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How many paypals per IP?
 

So the guide recommends a limit of two ebay IDs per paypal to keep things kosher, but what's an advisable upper limit on the number of paypals per IP without raising red flags? It seems to me that it's probably incredibly common that multiple family members living in the same house would share an internet connection and also have paypal accounts, so I would think two or three paypal accounts per IP probably wouldn't raise red flags. Please let me know your thoughts/experience/advice on this.

The main reason I'm curious is because of the number of ebay accounts one could have on an IP.
Two or three paypal accounts per IP->two ebay accounts per paypal-> 4-6 ebay accounts per IP.

Of course, it seems like the paypal accounts might need different phone numbers. But, then again, families tend to share the same phone number so I'm not sure if this is a significant PP risk factor. Regardless, different numbers probably would stay it safe with the caprices of eBay and Paypal.

Re: How many paypals per IP?
 

One PayPal per IP.

If fact you're really best to keep it to one eBay to one PayPal as well.

Re: How many paypals per IP?
 

Is one-paypal/one-ebay recommended because of the "If one goes down, they all go down" idea, not necessarily because it's a risk factor in PP's risk model?

I'm curious because I'm not really selling in a high-risk vertical so the risk for each ebay/paypal account wouldn't be that high. I'm about as white-hat as ebay Sellers can get (Low risk overall actually - Low sales volume, low cost, very low risk product category), just that eBay gave me the boot because of canceling too many auctions of nonpaying bidders thus causing "too many defects".

Of course, if one was in a high risk vertical, I could see the idea behind depending too much on the accounts on one IP given all the per-paypal costs (phone number, cc) and effort involved.

Re: How many paypals per IP?
 

To make it simple:
ONE PAYPAL PER EBAY.

EVERY ACCOUNT HAS EVERYTHING NEW.

Anything else you do is being silly and linked together.

Re: How many paypals per IP?
 

Yeah keep it up one ip per ebay/paypal, dont risk limitations by taking shortcuts

Re: How many paypals per IP?
 

Its all of what you said.
Using the same IP links all the accounts together. When the bots pick up on the fact multiple accounts are selling from the same IP address theyll consider that a risk factor (regardless of what youre selling) and shut your entire operation down.
This is common sense if you think about it.

Re: How many paypals per IP?
 

That is HORRIBLE advice.

Re: How many paypals per IP?
 

Best approach is 1 PP per 1 IP - you dont delete cookies and cache...