Phone Number linked to Account, How Long to keep it?

[hapajenn1]

How long (how many months) do you have to maintain the phone number you registered when creating a seller's account on Ebay? (or Amazon)?

Because as we know, it is not free, i pay $10 per month for my forwarding # service, can I cancel after a few months??

[Ebayorbust]

Your customers, eBay and Paypal need to contact you.

You will risk being limited if they phone and the line is dead.

[Ebayorbust]

$10 is also not that much if you are making money on the account.

[hapajenn1]

Originally Posted by Ebayorbust

Your customers, eBay and Paypal need to contact you.

You will risk being limited if they phone and the line is dead.

Well, how often does Ebay actually call the # you have registered? After the initial "check up the account" which happens when you open a new seller account, they only call you maybe 1 time per year, or after you achieve a certain seller status (for example if you get a purple star after 200 sales or something..)

Also, most customers on ebay do not call but instead email you, right?

[Imakemoney]

how long is a piece of string?

whats the point in going to all that trouble nuturing the account to then put it at risk by not having a contactable number on it?

[rickymen]

just use google voice! it works for me but be careful it's 10 dollars to change the number!

[jeffweico]

One stealth identity that has one eBay and one Amazon account - selling the right things - can easily bring in $2,000+ per month in profit once it is fully up and running.

Why put that kind of money at risk by canceling a service that costs $10 per month?

[satori8311]

Originally Posted by rickymen

just use google voice! it works for me but be careful it's 10 dollars to change the number!

easiest best 10 you'll ever spend for permanent verification with a specified area code, most likely available in YOUR location...