I recently had a PayPal account limited and even though I provided LLC documents from the IRS that included a Tax ID#/EIN, I was still required to provide SSN and a copy of a drivers license.
Since my own personal information is blacklisted, I used a friend's information, with his permission, to remove the limitation. In fact, the PayPal account was his to begin with anyway. I speculate this could be why we were required to provide SSN on top of the EIN - the account wasn't set up as a business account from the get go.
Other forum members have reported success at removing limitations without providing the SSN but in my case it was unavoidable. I suspect YMMV depending on the products you sell and whether or not eBay and PayPal considers it high risk.
The thing with the DBA is a great idea. So, PayPal asks for a SSN and you provide your DBA's EIN number. But what are you going to do when they ask for a drivers license? Make a copy of your own? Photoshop the picture? Name? License number? Things get kinda sketchy at that point, don't they?
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