changed pronouns there).

I want my account back. *pout*

[ebayhateluv]

Hi- I've got to do what I've got to do..
-- Once only 7 months ago- I was able to wake up to 30-40 orders sitting in Paypal ready to be shipped each and every day.. I loaded up on Inventory for this Christmas Season.. I do not drop ship, so all of my INventory is owned by me. I have quite an Investment.. Ebay has forced me to go "underground" so to speak.. If it wasnt for ASpkins forum, I would have lost my BUsiness by now...

[ivegotinfo]

wow ebayhateluv those are some good tips lol, wow, even with the different shipping methods, listing durations good ideas!!! before i used to list a lot of similar stuff, and all my accounts are in the same city too...wow i gota make it totally random. thanks

[loveandhate]

Wouldnt that be nice to form a strike against ebay? we would be getting a lot of publicity, and it might drive our sales up big time. we should have a list of all the message boards, and maybe form an organization to switch off ebay onto another bidding site and paypal site. but we would need a company that is willing to accept this type of change and take on the challenge. who's with me? it would throw ebay into the trash can and create new pavement for our businesses as we know it.

[aspkin]

One day loveandhate, one day. EBay is too large and dominate right now. They're killing their own self with all the recent changes...

You know what I feel like the Taliban on the United States... Wow... what am I doing?

[loveandhate]

Lol Lol Lol

[sycore]

*One acct may have the :"Item location" as Beverly Hills, CA--while another may have the same item as "USA", while another as an East Coast State."

LOL. That damn TV show, 90210 ruined that zip code. I always used that zip code in the early days, then started using the zips of my previous customers. Seems like it runs in cycles for me, 3 months of smooth sailing then, a few weeks of them hammering my new accounts, but I always have something up. I just keep coming at them, and I think I have a fairly good idea of how it works.

[ebayhateluv]

I have NOticed certain States (for me anyhow)-- seem to Last longer than others.. Still testing, so definitive answers yet.. But 1 state in Particular is Always good for me.. Sycore prob knows too!!!

[Jonas]

Originally Posted by ebayhateluv

I have NOticed certain States (for me anyhow)-- seem to Last longer than others.. Still testing, so definitive answers yet.. But 1 state in Particular is Always good for me.. Sycore prob knows too!!!

Is it Utah?

[koalawash]

Originally Posted by ebayhateluv

**One acct may have the :"Item location" as Beverly Hills, CA--while another may have the same item as "USA", while another as an East Coast State.

Is there a particular reason you like to vary up the locations like this?

[Ballsack]

Originally Posted by ebayhateluv

HI- I usually run an average of 7-11 accts at a time, based upon the huge inventory i have.
What i do?
a.) I dont run more than 3 on any pc at a time- that way I'm never "out of business"
b.) I keep all of my acct info on index cards/ in a file box- the ones I'm working on -are under "use now"
c.) Even when listing the SAME item on diff accts- the zipcodes are diff/ the pics are diff and the verbage is ALWAYS "out of my head"-no more copy + paste of the descriptions/titles
d.) I keep my shipping diff also- one acct may offer usps-priority for $4.75 for a can of hairspray
While the exact same item- on another acct has it for ups ground $9.95 flat rate
While another acct- does NOT sell overseas at all- and the insurance rates are all different.
** The photos are all diff-diff angles/diff shots--One acct may say the can is 12 ounces, while the other may say close to 12.5 ounces +/-.
**One acct may have the :"Item location" as Beverly Hills, CA--while another may have the same item as "USA", while another as an East Coast State.
** ONe acct may offer to accept POstal Money orders, while one ONLY accepts Paypal, while another maybe ONLY a merchant acct
**One acct may have a subtitle, while the others do not,
**One acct may have just a 1 line sentence for a descript, while the other is a long winded descript--with LOTS of Fluff...
**One acct may have a Strict pay in 24 hrs after auction checkout instruction, while another maybe please pay in 10 days
**One acct may have a 3 day auction, while others maybe 7 or 10 day
** ONe acct may have BOLD+ GIFT+ Gallery PLUS, while the others may or may not even ave a gallery pic (depends on item price/and whether Vero )
***One acct may have the Sellers address in the checkout and another may be completely blank...
**ONe acct may have Buyer Restrictions, while another may let anyone bid..
SO--- by doing all of this-- I can have 3 Sales Teams at once on any one Product....

What about IP address? Eventually you'll have to log into ebay.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by ebayhateluv

HI- I usually run an average of 7-11 accts at a time, based upon the huge inventory i have.
What i do?
a.) I dont run more than 3 on any pc at a time- that way I'm never "out of business"
b.) I keep all of my acct info on index cards/ in a file box- the ones I'm working on -are under "use now"
c.) Even when listing the SAME item on diff accts- the zipcodes are diff/ the pics are diff and the verbage is ALWAYS "out of my head"-no more copy + paste of the descriptions/titles
d.) I keep my shipping diff also- one acct may offer usps-priority for $4.75 for a can of hairspray
While the exact same item- on another acct has it for ups ground $9.95 flat rate
While another acct- does NOT sell overseas at all- and the insurance rates are all different.
** The photos are all diff-diff angles/diff shots--One acct may say the can is 12 ounces, while the other may say close to 12.5 ounces +/-.
**One acct may have the :"Item location" as Beverly Hills, CA--while another may have the same item as "USA", while another as an East Coast State.
** ONe acct may offer to accept POstal Money orders, while one ONLY accepts Paypal, while another maybe ONLY a merchant acct
**One acct may have a subtitle, while the others do not,
**One acct may have just a 1 line sentence for a descript, while the other is a long winded descript--with LOTS of Fluff...
**One acct may have a Strict pay in 24 hrs after auction checkout instruction, while another maybe please pay in 10 days
**One acct may have a 3 day auction, while others maybe 7 or 10 day
** ONe acct may have BOLD+ GIFT+ Gallery PLUS, while the others may or may not even ave a gallery pic (depends on item price/and whether Vero )
***One acct may have the Sellers address in the checkout and another may be completely blank...
**ONe acct may have Buyer Restrictions, while another may let anyone bid..
SO--- by doing all of this-- I can have 3 Sales Teams at once on any one Product....

lol! I feel sea sick after reading this. Informative and yet mind altering in certain ways.

[ebayhateluv]

HI, Dutch- Yea, I know- but after loosing 19 accts over 2- 3 weeks, then another 5 a couple weeks ago- I had been keeping notes on the back of my index cards- how i was listing- duration, etc.--i then looked for similarities in the take downs-what did/did not affect
-- then i Purposely did some actions on other new accts- to again test the waters-- this list is what i have come up with--
FYI- the 3 accts I am testing on are all still up are at approx. 35 fb, 65 fb + 25 fb.. These 3 accts by themselves grossed over $25,000 in december.(and approx. 60 items not paid for yet..)

[ebayhateluv]

PPS- EVERYTHING--I mean EVERYTHING I have Learned was Thanks to Aspkins forum!!
(When I first got the boot in the summer after 6 yrs as a Plat Power Seller-- I was so depressed, and devistated)-
** I then began to go through names- my moms, my deceased fathers, my aunts, my friends, our atty, I was literally sitting around asking my husband- I'm running out of names, do u think my sister on West Coast has an ebay acct she doesnt use, I've already used all the kids names, or how about Sally , remember we met her at the Christmas Party last year??)--
Really--- I was at wits end... and my Inventory was all paid for.. and NOW i was stuck...
THIS FORUM Saved me... ALL Of you have given such Valuable knowledge, and we share so much..
Thanks to Everyone for all in 2007 + Looking forward to Sharing in 2008!!
Peace.. ))

[rollinlove]

AMEN TO THAT:D
see you all next year!!!